Events and Announcements

Despite the fact that the Strategy of regional development of Ukraine envisages expansion of the network of protected areas, during 2015 only in 10 regions of Ukraine decisions about creation of protected areas were adopted. Moreover, one protected object was created by the Ordinance of the President of Ukraine.

As known earlier, in October 2015 the territory of Kozachelaherska arena of Nizhniodniprovskiy (Oleshkivski) sands was entered by military troops. Military armed forces in fact illegally seized the territory, including the part that borders on the national natural park “Oleshkivski sands.”

The construction of a multistoried residential complex in Mykilska Slobidka in Dniprobskyi district of Kyiv is a bright illustration of one of the most widely spread schemes used by Kyiv municipal council for allocating particularly valuable land lots from protected reserve for construction purposes. This is the persuasion of environmentalists of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law”…

In Ternopil region, local population destroy a hill with rare plants by extracting sand and ignoring the fact that it is the newly created nature monument. The nature monument of local importance called “Dzherelna” was created on public lands of Kremenets City Council by the decision of Ternopil Regional Council of 9 April 2015 #…

The war in eastern Ukraine causes massive abuse of the soil cover. Shell explosions, passage of heavy equipment and construction of various fortifications lead to considerable damage to soil and vegetation both on natural areas and in the agricultural land.

The draft law # 0078 of 3 February 2016 was supported by 233 people’s deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.

The Balkan peninsular has been in the heart of clash of interests of various countries of West and East. The whole history of the Balkans is the conflict of national, ethnic and religious factors.

One of the most loud land scandals during the last two years is construction in Chernechyi forest in Kyiv region. On the lands of the National University of Biological Resources and Nature Use of Ukraine, 9.8 ha of the ancient oak-wood was allocated for construction of elite cottages by including part of the forest to…

UNEA and the World Bank experts have counted that 24 month of urgent environmental recovery will cost $ 30 millions. As experts do not have access to the entire territory for the large-scale assessment, it is expected that this sum will grow.