Ecoanalytics

Introduction People destroy the environment when waging wars and carrying out economic activities without taking proper responsibility for it. When there is a need to bring those responsible for environmental destruction to justice, both at the state and international levels, there are more questions than answers. The larger the damage to nature, the more likely…

In the recent years, Ukrainian forest policy has a number of distinctive trends, which reflect overall Ukrainian environmental and economic policy and priorities as well as vision of the sector development by managing officials of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine (hereinafter – SAFR). There trends are based on 3 main directions with…

Introduction. In a world where the devastating effects of war on the environment are becoming increasingly evident, there is a need to better understand and more effectively address the issue of compensation for environmental damage. This document is aimed at researching the prospects of getting reparations1 for environmental damage at the international level, through the…

Introduction. This policy paper is intended to highlight the importance of adopting by the Council of Europe of a binding decision on the recognition of the right to a safe and healthy environment, adopting the Protocol on the right to a safe and healthy environment to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and…

In light of the news regarding the launch of the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and approval by the European Commission of the “Ukraine 2023 Report”, representatives of Ukrainian civil society are convinced that further reforms should not only be carried out, but also implemented fully in accordance with the recommendations of…

During last decades Ukraine is overloaded with waste, in particular due to obsolete legislation and absence of state control over the business entities handling waste, and also tiny fines for violation of waste laws. As a result, near every settlement one can find illegal wastedumps, at the working waste sites accidents are common, for instance,…

Despite the fact that the man-made load on the environment in Ukraine is 4-5 times higher than in developed countries, the level of compliance with environmental legislation remains low. The reason for this is a whole range of factors, from corruption in the State Environmental Inspectorate and law enforcement agencies, inconsistency of the current model…

Since the proclamation of Ukraine’s independence, environmental control has been repeatedly reformed but effectiveness of environmental control is still far from being sufficient, particularly because of the war in Ukraine. The system of environmental reform fails to fulfill its key tasks: to preserve the environment and document environmental damage caused by the aggressor.

The reform of the state environmental monitoring system is one of the key reforms in Ukraine because without it Ukraine’s accession to the EU is impossible.The goal of the reform is to develop a comprehensive environmental monitoring system, increase effectiveness of its functioning to maintain environmental balance on the territory of Ukraine, and ensure the…

The Emerald network is the Ukrainian analogue of the Natura 2000 network in the EU. Its formation, as well as protection of rare species of flora and fauna and their habitats is a tool for preservation of 264 species of animals and plants, as well as more than 150 types of habitats. Functioning of the…