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421.Protection of the right to safe and healthy environment (2017-03-23)
... Case: extension of the lifetime of nuclear reactor № 1at South-Ukrainian nuclear power plant (SU NPP) Region: Ukraine, Mykolaiv region, Yuzhnoukrainsk Essence of the case: protection of the right to safe and healthy environment during decision-making on extension of the lifetime of nuclear reactor №1 at SU NPP Parties: EPL, the State Inspection of Nuclear... ...
422.Dead zones may threaten coral reefs worldwide (2017-03-22)
... Dead zones affect dozens of coral reefs around the world and threaten hundreds more according to a new study by Smithsonian scientists published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Watching a massive coral reef die-off on the Caribbean coast of Panama, they suspected it was caused by a dead zone — a low-oxygen... ...
423.Amazon River no younger than 9 million years, new study shows (2017-03-22)
... Researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the University of Brasilia (Brazil) have determined the age of the formation of the Amazon River at 9.4 to 9 million years ago (Ma) with data that convincingly refutes substantial younger estimates. Their results are published as early view in the journal Global and Planetary Change. The... ...
424.The last chance for Ukraine to save face in the context of the Aarhus Convention (2017-03-21)
... On January 23, 2017, Christian Friis Bach – Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe addressed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mr. Klimkin with a letter on the findings of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention on Ukraine’s implementation of decisions V/9m of the Meeting of the Parties regarding... ...
425.The authorities of the village where deforestation rate is the highest in Kyiv oblast protest against creation of a national park (2017-03-21)
... V. Sereda, the village mayor of Plesetske village in Kyiv oblast, appealed to the head of the Kyiv Regional Council H. Starikov with the request to prevent the establishment of a new national park in Kyiv oblast. The creation of the national nature parks “Pryirpinnya and Chernechyi lis”1 was initiated by scholars and activists of... ...
426.Lost protected objects and territories in Zaporizhzhia region (2017-03-21)
... We continuing analyzing losses of natural reserve fund in the regions of Ukraine and next goes Zaporizhzhia region, which has the most developed agricultural sector. In the region, there are 336 objects of protected areas totally covering 152422.9624 hectares. The actual area of protected areas in the region is 124242.9624 ha, ie 4.57% of the... ...
427.Why is the Ministry of Environment responsible for the massiveness of forest logging and how to prevent it? (2017-03-21)
... According to the Forest Code of Ukraine, allowable forest cutting norm is “scientifically based annual norm of logging approved for every owner, permanent forest user by groups of species, based on the principles of continuity and non-exhaustion of forest resources use.” These forest cutting norms are defined by appraisers (PA “Ukrderzhlisproekt) and are approved by... ...
428.The Ministry of Environment continues to neglect the Aarhus process (2017-03-21)
... On 29 July 2015, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee addressed the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine with a proposal to provide their feedback to facts and accusations expressed by EPL regarding the shalegas agreements within five months. Back in November 2014, EPL made a submission to the Committee stating that in 2013 in the process... ...
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430.Creation of an integrated electronic system of environmental information (2017-03-09)
... On April 5, 2016, Lviv Chamber of Commerce hosted a press conference “Environmentalists launch an electronic system of environmental protection” organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Lviv Regional State Administration. The purpose of the press conference is to increase awareness of the public and executive authorities on the need to introduce... ...
