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Russia is responsible for the oil spill in the Black Sea
On 29 August, a large-scale oil spill occurred in the port of Novorossiysk. According to preliminary estimates, 10 tonnes of oil products spilled over an area of 350 square kilometres.…
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Ukraine has signed the Global Oceans Treaty!
On 2 September, at the UN headquarters, Ukraine joined the Global Agreement on Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction – a historic agreement to protect the open seas. Thus,…
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Ukraine announces support to the High Seas Treaty
For the UN Conference on Oceans currently taking place in Nice (France), Ukraine publicly supported the High Seas Treaty — the UN Agreement on the Conservation and Rational Use of Biodiversity in Areas of the Oceans beyond National Jurisdiction.
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Open Appeal by Ukrainian and International Non-Governmental Organizations to the Government of the United States of America and the European Union and its Member States
The undersigned Ukrainian and international civil society organisations respectfully appeal to the United States Government to impose a complete embargo on importing Russian timber and wood products and call on…
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About the environmental disaster in Crimea caused by the spill of fuel oil from old Russian tankers
On December 15, 2024, two Russian tankers crashed in the Kerch Strait. The accident could have caused between 2,500 and 4,500 tons of fuel oil to spill into the Black…
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The oil spill accident in the Black Sea demonstrates what environmental damage old tankers with Russian oil can cause around Europe
On Tuesday night, heavy fuel oil (mazut) from the tankers that sank on Sunday has begun washing up on the shores of the Black Sea coast. It is reported that…
