Ecoanalytics

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…

The man-made load on the environment in Ukraine is 4-5 times higher than in developed countries. The energy intensity of the gross national product in Ukraine is 10 times higher, and the resource intensity of the final national product is 3 times higher than the world level. According to the Institute for Evaluation and Measurement…

Since the first use of the term “ecocide” to describe the impact of “Agent Orange” on the environment during the Vietnam War, the term has been applied to describe various instances of environmental damage around the world. Among such cases, in particular: Russia’s attacks on nuclear facilities in Ukraine, illegal oil extraction in Canada and…

Introduction The full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine had a devastating effect on the essential infrastructure, including water supply and treatment systems, exacerbating the triple humanitarian, economic and environmental crisis. Preliminary damage assessments demonstrate that the costs of this infrastructure may amount to billions of dollars, and that complete overhaul of many systems and…

The full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine had a devastating effect on the essential infrastructure, including water supply and treatment systems, exacerbating the triple humanitarian, economic and environmental crisis. Preliminary damage assessments demonstrate that the costs of this infrastructure may amount to billions of dollars, and that complete overhaul of many systems and change…

For two years, Ukraine has been living in the regime of a full–scale war, which was started by the russian federation. We all sadly witness war–driven devastating damage to the Ukrainian environment and entire ecosystems that had been formed for hundreds and thousands of years, destruction of rare habitats and a variety of species of…

The environment is a silent victim of the war in Ukraine without effective legal protection mechanisms During 9 years of the russian federation’s war in Ukraine, the war brought not only direct threats to lives and health of Ukrainian citizens caused by explosions, destruction, shelling, detonation of mines and other types of hostile actions. As…

On February 1, 2023, the government draft law # 8410 “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Environmental Impact Assessment” was registered in the Verkhovna Rada. This is essentially the first systematic revision of the law on EIA since its adoption in 2017. As indicated in the explanatory table, the draft law was developed…

This analytical document provides fundamental provisions of ecosystem services concept, highlighting its urgency at the current stage of social development. The analytical document explains the notion “ecosystem services”,appoaches to their systematization and value identification, describes accepted methods for ecosystem services economic value assessment and current limitations in their application. Consideration of fundamental provisions of ecosystem…