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91.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... ...
92.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... ...
93.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... ...
94.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... ...
95.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... ...
96.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... ...
97.Policy brief on reforming of waste management (2023-10-31)
... During last decades Ukraine is overloaded with waste, in particular due to obsolete legislation and absence of state control over the business entities handling waste, and also tiny fines for violation of waste laws. As a result, near every settlement one can find illegal wastedumps, at the working waste sites accidents are common, for instance,... ...
98.ECOCIDE: FROM THEORY – TO PRACTICE, FROM PRACTICE – TO PUNISHMENT (2023-10-27)
... October 27, 2023 Afterword to the international seminar The international seminar “Legal qualification of crimes against the environment: joining efforts at the national and international levels” became the forum for discussing issues related to the fight against environmental criminal offenses and the problems faced by the country and the international community. Just to remind,... ...
99.Punishment for crimes against the environment: searching for optimal standards (2023-10-27)
... Today, on October 26, the international seminar “Legal qualification of crimes against the environment: joining forces at the national and international levels” began at the Prosecutor’s Training Center of Ukraine involving national and international experts, scientists and practitioners in the field of law. Opening the event, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources... ...
100.Policy brief on the reform of legal responsibility for environmental offenses (2023-10-22)
... Despite the fact that the man-made load on the environment in Ukraine is 4-5 times higher than in developed countries, the level of compliance with environmental legislation remains low. The reason for this is a whole range of factors, from corruption in the State Environmental Inspectorate and law enforcement agencies, inconsistency of the current model... ...
