Currently forest management in Ukraine is characterized by a number of systemic problems making it extremely inefficient and leading to the degradation of our forests. In fact, the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine concentrates excessive and contradictory powers, which contribute exclusively to the economic direction of both regulatory and supervisory activities, without due regard…
This policy paper examines 17 indicators of the Biodiversity Strategy as part of the European Green Deal. It presents materials that reveal what stage our society is at and how much is left to achieve the set targets for the conservation of Ukraine’s biodiversity. Its importance lies in the fact that Ukraine is on the…
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a key cross-cutting sectoral environmental policy in Europe aimed at improving the well-being and health of EU citizens and future generations through: fresh air, clean water, soil and biodiversity, renovated energy efficient buildings, healthy and affordable food, more public transport, clean energy and modern clean technological innovations, products that…
This document assesses Ukraine’s progress in fulfilling certain obligations under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in terms of cooperation in carrying out institutional reforms in the area of environmental protection (Article 365 of Chapter 6 “Environment” of Title V “Economic and Sector Co–operation”), as well as the gradual approximation of Ukrainian legislation in the area of…
The purpose of the brief is to analyze the current state of water management and planning of implementation of projects that have an impact on the environment that result from the failure to conduct environmental assessments in full, which complicates the decision-making process and creates conflict situations. Any activity planned in Ukraine must guarantee environmental…
About 13 % of the Ukrainian forests are constantly being used by public enterprises. Compared to state forests, the efficiency of forest use and protection of large municipal forests is lower, which is caused by a chain of legal, administrative, and economic problems. Most municipal enterprises manage forests inefficiently, numerously violating the law. As a…
The sphere of environmental protection needs both horizontal (change of the old corrupt and inefficient system of ecological control to transparent, effective and operative; reform of legal liability for environmental violations in terms of the extension of administrative and economic sanctions and measures of a criminal nature to legal entities, revision of the composition of violations…
In Ukraine, there is a large number of unaccounted forests on agricultural and undistributed lands. There is no exact data on the area of unaccounted forests, but some estimations indicate the scale of hundreds of thousands of hectares. Due to the intensification of agricultural production, unaccounted forests are being cut down on a massive scale,…
The White paper is aimed to help in reformation of the management of forest industry. The publication outlines the main problems in forest industry in Ukraine, legislative gaps in this area and the key solutions for bridging the gaps and raising the quality of Ukrainian forests that will create necessary conditions for preserving biodiversity and…
This analytic paper (Green paper) is aimed to help in reformation of the management of forest industry. The publication outlines the main problems in forest industry in Ukraine, legislative gaps in this area that limit the development of the branch of economy and preservation of forest ecosystems with necessary conditions for biodiversity and ecological balance…
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