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One billion trees to be planted in Ukraine in next three years – program

The Ukrainian leader promises the timber market in Ukraine will work transparently.

15:00, 07.06.2021

Zelensky holds urgent meeting over wildfires in Kharkiv, Luhansk regions (Video)

The area of the fire is 400 hectares.

19:59, 02.09.2020

Number of victims of wildfires in Luhansk region grows to five dead – Zelensky

Some 24 houses have been completely destroyed, while another 59 have been severely damaged.

13:35, 08.07.2020

Ukraine should conduct national forest inventory, PM Shmyhal says

Shmyhal acknowledges illegal logging exists in Ukraine.

16:40, 03.07.2020

Ukraine loses 6,000 ha of forests in four regions over illegal amber extraction

Environmentalists say the amber extraction areas have turned into an environmental disaster zone.

13:50, 05.06.2020

Parliament passes bill on inventory of Ukrainian forests

The last time the government did an inventory was in 2011.

18:40, 03.06.2020

Zhytomyr region sees new forest fire outbreak spreading to nearby nature reserve

The incident was reported in the region's Olevsk district.

21:58, 28.04.2020

Ukraine's interior minister reports all fires in Chornobyl zone extinguished (Photos)

He thanked the firefighters and foresters for the work.

23:55, 26.04.2020

Reuters: Fires near Chornobyl pose 'no risk to human health,' IAEA says

There had been "some minor increases in radiation."

14:20, 26.04.2020

Police considering two versions of wildfire occurrence in Zhytomyr region

Elimination of fires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone is still ongoing, the minister says.

18:57, 19.04.2020

Activists block traffic of Kyiv's Protasiv Yar, protesting against cutting trees in urban forest (Photo, video)

Several hundred protesters, including local residents, have blocked traffic.

23:55, 24.06.2019

Ukraine introduces new timber quality standards in 2019

The new standards are based on the European standardization system.

16:29, 15.01.2019

Ukraine imposes restrictions on construction in urban green spaces

The restrictions are designed to prevent mass construction in the forested areas.

10:20, 05.10.2018

British Earthsight probes into illegal logging in Ukraine over past two years

Exports of sawn timber exceed the country's entire legal production by 75%: 1.2 million cubic meters of illegally-sourced lumber exports every year.

15:53, 17.07.2018

Timber production in Ukraine declines to 15.9 mcm in 2017

The agency's task for 2018 is to increase timber sales via the electronic trading platform.

10:32, 30.01.2018