Ecoanalytics

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…

Analyzing court jurisprudence on cases of compensation for environmental damage, it is worth paying attention to several main aspects. This publication analyzes the following of them: who can act as a plaintiff and a defendant, which court to apply to, deadlines for applying to court, court fees, compensation for damage and the possibility of applying…

This material contains an analysis of the 2009 UNEP report on protecting the environment during armed conflict, which is available at the following link:https://bit.ly/3GOWvXt. This report provides an inventory and analysis of legal provisions contained in four major bodies of international law that can be used to strengthen the legal protection of the environment in…

Analysis of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Procedure for Conducting Public Hearings Regarding Consideration of Public Interests During Development of City Planning Documentation at the Local Level” On October 21, 2022, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a new version of the Procedure for holding public…

The introduction of martial law in Ukraine in connection with the armed aggression of the russian federation caused a number of restrictions on certain human and citizens’ constitutional rights and freedoms. But how justified are the restrictions that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine has introduced in the environmental impact assessment procedure,…