Events and Announcements

On November 16, 2023, an agreement was adopted at the level of the European Union regarding the strengthening of responsibility for harms caused to the environment at the international level. This preliminary agreement is regarding adoption of a new written EU law designed to improve investigation and prosecution of environmental offences. The new directive aims…

On November 10, 2023, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources refused the Mokryany Forestry Enterprise to issue a conclusion regarding clearcutting and clearcut sanitary logging. The notification on the planned activity regarding the use of forest resources appeared in the Unified Register of Environmental Impact Assessment as early as June 30, 2023. On…

Recently, we all celebrated the EC’s recommendation to start the negotiation process for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Such a decision went together with the Report on Ukraine 2023 that assessed Ukraine’s progress in fulfilling European integration tasks, including those in the area of environmental protection. The Minister Ruslan Strilets wrote the following about this…

To: the President of Ukraine Minister for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine With a motor grader through the green heart of the Carpathians or how “green” energy destroys the national treasure – the Borzhava mountain meadow The appeal for protection of the Carpathian ridge with an international…

 October 27, 2023 Afterword to the international seminar The international seminar “Legal qualification of crimes against the environment: joining efforts at the national and international levels” became the forum for discussing issues related to the fight against environmental criminal offenses and the problems faced by the country and the international community. Just to remind,…

 Today, on October 26, the international seminar “Legal qualification of crimes against the environment: joining forces at the national and international levels” began at the Prosecutor’s Training Center of Ukraine involving national and international experts, scientists and practitioners in the field of law. Opening the event, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources…

A week ago, a meeting of human rights defenders and eco-activists from various European countries took place in Strasbourg. There was a discussion of the ways of advocating for the earliest possible adoption of the draft protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights on enshrining the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable…

 On October 8, 2023, the Law of Ukraine “On the National Pollutant Release and Transfer Register” entered into force. The environmental community had been fighting for the creation of such a register in Ukraine for twenty years, and EPL had to initiate the case at the international level. Today we have an approved legal…

Humanity can no longer avoid, ignore or neglect the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on human rights, decent living conditions, economic growth and employment. Our common future is extremely dependent on whether we put health and the environment first. This reality was recognized by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in a unanimous decision…

Numerous activists who periodically visited this area in Zakarpattia, cleaned up garbage, and at the same time repeatedly recorded violations by the non-governmental organization “Life of Trees” of the terms of the agreement with the state enterprise “Khust Forestry Experimental Enterprise“. The activists observed littering of the territory, removal of the top layer of soil,…