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Consequences of blowing up the Kakhovskaya HPP for the ecosystems of southern Ukraine Walking along the bottom of the former reservoir, we saw thousands of shells from dead molluscs. They were scattered everywhere, among them lay the dried skeletons of crayfish, and sometimes there were remains of fish. Frogs croaked in the remaining lakes, surely,…
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“Kakhovka Platform” calls on the government to reconsider its intentions The civil society coalition “Kakhovka Platform” appealed to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal with a letter of appeal regarding the government’s approval of the experimental project to rebuild the Kakhovka HPP. “The blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP dam by the Russian occupiers…
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On July 3, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a ruling regarding legality of the approval of the detailed plan “Yaroslavna” in the Shchaslyvtseve village council of the Henichesk district of the Kherson region (case No. 540/86/20). The essence of the case was that the detailed plan of a part of the territory of the Shchaslyvtseve…
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Staff of “Desnyansko-Starohutskyi” National Nature Park won the International Ranger Award from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This is recognition at the global level of many years of persistent and hard work! Why was this park awarded? Because staff of the park not only protect nature with power of their hearts but also…
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For many years, residents of the village of Zalistsi in the Ternopil region have been watching the growing use of pesticides and agrochemicals of dubious quality by local farmers. EPL team also got involved in solving this issue. We have already repeatedly talked about the development of this case on our information resources: http://surl.li/jkhhk,…
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On its information resources, EPL has already informed about the case of a mass plague of bees in Brody district (Lviv region)1. According to the results of a study conducted by the State Enterprise “Scientific Center of Preventive Toxicology, Food and Chemical Safety named after L.I. Medved of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”, traces…
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Results of communication with the Prosecutor General’s Office EPL continues communication with representatives of the Office of the Prosecutor General (hereinafter – OPG), including authorized persons of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Office. In the course of a series of working meetings and communication with a number of representatives of the OPG, there were identified the…
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The representative of the EPL participated in a webinar of the European Parliament addressing the ecocide in Ukraine caused by Russian military aggression. The webinar was organized by Member of the European Parliament Viola von Cramon-Taubadel and her team. Representatives of environmental organizations from Germany, France, as well as Members of the Verkhovna Rada of…
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Welcome to the EPL summer school, the Eco-Hackathon, and to the hard but rewarding work that lies ahead of you – not only for these days but for the months and years ahead. And for some of you, for the rest of your professional and personal lives. I do not have to tell you that…
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Participants of EPL’s summer school and Eco-Hacathon had a privilege to listen to a presentation by Dr. Mark Cherniak, Science Program Director at Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW). Dr. Cherniak spoke about the losses of ecosystem services of forest biotopes in the Svyati Hory National Park: a practical case. The presenter began by defining…
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