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221.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... ...
222.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.... ...
223.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... ...
224.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... ...
225.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... ...
226.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... ...
227.Notes from today’s meeting of OSCE (2022-05-18)
... 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. In session dedicated to the role of national and local institutions as guardians of democracy in times of crisis. Three keynote speakers were talking about... ...
228.Honorary Award of the Chairman of the Board of EPL John Bonain (2022-05-13)
... Professor John Bonine, Chair of the Executive Board of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law”, co-founder of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, was awarded the Normandy Honor for Peace as a Guardian of Future Generations. The ceremony took place at the UN headquarters. We are proud and learn from Professor Bonine to follow our dreams, protect and... ...
229.The UN Compensation Commission – a prospect of financing the environmental remediation in Ukraine after the war against the rf (2022-05-06)
... Overview of activities of the UN Compensation Commission The rf’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine is nothing new in the history of relationships between states. Multiple aggressive acts of this kind took place in the previous century and the established international bodies, whose primary goal is to ensure international security and peace on the planet, took... ...
230.Green Restoration of Ukraine: Public Position (2022-05-05)
... In recent weeks, the President of Ukraine in his speeches and at press conferences has repeatedly voiced ideas for rebuilding the country ranging from the patronage of Ukrainian cities by European countries to facilitating business and digitalization. Also recently, on April 21, By decree of the President, the National Council for the Restoration of Ukraine... ...
