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5 July 2023 Summer school “Mechanisms of nature protection in conditions of war”

The summer school “Mechanisms of nature protection in conditions of war” was held on July 3-6, 2023 in the village of Korotyshche, Drohobytsky district, Lviv region. The summer school began with an expedition to places of violation of environmental legislation. The expedition was aimed to illustrate indirect impact of military actions on natural complexes on…

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2 July 2023 Global support against ecocide

The scale of the environmental disaster caused by the war in Ukraine urges the international community to intensify their efforts to help Ukraine in the process of assessing the environmental consequences of the war and planning effective ways to overcome them. This is precisely what the activities of the International High-level Working Group on the…

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30 June 2023 Development of the issue of launching the Register of Damage Caused by the Russian Federation Against Ukraine

Previously, on EPL’s information resources, we already informed about the initiative to create the Register of damage caused by the Russian Federation against Ukraine (hereinafter – the Register). The creation and adjustment of the work of such a Register is a fundamental element of functioning of the compensation mechanism for Ukraine. It is important that…

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23 June 2023 Models of Green Recovery: Kakhovka HPP

International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) and the Bureau of Environmental Investigations (BEI) announce the launch of the platform “Models of Green Recovery: Kakhovka HPP” to elaborate solutions for the restoration of the lower Dnipro area after the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant (HPP) disaster. Destruction of the Kakhovka HPP and Kakhovka Water Reservoir caused unprecedented environmental,…

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17 June 2023 Urgent environmental reforms for Ukraine’s green recovery

Just before the big Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023, which will take place in London on June 21-22, we continue emphasizing that such recovery must be “green” and explaining what this means in the context of reforms in the area of environmental protection. Ukrainian environmental community resolutely insists that in the long term perspective, the process…

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6 June 2023 Destruction of the Kakhovka HPP: preliminary conclusions and possible consequences

Representatives of environmental civil society movement in Ukraine appeal to our colleagues in the area of environmental protection, international experts, institutions that aim to protect the environment, secretariats of international environmental conventions, authorized bodies, and individuals of the United Nations within their mandates and capabilities and request to respond to the latest act of ecocide…

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24 May 2023 Circular economy: faster steps are needed to achieve the EU’s circular economy goals

According to the European Commission’s revised Circular Economy Monitoring Framework1, published on 15 May 2023, the EU must continue its efforts to reduce consumption and reduce waste generation with the aim of achieving a more circular economy. The rate of increase in resource extraction is the main cause of the triple planetary crisis: climate change,…

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24 May 2023 G7 Leaders’ Statement on Ukraine

The leaders of the democratic world, G7, released a joint statement on Ukraine on May 19, 20231. At the meeting in Hiroshima (Japan), the G7 leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the joint opposition to russia’s illegal, unjustifiable and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine. They condemned russia’s manifest violation of the Charter of the United…

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19 May 2023 Integrated environmental permit: Czech experience and Ukraine’s intentions

  Recently, EPL representatives visited the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic where they learned about Czech experience of implementing IPPC/EID Directive that began in 2002 with the adoption of a separate law on integrated pollution prevention and control that entered into force in 2007. The procedure of issuance of an integrated environmental permit…

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4 May 2023 Environmental Inspectorate in the Czech Republic is an effective nature protection body that respects business

  During the visit of EPL representatives to the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, the team members of the organization had the opportunity to thoroughly analyze the work of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate. Structure and directions of work The Czech Environmental Inspectorate (CEI) was founded in 1991 and has 13 offices: 1 central…

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