Ecoclub has filed a complaint to the Aarhus Convention. The state procedures for strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Ukraine are flawed and do not ensure […]
Kronospan
The new EIA report on Kronospan contains inaccurate information
The Kronospan Rivne located in Horodok (Rivne region) plans to reconstruct industrial buildings and structures into a wood processing plant. This is mentioned in the published environmental impact assessment (EIA) report. […]
Kronospan near Rivne will conduct a new EIA procedure
The Rivne District Administrative Court canceled a positive conclusion on Kronospan’s environmental impact assessment procedure (EIA) near Rivne. It was issued by the Department of Ecology of the Rivne Regional […]
Kronospan`s positive conclusion on the EIA report is canceled. What’s next
NGO Ecoclub won in the court against the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Rivne Regional State Administration (hereinafter – the Department). At a court hearing on July […]
Ecoclub`s court against Department of Ecology of Rivne regional state administration – the results of the first hearing
Ecoclub continues to demand in court the cancellation of the conclusion on the safety of the woodworking plant “Kronospan”, which is being built near Rivne. The Department of Ecology and […]
Ecoclub initiates the development of public air quality monitoring network in the Rivne region
The longer the war lasts, the more damage it does to the environment: the russian occupiers fire on factories, and blow up oil depots; fires occur due to intense shelling. […]
SLAPP: Ecoclub’s case was considered in Zurich
Strategic lawsuits against public participation are widespread around the world. Ecoclub also suffered from such a lawsuit. This example was discussed, among others, at the conference “Making Society Silent: The […]
NGO Ecoclub defended the right to criticize Kronospan in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Ukraine overturned the decisions of local courts that declared Ecoclub’s publications illegal. The Supreme Court has confirmed the rights of environmentalists to criticize dubious and risky […]
Why Ecoclub is suing to the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of Rivne Regional State Administration
On August 20, 2020, the Ecoclub filed a lawsuit against the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Rivne Regional State Administration. The lawsuit’s purpose is to declare illegal […]
The main grounds of Ecoclub’s appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of Kronospan
NGO Ecoclub appealed to the Supreme Court to protect its right to freedom of speech in the case of Kronospan. Background: In the summer of 2019, Rivne media disseminated the […]
Ecoclub filed a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of Kronospan
NGO Ecoclub has appealed to the Supreme Court to protect its right to freedom of speech in the case of Kronospan. On February 24, Ecoclub filed a cassation appeal to […]
11 tonnes of formaldehyde into the air each year – estimated emissions from the planned Kronospan plant in Horodok
“Consideration of construction documents of a woodworking factory in Horodok village near Rivne is only possible if an independent environmental monitoring system will be part of it and EIA will […]