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211.2022 WINNING STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN UKRAINE AND AROUND THE WORLD (2022-05-31)
... Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), USA Environment–People–Law (EPL), Ukraine Winning strategies for Communities and the Environment in Ukraine and Around the World is a collection of success stories compiled by ELAW and EPL, to serve as inspiration for environmental defenders. The publication includes environmental cases initiated by activists and non-governmental organizations in Australia, Argentina, Belize,... ...
212.Draft Law of Ukraine № 7289: compliance with the norms of the Land Code of Ukraine and the need to adopt the draft law (2022-05-27)
... The issue of regulating land relations in the war and postwar periods is quite problematic in Ukraine. It is important to create such a legal framework that would meet the conditions and needs of martial law, would not contravene the current acts governing land issues and contribute to the preservation of the main wealth of... ...
213.The nature protected fund is a contribution into preservation of life on Earth (2022-05-26)
... The most effective mechanism for the biodiversity protection on the Earth is the preservation of species and ecosystems in the places of their natural dispersal. Creation of protected areas is a globally acknowledged tool for the protection of biodiversity. Whereas in Ukraine, the nature protected fund (NPF) is still only a partially effective tool for... ...
214.Biodiversity.Three months of war (2022-05-25)
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215.Habitat Equivalence Assessment methodology to determine compensation for restoration costs: an overview (2022-05-24)
... Essential damage to the environment resulting from rf’s atrocities in Ukraine call for the development of a methodology to estimate the compensation for the expenditures related to the environmental remediation and restoration. This kind of methodology must enable the estimation of the amount which would objectively cover the compensation costs for the environment regeneration in... ...
216.We call on President Zelensky not to sign the draft law # 7282! (2022-05-23)
... MPs without an official decision of the Committee on Environmental Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, an official position of the Ministry of Environment are trying to cancel the SEA – Strategic Environmental Assessment – for a number of programs in oblasts and local communities, which assesses environmental impact at the planning stage.... ...
217.Planning recovery without new environmental crises (2022-05-20)
... Ukraine has chosen the way of recovery,which should be aimed at improving the quality of life and implementing European standards. Therefore, recovery planning must be in line with European approaches and take into account environmental, climate and resource-saving aspects. Other tools designed to ensure good quality decision-making include SEA and EIA. The application of... ...
218.Statement from the environmental civil society regarding Ukraine’s forest policy (2022-05-19)
... Over the last few years, many changes have taken place in the forestry and forest management sector in Ukraine, which have improved the opportunities for public involvement in sustainable forest management. In particular, during 2018-2021 afforestation plans were opened, an electronic register of tree logging tickets was created (on the website of the state enterprise... ...
219.Does Ukraine need satisfaction? (2022-05-19)
... The draft principles of International Law Commission (ILC) refer to “satisfaction”, which consists in “an acknowledgement of the breach, an expression of regret, a formal apology or another appropriate modality” as the third form of damage compensation – reparations. Satisfaction is intended as a form of compensation for damage caused by a violation that cannot... ...
220.News OSCE meeting (2022-05-19)
... Olya Melen-Zabramna participates in OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on the Functioning of Democratic Institutions in Times of Crisis, taking place on 16-17 May in Vienna in Hofburg Palace. On 17th May, 2022 Olya spoke at side-event “Five human rights issues during Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: the position of the “Tribunal for Putin” initiative”, organized... ...
