Ecoanalytics

According to the sociological research conducted by International Charitable Organization “Environment-People-Law” and Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in November – December 20181, more than three quarters of the respondents (79%) agree with the statement that, as an individual, they can play a role in the environmental protection in Ukraine, at that 44% – “completely agree”,…

According to the sociological survey conducted by International Charitable Organization “Environment-People-Law” and Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in November – December 20181, a large majority of Ukrainians (80 %) recognize the need for pro-European reforms in the field of the environmental protection and rational use of natural resources. Only 8 % of citizens disagree with…

According to survey conducted in November-December 20181, an absolute majority of respondents agree with the statement that environmental problems directly affect their everyday lives and health. At the same time, environmental problems, as well as the environment in general depend not only on the authorities, adopted norms, international standards, etc., but also on the activities…

According to the World Health Organization, chemical and biological pollution of air, water, soil, the noise, the anthropogenic climate changes and changes in the ecosystem are among the factors that directly affect human health1. This comes as no surprise, as consuming polluted water, consuming products grown on polluted lands, inhaling polluted air daily, a person…

In 2017, about 10 million tons of domestic waste were created in Ukraine and then buried on landfills totally covering the area of more than 8.5 thousand hectares. According to the data of the Ministry of Regional Development, as of 2017 the total number of landfills is 5434 units. Of these, 5.7% are landfills that…

Ukrainian environment is in poor condition and it is not a secret. Every day in news we hear about polluted rivers, illegal logging, lands fool of garbage, burning of leaves and other dry greenery, etc. The main reason for disregarding environmental rules is that current environmental protection system in most cases allows population and industry…

In 2017 in Ukraine, about 10 million tons of household waste was created and then buried on landfills and polygons totally covering more than 8.5 thousand hectares1. According to the data of the Ministry of Regional Development, as of 2017 the total number of landfills is 5,434, among them 5.7% are overloaded, and 25% do…

This policy paper is aimed to help in implementation of the transparent and intended use of environmental funds. The publication highlights the main problems of filling and use of environmental funds that lead to absence of tangible results in the environment and even to its deterioration. The document has shocking examples of misuse of funds,…

Absence of effective management system, transparency in forest management, and qualitative legal system is one of the main reasons for corruption in forest industry and social dissatisfaction with the actions of forest officers. At the same time, wood is a renewable natural resource, and EU and North American experience indicates that it is possible to…

Hazardous waste in Ukraine instead of being recycled enters the environment About 600 thousand tons of hazardous waste is generated in Ukraine annually. These include worked out fluorescent lamps, motor oils, batteries, unfit and expired pesticides, pesticide packaging, medical waste and others. In European countries, this waste is safely generated, recycled, neutralized and disposed of,…

 Policy brief about the regulation of the number of homeless animals While walking down the city streets, each of us repeatedly met pack of dogs and cats – near the entrances and windows of basements and semi-basement floors. Some of these animals have collars or special clips in ears. But they are in public…

According to the data of the World Health Organization for 2016, Ukraine ranks fourth in Europe by number of deaths per 100 thousand persons (137 deaths) resulting from air pollutioni. To compare, in the neighbouring Poland and Slovakia this figure makes respectively 76 and 59 cases, and in Austria – only 39 out of 100…