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151.How is damage caused to the environmental by russian aggression calculated.Water resources (2023-02-06)
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152.Imitation of the progress of the Ministry of Environment in 2022 – early 2023 (2023-01-31)
... At the beginning of 2023, on its official Facebook page, the Ministry of Environment published an infographic about the results of 2022 in terms of implementing the Association Agreement with the EU in the environmental sphere. Description of the infographic was saying about big steps towards the EU, about the approval of nine European integration... ...
153.EcoSOS 2022: citizens and communities protecting the environment (2023-01-18)
... EPL’s mission is the rule of law for environmental protection. It is impossible to save the environment alone. Therefore, during the year, our EkoSOS 2022 hotline gathered like-minded people in communities across Ukraine whose environmental rights were violated. Together with our clients and colleagues from other organizations, we looked for the root of the problems... ...
154.Key provisions of the UNEP report on protecting the environment during armed conflicts (2023-01-18)
... 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... ...
155.Judges from Lviv failed to protect Svydovets mountain range. What next? (2022-12-17)
... On December, 15, 2022 the appeal court in Lviv took the side of the investors of ski resort Svydovets construction. Svydovevts ski resort is supposed to be second Bykovel ski resort in Zakarpatya region. Back in 2017, Rakhiv and Tyachiv regional state administrations adopted the decisions to approde the Detailed plan of the territory of... ...
156.Protection of ecoactivists in the world (2022-12-12)
... On November 23, there was held an online meeting of all stakeholders with the newly elected Special Rapporteur of the Aarhus Convention on Environmental Defenders, where he presented his mandate and talked about his future activities. Below we will consider the key aspects of Michel Forst’s vision of the mandate https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/Vision_for_mandate.pdf?fbclid=IwAR15mf5QmmOEsTMbf9GEifLGB1d15u5vdzpy0NLT4GZCE-IFeMfr5xeWJ2A. Mr. Michel Forst noted... ...
157.“Ukrainian case” in the Compliance Committee to the Protocol on PRTRs (2022-12-06)
... On November 24-25, 2022, in Geneva there was held the ninth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (hereinafter – PRTR) to the Aarhus Convention. Despite the war, four representatives from Ukraine took part in the meeting of the Working Group – two representatives of... ...
158.Will the reform of state environmental control be implemented? (2022-12-06)
... The reform of state environmental control has been implemented for at least five years. It is almost three years since registration in the Parliament of the Draft Law on State Environmental Control No. 3091. In July 2021, it was adopted as a basis, and the issue has not moved any further. International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law”... ...
159.The role of civil society as driving force for the EU driven changes and reforms (2022-12-01)
... EPL participated online in High-Level Conference on ‘RebuildUkraine’ and Civil Dialogue, organized by European Environmental Bureau, with participation of the EU institutions representatives. EPL presented its vision on the role of civil society in Ukraine, in rebuilding Ukraine and launching key environmental reforms, in particular the reform of state environmental control. Below there is EPL statement... ...
160.Online meeting with the Aarhus Convention’s Special Rapporteur (2022-11-29)
... On November 23, there was held an online meeting of all stakeholders with the newly elected Special Rapporteur of the Aarhus Convention on Environmental Defenders, where he presented his mandate and talked about his future activities. After his election, Mr. Michel Forst thanked the Parties for their trust and stated that he will do his... ...
