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Ongoing legacy of lies
23.06.2009
On plans to build a centralized storage facility for spent nuclear waste from all Ukraines nuclear power plants in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Court protects the regional landscape park “Granite-Steppe Pobuzhya”
08.06.2009
In dispute are 27 72 hectares of the regional landscape park “Granite-Steppe Pobuzhya” which last year was voted one of Ukraines Seven Wonders and which Energoatom wants to flood
Police detain suspect over the murder of Oleksandr Goncharov
08.06.2009
The police are now convinced that Oleksandr Goncharovs murder was linked to his efforts to protect Zhukov Island
Environmentalists in no doubt as to why O. Goncharov was murdered
04.06.2009
Environmentalists and civic activists are concerned over police distortions of the testimony given by the murdered environmental activist and defender of Zhukiv Island
The Criminal Pillaging of Natural Resources must stop
01.06.2009
Open Appeal over the murder of environmental activist Olexei Goncharov from the Fourth Forum of Ukrainian human rights organizations
Fatal journalist investigation
30.05.2009
ICTV is officially neither confirming nor denying that the murder of Mr Goncharov (and serious injuries to his wife) was connected with the involvement of its journalists
Environmental activist murdered in Kyiv
28.05.2009
One of the defenders of the Zhukov Island in Kyiv has been killed, and his wife seriously beaten. Such brazen lawlessness demands swift and decisive response from the authorities. The following is a Statement from the Kyiv Environmental-Cultural Centre
We didnt live through Chernobyl, we are living through it
26.04.2009
On the 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster, a call for a State programme “Healthy Nation” and advice to IAEA to concern itself with the safety of nuclear power stations and not propagandize nuclear energy
Full-frontal onslaught on land resources
24.04.2009
Environmentalists believe that rampant violation of land legislation, uncontrolled seizures of land and changes in its designated purpose are leading to major destruction of natural areas and are the basis for all our environmental ills
The Aarhus Convention and Ukraines Pitiful Pretence at Compliance
08.01.2009
With a scandal over Ukraines failure to comply with the Aarhus Convention imminent, Ukraines authorities are continuing to act as though imitation of public participation and adherence to international commitments is no different from the real thing. Who are they trying to delude?
Time to fight the causes of environmental disasters, not just wipe up the mess
23.10.2008
Environmentalists believe that the recent disastrous floods in Western Ukraine were the result of climate change and manmade factors
Legal assistance to victims of natural disasters not in the Human Rights Ombudspersons scope?
29.09.2008
On a strange “response” to a request sent to Nina Karpachova asking her to appeal to the Government to help defend the constitutional rights of victims of the recent devastating floods
“Granite-Steppe Pobuzhya” recognized as one of Ukraines Seven Natural Wonders
28.08.2008
If you answered our call and added your vote, thank you! The park remains under threat of destruction with a part of it having been taken away through a suspect local authority decision and could be flooded if Energoatom has its way
“Ukrainian Switzerland” threatened with flooding
11.07.2008
More detail about the plans to destroy part of the regional landscape park “Granite-Steppe Pobuzhya”
Vote to save one of Ukraines Natural Wonders!
10.07.2008
The State-owned regional landscape park “Granite-Steppe Pobuzhya” is indeed a natural wonder, with unique wildlife and flora. It also contains monuments of historical and cultural heritage. It is under threat and your “vote” can help
Repeat Performance
22.06.2008
The Aarhus Convention reads like a response to Chernobyl. It is after all about the right to know and to have a say in what immediately concerns us. That its provisions must be observed is at once staggeringly obvious and a point the Ukrainian authorities seem gallingly reluctant to understand.
Ukraine cautioned over non-compliance with the Aarhus Convention
22.06.2008
The Third Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention took place in Riga earlier this month. It found that Ukraine had not demonstrated its compliance with an international agreement which is of vital importance to all of us
Open appeal from the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union on Ukraines failure to comply with the Aarhus Convention
11.06.2008
The authors consider that the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention has all grounds to conclude that Ukraine is failing to implement its commitments with regard to this vital agreement on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters
NGOs concerned over Ukraines disregard for European environmental conventions
16.05.2008
Two Kyiv environmental groups have lodged a complaint with the EU against the Ministry for Environmental Protection and the State Committee on the Forestry Industry for not implementing at least two European conventions on the protection of biodiversity
Ministry of Energy declared a danger zone
27.04.2008
On 26 April, the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster, activists from the National Ecological Centre cordoned off a “danger zone” around the Ministry of Fuel and Energy to warn Ukrainians about the danger of a repeat of the catastrophe due to the governments energy policy
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