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29 November 2014 EPL experts visited protected areas affected by the ATO

International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” organized examination of the most valuable protected areas of Donetsk region affected by military actions. The examination was conducted in the national natural park “Sviati hory”, the regional landscape park “Slovianskyi kurort” and the natural reserve “Kreydiana flora” located on the outskirts of Sloviansk town. The experts examined the scale of…

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27 November 2014 We call for environmental protection for the sake of life

On 21 September 2014, International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) and Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) at the international symposium “Human Rights and Environment in a New Ukraine” held in Lviv urged the world community of environmental lawyers to make efforts to stop military aggression in eastern Ukraine and stop devastation of environment in the zone…

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24 November 2014 Environmentalists created a map of protected areas affected by the war

Experts of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) made a study of protected areas affected by military actions in eastern Ukraine. Currently there are 33 of such areas in Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. “It is easy to imagine a forest on fire or shell-holes in protected steppes. However, negative impacts caused by war to the…

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3 November 2014 The damage caused to protected areas by the war is worth 14 milliard UAH

Experts of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” collected facts proving destruction of protected areas in the ATO zone. The damage caused by war to protected forests only is worth 13 890 700 000 UAH.

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13 October 2014 EPL: 17% of vegetation cover in the ATO zone is damaged by fires (infographics)

These are findings of experts of the International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) who studied the ATO zone using MODIS2 data and Scanex technology3. The research is continuation of EPL’s work in the field of analysis of consequences of military actions for the environment in the ATO zone. Military actions are powerful factors of impact on…

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7 October 2014 Because of shelling of Shchastia town the concentration of hazardous substances has considerably increased

The research conducted by experts of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” revealed that as a result of shelling of Shchastia town the concentrations of hazardous substances have considerably increased. Indicators for certain pollutants in the air have substantially exceeded maximum permissible concentrations.  

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29 September 2014 The research performed by International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) showed that there were about 3000 fires in the territory of the antiterrorist operation (ATO)

This is 20 times as much as in the same period of the previous year. The research was performed using the earthdata of the distant system of earth survey MODIS (NASA). It covered all cases of vegetation burning and fires on residential areas in the period from June until September 2014. The majority of burnings…

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26 September 2014 On 20-21 September 2014, Lviv hosted an international symposium “Human Rights and Environment in a New Ukraine: In Honor of Prof. Svitlana Kravchenko”

Press-release The event is unique for Ukraine because for the first time in history of independence of this country it gathered leading environmental lawyers from all over the world who form environmental policy and environmental law in such countries as the USA, Canada, Poland, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Georgia, Armenia, Mexico, Moldova, Belarus. Participants of…

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23 September 2014 Joint Statement of Practicing Lawyers and Academicians on Peace and the Environment in Ukraine

Peace, development and environmental protection are interdependent and indivisible.                           Principle 25, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development In Lviv, Ukraine on September 2014, representatives of 13 countries gathered at the international symposium “Human Rights and Environment in a New Ukraine: in Honor…

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10 September 2014 Human Rights and Environment for a New Ukraine

Press-anons On 20-21 September 2014, Lviv will host an international symposium “Human Rights and Environment in a New Ukraine: In Honor of Prof. Svitlana Kravchenko”. Environmental law cannot be treated separately whether through policy options, legislation or judicial doctrine in cases. Law in the field of human rights cannot be alienated from care about life…

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