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16 April 2016 “Raid” to the national park occupied by militaries

On April 12, EPL environmentalists together with local nature protection activists were able to visit the national natural park “Oleshkivski sands” located in the Kherson region. Today, visiting the national park is not a simple task. For several months it has been literally captured by units of the armed forces of Ukraine.

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16 April 2016 Press Conference: natural reserves occupied by the military (Video)

On April 12, in the city of Kherson there was held a press conference devoted to the arbitrary activities-of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the nature reserve fund of Kherson region. The event brought together employees of institutions of the nature reserves and nature protection activists.

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16 April 2016 Lost objects of natural reserve fund (1972-2016). Part 5: Mykolaiv region

Environmentalists and volunteers of Environment-People-Law continue the study of loss of natural reserve fund (NRF) in each of the regions. Unfortunately, except for existing nowadays NRF areas, information on protected objects that were cancelled in the past for various reasons, hardly exists. Sometimes the reason for this was the intent to cut trees or start…

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5 April 2016 Creation of an integrated electronic system of environmental information

On April 5, 2016, Lviv Chamber of Commerce hosted a press conference “Environmentalists launch an electronic system of environmental protection” organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Lviv Regional State Administration.

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4 April 2016 Spontaneous settlement destroys a natural reserve

Several months ago, the territory of the regional landscape park “Lysa hora” in Kyiv was inhabited by unknown camps. This information came from local residents. Results of the exploration conducted jointly by EPL environmentalists and activists of the nature protection group “Zelene maibutnie” proved that the protected forests have been damaged on the slopes of…

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2 April 2016 Lviv foresters have been cutting ancient forests on the outskirts of Lviv!

Today environmentalists of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” and the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Petro Testov and Anatoliy Pavelko together with civil activists from Lviv explored territories of the local forest reserve “Chortova skelia” located within jurisdiction of Lviv municipality.

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31 March 2016 Signing of Memorandum on creation of an integrated electronic system of environmental protection governance

On 30 March 2016, at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine there was the ceremony of signing the Memorandum on cooperation for creation of integrated electronic system of environmental protection governance and rational use of natural resources that was concluded among the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Lviv department…

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24 March 2016 The Ministry of Environment of Ukraine has been brought to responsibility for failure to answer an information request

On March 15, 2016, the authorized representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Human Rights issued a Protocol about administrative violations committed by the director of the department of environmental safety and waste management of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine Yevheniy Fedorenko, in particular administrative violations under Art. 212-3 of…

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24 March 2016 Forest is cut near the front line where a national park should be created

In 2014, Ukraine experienced an unprecedented case of cancellation of a national natural park. As a result of an unlawful court decision, there was cancelled the Ordinance of the President of Ukraine about creation of the national natural park “Siversko-Donetskyi” near Kreminna town,

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18 March 2016 State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources of Ukraine Hold Accountable for Non-compliance with the Court Judgment

On February 29, 2016 Chief Sate Enforcement Officer of the Unit of Enforcement of Judgements of the State Enforcement Service Department of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine adopted a regulation on imposing fine on the State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources of Ukraine in the amount of 680,00 UAH for non-enforcement of the…

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