A Coordination Center for Environmental Damage Assessment will be established in Ukraine to help assess the consequences of environmental damage caused by russian troops. This is reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Environment.
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It is noted that international partners will help Ukraine assess the environmental damage caused by russia.
This was agreed upon at a meeting of the Council of the project "Reducing the Risks of Long-Term Environmental Disasters in Ukraine through the Establishment of a Coordination Center for Environmental Damage Assessment"
The Ministry of Ecology adds that one of the main goals of the project is to help the Ministry of Ecology and the State Environmental Inspectorate develop and improve Ukrainian legislation that provides for the collection of evidence of environmental damage caused by the russian federation.
Deputy Minister Olena Kramarenko emphasized that such international support for Ukraine is extremely important now. According to her, Kyiv needs to overcome the environmental consequences of russia's armed aggression, including restoring Ukraine's ecosystems during the war and in the postwar period.
The Supervisory Board of the project approved the work plan for 2024, which was developed by the team and, in particular, provides for:
- Promoting the improvement of legislation and technical capacities for collecting evidence and documenting environmental damage caused by russian aggression in Ukraine;
- purchase of certified mobile laboratories for environmental damage analysis.
This work is fully synchronized with clause 8 of the President's Peace Formula "Environmental Security", which provides for the calculation of environmental damage. They will be subsequently entered into the general register of damages and recovered from the aggressor state
Addendum
The agency noted that the project "Reducing the Risks of Long-Term Environmental Disasters in Ukraine through the Establishment of a Coordination Center for Environmental Damage Assessment" is being implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine with funding from the Swedish government.
Recall
Last summer, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets said that the amount of environmental damage caused by the Russians due to the war in Ukraine had increased 5 times in a year and reached 2 trillion hryvnias.