Ukraine: state budget receives funds for stocking water bodies from commercial fishing auctions

For the first time the state budget of Ukraine has received funds for stocking water bodies from auctions for commercial fishing. Previously, only local budgets received this money. This was announced by Vitalii Koval, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food. According to him, the new budget programme “Measures for the introduction of aquatic bioresources into…

Ukraine: Environment Ministry suspends wind farm construction on Runa Meadow in Zakarpattia

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has suspended the review of environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents regarding the construction of 30 wind turbines on the Runa Meadow in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia). This was confirmed by Olha Melen-Zabramna, head of the legal department of the international organization Environment-People-Law (EPL). “Despite public protests, the…