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311.Failure to provide information by the Department of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (2018-09-21)
... Case: appeal the refusal to provide information Region: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Kalush city Essence of the case: protection right of access to information Parties: EPL, Ivano-Frankivsk regional state administration (Ivano-Frankivsk RSA) Essence of the problem: violation of public access to environmental information on disposal of hazard waste (Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)) Main facts: EPL was approached by... ...
312.POLICY BRIEF “HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE UKRAINIAN WAY” (2018-09-19)
... 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,... ...
313.POLICY BRIEF “HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE UKRAINIAN WAY” (2018-09-19)
... 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,... ...
314.Most of protected areas in the ATO zone are harmed by the war (2018-09-19)
... Starting from June 2014, EPL has been monitoring the conditions of protected areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions because of the war. Most of reliable facts can be found on EPL’s web-site in the thematic news1 and research2 sections. EPL experts released more than 20 materials in collections of academic papers and conference theses devoted... ...
315.Most of protected areas in the ATO zone are harmed by the war (2018-09-19)
... Starting from June 2014, EPL has been monitoring the conditions of protected areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions because of the war. Most of reliable facts can be found on EPL’s web-site in the thematic news1 and research2 sections. EPL experts released more than 20 materials in collections of academic papers and conference theses devoted... ...
316.Russia revokes reserves in Crimea (2018-09-19)
... Some land from the territory of the Crimean and Yalta mountain-forest reserves has been withdrawn for the construction of government dachas. The status of the land, the area of which is equivalent to all suburban forests in Kyiv, has been changed from protected to recreational one. The Cape Martyan Reserve and 11 other national nature... ...
317.Russia revokes reserves in Crimea (2018-09-19)
... Some land from the territory of the Crimean and Yalta mountain-forest reserves has been withdrawn for the construction of government dachas. The status of the land, the area of which is equivalent to all suburban forests in Kyiv, has been changed from protected to recreational one. The Cape Martyan Reserve and 11 other national nature... ...
318.100 judges have increased their qualifications in environmental matters (2018-09-14)
... The project “Effective Justice for Protection of the Environment and Environmental Rights of Citizens” that was implemented for a year supported by the Nove Pravosuddya Justice Sector Reform Program financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is coming to an end. During this time, a distance course “Human Rights and Environmental Protection”... ...
319.WHITE BOOK ON LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIELD OF PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT (2018-09-14)
... 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... ...
320.Environmental catastrophe in Crimea: poisoned air (2018-09-13)
... In recent days, the technogenic disaster on the northern outskirts of the Crimean peninsula has been a major environmental issue in Ukraine. Similar to the situation with the territories in Donbass not controlled by the Ukrainian government, no civil society organization or public controling auhtority of Ukraine have the possibility to get to the scene... ...
