Nature protection
Nature is a silent victim of war. The Russian invasion has been causing huge damage not only to people but also directly to nature. Greenpeace Ukraine is continuously monitoring environmental war crimes and advocates for Russia to be held accountable for the damage.
Mobile Rescue Station in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian mountains
European companies are complicit in the destruction of old-growth forests in the Ukrainian Carpathians, the timber from which is sold throughout the European Union. This is the shocking finding of a Greenpeace Austria research, including an expedition in the Ukrainian old-growth forests. The report, published in November 2022, revealed that less than 3% of critical ecosystems are strictly protected from industrial logging. The majority of the forests of the Carpathians are exposed to widespread logging and exploitation.
Our work on protecting the Carpathian forests is ongoing.
Mapping environmental damage
Greenpeace Austria, in collaboration with the Ukrainian NGO Ecoaction, has launched the “Environmental damage map.” It shows a set of cases of environmental destruction that were caused by the Russian war and should be considered by both the Ukrainian government and the European Commission’s Donor Coordination Platform for planning and financing future nature restoration. The data on severe damage was collected by Ecoaction and later confirmed by satellite imagery and mapped by Greenpeace Austria.
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One more year of occupation and false flag operations: Greenpeace Ukraine Analysis Exposes Russian Disinformation of Ukrainian Attacks on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
12-month review of satellite imagery finds no evidence of Ukrainian shelling and documents Russian military damage to ZNPP power lines
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Greenpeace Ukraine: Russian license for the occupied ZNPP is illegal
On photo: Alexey Likhachev, CEO of Rosatom, Alexander Trembitsky, Head of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision, and Ramil Galiev, CEO of Russian JSC Zaporizhzhia NPP Operating…
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Russia Builds Dam, Bunkers and Sangars at Zaporizhzhia NPP: Satellite Imagery Reveal Changes to Cooling System and New Level of Militarization
A satellite analysis commissioned by Greenpeace Ukraine has also found that the surface area of the cooling pond decreased by more than 100,000 m² over the summer of 2025, while…
