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At this year’s joint session of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, held on May 9, 2025 in Geneva, UN member states negotiated about the ways of strengthening control over hazardous substances. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: Banning Three Extremely Hazardous Substances Participants of the session agreed on…
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On April 29, 2025, employees of ICO “Environment-People-Law” made a field trip to the Runa (Rivna) mountain meadow that is part of the Polonynskyi ridge within Zakarparttia region. The reason for this trip was the fact that we were informed about ongoing construction works on the Runa mountain meadow according to our data were conducted…
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Today, EPL together with representatives of the Parliamentary Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group presented the policy paper “Reform of the Biodiversity Conservation System: Ukraine on the Path to the EU” to generate wider discussion of the document….
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EPL continues its legal fight to preserve Runa mountain meadow. This time, in another court case that directly concerns the implementation of plans to build a wind farm in one of the most valuable natural regions of the Ukrainian Carpathians. This is case No. 260/1284/25, which the developer – Turyansky Wind Park LLC, initiated against…
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We invite everyone interested in nature to take part in the First All-Ukrainian Bioblitz, which will take place from May 19 to June 8, 2025. What is a Bioblitz? A bioblitz is a large-scale nature event during which participants photograph and document plants, animals, fungi, and other living organisms. Observations are uploaded through the…
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On April 4, there was held an online discussion of the policy paper “Reform of the Biodiversity Conservation System: Ukraine on the Way to the EU”. Participants of the event included representatives of EPL, BEI, UNCG, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine. The policy paper that we have developed aims…
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We continue to work on reforming Ukraine’s environmental protection system and ensuring the fulfillment of Ukraine’s European integration obligations in the environmental sector. As part of this process, there will be held a discussion of the policy paper entitled «The reform of biodiversity conservation system: Ukraine on the way to the EU» with representatives of…
ReadAn ecologist from the International Charitable Organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) delivered a lecture for participants of the “School of Solutions Journalism” by EcoRubryka. Kateryna Polіanska discussed the impact of military actions on Ukraine’s environment, the organization’s work in this field since 2014, soil contamination research, the consequences of pollution by explosive ordnance, challenges in demining…
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On February 10, 2025, a press briefing “Results of the studies of impacts of the war on the environment of Ukraine (liberated territories and the territory of Lviv region)” was held at the Lviv Press Club, organized by International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law”. During the event, experts presented results of field studies covering the impact of…
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The issue of holding the Russian Federation accountable for the damage caused to us and our state within the framework of the international compensation mechanism is actively developing. In 2024, many important events took place in this regard. The year 2023 ended with the approval of the composition of the Register Board and with its…
ReadIf fresh air, clean ponds, pristine green forests and the Carpathian Mountains are important to you, please, support our activity so that we could continue to save the environment for our children.
