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The Russian invasion has impacted more than 20% of Ukraine's nature conservation areas, the Environment Ministry reported on Nov. 6. In total, 812 sites listed by Ukraine's Nature Reserve Fund have been affected, while 514 sites are still occupied.

Just wonderful news in the midst of dark times of war...

Besides contaminating water supplies and threatening the cooling system at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam will likely destroy hundreds of rare animal and plant species, according to the Ukrainian environment ministry.

The destruction of a major dam in Ukraine is catastrophic for the environment and will mean that parts of nature are 'lost forever,' says Ukraine environment minister Ruslan Strilets.

The destruction of a major dam in Ukraine is catastrophic for the environment and will mean that parts of nature are 'lost forever,' says Ukraine environment minister Ruslan Strilets.

Besides contaminating water supplies and threatening the cooling system at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam will likely destroy hundreds of rare animal and plant species, according to the Ukrainian environment ministry.

The destruction of a major dam in Ukraine is catastrophic for the environment and will mean that parts of nature are 'lost forever,' says Ukraine environment minister Ruslan Strilets.

The Verkhovna Rada at a meeting on Monday adopted a law on the creation and functioning of the state environmental monitoring system and its subsystems (No. 7327).

At the start of last month’s UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, UN Environmental Programme Executive Director, Inger Andersen, made the memorable statement, “we are at war with nature” and must “make peace.” As Ukrainian ecologists now in Kyiv doing our work despite unsteady electricity — a full hour of uninterrupted internet is a luxury […]

Projects are at the early development stage, but scoping documents show a huge impact on the environment - including red list species of flora and fauna of local and international significance.