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41.Road map of environmental reforms: moving towards the EU (2023-12-20)
... EPL team rejoices with all of Ukraine at the decision of the European Council on the readiness to start negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. At the same time, we are aware that this is the beginning of a new difficult path. We will remind that the previous decision of the European Commission was... ...
42.FROM KYIV TO THE HAGUE VIA NEW YORK: EPL INITIATED DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROSPECTS OF APPLYING THE ROME STATUTE IN UKRAINE (2023-12-15)
... On December 12, 2023, EPL, in collaboration with partners such as the Open Society Foundations, the International Renaissance Foundation, the Office of the Prosecutor General, and the Institute for Environmental Security, organized an additional event entitled «War-driven Environmental Damage in Ukraine: Perspectives on the Application of the Rome Statute and the Work of the... ...
43.European integration is not a priority for the Ministry of Environment (2023-12-15)
... Can you guess which two countries neglected their obligations under the Aarhus Convention – the international agreement on environmental protection and democracy? These are Ukraine and Hungary. And while Hungary has not surprised anyone for a long time, Ukraine’s behavior in the international arena is considered to be a deep shame. It’s a shame... ...
44.Implementation of environmental reforms on the way to the EU: civil society position (2023-12-01)
... In light of the news regarding the launch of the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and approval by the European Commission of the “Ukraine 2023 Report”, representatives of Ukrainian civil society are convinced that further reforms should not only be carried out, but also implemented fully in accordance with the recommendations of... ...
45.Implementation of environmental reforms on the way to the EU: civil society position (2023-11-30)
... In light of the news regarding the launch of the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and approval by the European Commission of the “Ukraine 2023 Report”, representatives of Ukrainian civil society are convinced that further reforms should not only be carried out, but also implemented fully in accordance with the recommendations of... ...
46.IS THE EU CRIMINALIZING ECOCIDE? (2023-11-23)
... On November 16, 2023, an agreement was adopted at the level of the European Union regarding the strengthening of responsibility for harms caused to the environment at the international level. This preliminary agreement is regarding adoption of a new written EU law designed to improve investigation and prosecution of environmental offences. The new directive aims... ...
47.The Ministry of Environment came to protect the Carpathian forests (2023-11-23)
... On November 10, 2023, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources refused the Mokryany Forestry Enterprise to issue a conclusion regarding clearcutting and clearcut sanitary logging. The notification on the planned activity regarding the use of forest resources appeared in the Unified Register of Environmental Impact Assessment as early as June 30, 2023. On... ...
48.The start of the negotiation process and the “environmental” component (2023-11-18)
... Recently, we all celebrated the EC’s recommendation to start the negotiation process for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Such a decision went together with the Report on Ukraine 2023 that assessed Ukraine’s progress in fulfilling European integration tasks, including those in the area of environmental protection. The Minister Ruslan Strilets wrote the following about this... ...
49.Assessment of the implementation of environmental policy in Ukraine: 5 systemic problems (2023-11-06)
... The analytical document was developed within the framework of the initiative “Assessment of the Implementation of Environmental Policy in Ukraine”. The document is intended for specialists in environmental and climate policy in the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management of the Verkhovna Rada of... ...
50.With a motor grader through the green heart of the Carpathians or how “green” energy destroys the national treasure – the Borzhava mountain meadow (2023-11-04)
... To: the President of Ukraine Minister for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine With a motor grader through the green heart of the Carpathians or how “green” energy destroys the national treasure – the Borzhava mountain meadow The appeal for protection of the Carpathian ridge with an international... ...
