{"id":2565,"date":"2024-08-13T19:58:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/?page_id=2565"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:35:51","slug":"nature-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/our-work\/nature-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Nature protection<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mobile Rescue Station in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian mountains<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0the 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work on protecting the Carpathian forests is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mapping environmental damage<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Greenpeace Austria, in collaboration with the Ukrainian NGO Ecoaction, has launched the \u201cEnvironmental damage map.\u201d 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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