Stanislav Viter
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Preserve the Great Meadow as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Blind restoration: What lessons do other countries have for Ukraine’s green recovery?
Re-dam or to restore the Dnipro: What are the goals of International Financial Institutions in the Dnipro River valley?
Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Eugene Simonov
Espoo Convention: Does cross-border environmental impact assessment work in war zones?
Soil and water in Ukraine are contaminated with toxic substances
The French media La Libre spoke with UWEC co-founder Oleksiy Vasilyuk about a balance between safe mine clearance, ecosystem protection, and future recovery of Ukraine. We’ve translated this material for you. Anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of war not only cause human casualties but can also contaminate land and groundwater by releasing…
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Underwater migrants: the invasive species upsetting ecosystems in Ukraine’s Black Sea waters
The Zone and the war: the new tragedy of Chornobyl
Alex Ovchinnikov
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Ukraine Recovery Plan: environmental “blind spots” in RDNA reports
The environmental dimension of Ukraine’s recovery remains underestimated in RDNA reports (Rapid Damage and Needs Assessments). From 2023 to 2026, the approach evolved from a narrow focus on forests to a broader understanding of ecosystems, yet RDNA5 has simplified the analysis again. Biodiversity is mentioned only within a general damage estimate of $36 billion, while…
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