Events and Announcements

Yesterday, representatives of EPL and UNCG as members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) took part in the opening of the IUCN Congress in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The World Congress brought together more than 10 thousand scientists, representatives of environmental governmental and non-governmental organizations from all continents. The…

In this digest, we aim to highlight key aspects of Ukraine’s implementation of Chapter 27 of the EU acquis in the field of environmental protection and climate policy. This is the analysis of regulatory and legal acts aimed at harmonizing national legislation with European standards, and also highlight achievements, current challenges and promising directions for…

  In this digest, we aim to highlight key aspects of Ukraine’s implementation of Chapter 27 of the EU acquis in the field of environmental protection and climate policy. This is the analysis of regulatory and legal acts aimed at harmonizing national legislation with European standards, and also highlight achievements, current challenges and promising directions…

The school was held from June 9 to 13, 2025 on the Svydovets massif in the Rakhiv district of the Transcarpathian region with the aim of conducting field research to identify the growth sites of rare relict and endemic plant species. Within the framework of the summer school, EPL volunteers, students of Kherson State University…

  In this digest, we aim to highlight key aspects of Ukraine’s implementation of Chapter 27 of the EU acquis in the field of environmental protection and climate policy. This is the analysis of regulatory and legal acts aimed at harmonizing national legislation with European standards, and also highlight achievements, current challenges and promising directions…

On June 9, 2025, ICO “Environment-People-Law“ started the school for volunteers entitiled “Preservation of relict and endangered species of plants and animals of Svydovets” and field studies for students of Kherson State University and Uzhhorod National University. This comprehensive event is held in the unique Svydovets mountain range based in the village of Dragobrat. In…

In this digest, we aim to highlight key aspects of the transposition of the EU acquis in the field of environmental protection and climate policy within the framework of bilateral negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. We have analyzed regulatory and legal acts aimed at harmonizing the national legislation with European standards, and also…

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…

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…

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….