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21.Current situation on the Runa mountain meadow. Destruction of natural ecosystems continues (2025-05-03)
... On April 29, 2025, employees of ICO “Environment-People-Law” made a field trip to the Runa (Rivna) mountain meadow that is part of the Polonynskyi ridge within Zakarparttia region. The reason for this trip was the fact that we were informed about ongoing construction works on the Runa mountain meadow according to our data were conducted... ...
22.Online discussion with stakeholders of the ways of transposing the EU Bird and Habitats Directives into the Ukrainian legislation (2025-04-26)
... Today, EPL together with representatives of the Parliamentary Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group presented the policy paper “Reform of the Biodiversity Conservation System: Ukraine on the Path to the EU” to generate wider discussion of the document.... ...
23.Runa mountain meadow: construction machinery is already working, but EIA procedure is not completed — EPL in another court case in defense of the Carpathians (2025-04-24)
... EPL continues its legal fight to preserve Runa mountain meadow. This time, in another court case that directly concerns the implementation of plans to build a wind farm in one of the most valuable natural regions of the Ukrainian Carpathians. This is case No. 260/1284/25, which the developer – Turyansky Wind Park LLC, initiated against... ...
24.First All-Ukrainian Bioblitz – A Nature Observation Competition among naturalists (those who love nature*) (2025-04-24)
... We invite everyone interested in nature to take part in the First All-Ukrainian Bioblitz, which will take place from May 19 to June 8, 2025. What is a Bioblitz? A bioblitz is a large-scale nature event during which participants photograph and document plants, animals, fungi, and other living organisms. Observations are uploaded through the... ...
25.What will the state policy in the area of biodiversity conservation be? (2025-04-05)
... On April 4, there was held an online discussion of the policy paper “Reform of the Biodiversity Conservation System: Ukraine on the Way to the EU”. Participants of the event included representatives of EPL, BEI, UNCG, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine. The policy paper that we have developed aims... ...
26.Future of biodiversity in Ukraine: searching for the best solutions (2025-04-02)
... We continue to work on reforming Ukraine’s environmental protection system and ensuring the fulfillment of Ukraine’s European integration obligations in the environmental sector. As part of this process, there will be held a discussion of the policy paper entitled «The reform of biodiversity conservation system: Ukraine on the way to the EU» with representatives of... ...
27.Application of the European Convention on Human Rights for Protection of Environmental Rights and the Environment (2025-03-05)
... The manual constitutes the second edition of the analytical review of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights in cases relating to the environment. The authors analyse court judgments under specific articles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the content of which was creatively interpreted by the... ...
28.EPL Shares Experience and Knowledge on the Impact of Warfare on Ukraine’s Environment (2025-02-17)
... An ecologist from the International Charitable Organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) delivered a lecture for participants of the “School of Solutions Journalism” by EcoRubryka. Kateryna Polіanska discussed the impact of military actions on Ukraine’s environment, the organization’s work in this field since 2014, soil contamination research, the consequences of pollution by explosive ordnance, challenges in demining... ...
29.A press briefing on the impacts of military operations on the environment of Ukraine was held in Lviv (2025-02-11)
... On February 10, 2025, a press briefing “Results of the studies of impacts of the war on the environment of Ukraine (liberated territories and the territory of Lviv region)” was held at the Lviv Press Club, organized by International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law”. During the event, experts presented results of field studies covering the impact of... ...
30.Launch of the international compensation mechanism: results of 2024 (2025-01-10)
... The issue of holding the Russian Federation accountable for the damage caused to us and our state within the framework of the international compensation mechanism is actively developing. In 2024, many important events took place in this regard. The year 2023 ended with the approval of the composition of the Register Board and with its... ...
