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24 April 2025 First All-Ukrainian Bioblitz – A Nature Observation Competition among naturalists (those who love nature*)

  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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5 April 2025 What will the state policy in the area of biodiversity conservation be?

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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2 April 2025 Future of biodiversity in Ukraine: searching for the best solutions

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…

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17 February 2025 EPL Shares Experience and Knowledge on the Impact of Warfare on Ukraine’s Environment

  An 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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11 February 2025 A press briefing on the impacts of military operations on the environment of Ukraine was held in Lviv

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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10 January 2025 Launch of the international compensation mechanism: results of 2024

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…

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18 December 2024 Advocacy campaign of ICO “Environment-People-Law” in 2024: steps towards an environmental future

The year of 2024 became for International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” a special period filled with new challenges and important achievements. The full-scale invasion and the ongoing war are prompting Ukrainian civil society to take an active stance both at the national and international levels. It is important that the voice of the environmentally conscious public…

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17 December 2024 EPL took part in the first working meeting of the Civil Society Coordination Platform of the Register of Damage

On 16 December 2024, the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine organised in Kyiv and online the first working meeting of its Civil Society Coordination Platform attended by more than 80 organizations. The Executive Director of the Register of Damage for Ukraine, Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi, gave a welcome speech…

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12 December 2024 Positions of states during the hearings on the advisory opinion of the UN International Court of Justice regarding the obligations of states in the context of climate change

Previously, through its information channels EPL has already informed about the launch of public hearings on the advisory opinion on the obligations of states in the context of climate change at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague. The hearings lasted from December 2, 2024 until December 13, 2024. Representatives of states, international…

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9 December 2024 EPL team in The Hague is paving the way for inevitability of punishment for wartime environmental crimes

In the period of December 2 – 6, representatives of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” made an advocacy trip to the global justice center in The Hague (Netherlands), which aimed to increase international attention to the issues of legal definition of ecocide, compensation for damage caused to the Ukrainian environment by Russian aggression, and ensuring environmental…

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