Illegal-logging
Illegal-logging, News 25.02.2026
Three Sanitary Fellings in Zakarpattia Region: Coincidence or Pattern?
As we have previously noted, sanitary fellings are an important forestry management tool necessary to protect forest stands from the spread of pests and diseases. They are also designated in cases whe...
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Illegal-logging, News 26.01.2026
ForestCom presented the results of a two-year comprehensive monitoring of the forests of the Carpathian region
NGO ForestCom conducted a monitoring project of forests in the Carpathian region from 2024-2025, revealing significant illegal logging and shortcomings in law enforcement.
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Illegal-logging, News, Publications 16.01.2026
NGO ForestCom Uncovers UAH 6.4 Million in Forestry Violations from 2024-2025: Comprehensive Forest Monitoring Report
ForestCom has released key findings from its monitoring of illegal logging in Ukraine, gathered through its proprietary monitoring system during 2024-2025. The data reveal significant violations and s...
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Illegal-logging, News 08.01.2026
Satellites See What Is Deliberately Overlooked on the Ground
A forest does not disappear overnight. First, a light patch appears on a satellite image. Then come fresh sawdust, stumps without official markings, and traces of machinery where none should have been...
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Illegal-logging, News 18.12.2025
Forest Law Violations in the Brusturyanske Forestry Enterprise
While working on the investigative documentary “The Silence of Svydovets,” journalist Olena Mudra approached ForestCom's expert team with a request to conduct a legal analysis of forest law violations...
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Illegal-logging, News, Publications 01.12.2025
Review of Criminal Legislation of Foreign Countries in the Field of Illegal Logging
Criminal law regulation of forest-related offences in foreign countries is diverse and largely depends on the form of government, state structure, political regime, legal system, and historical factor...
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Illegal-logging, News 27.11.2025
Satellite Monitoring of Carpathian Primeval Forests: September–October 2025
ForestCom continues monitoring old-growth forest stands in the Ukrainian Carpathians using optical satellite imagery.
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Illegal-logging, News 17.11.2025
What are thinning operations?
As part of our ongoing research into legislative approaches to forest protection, we continue reviewing common forest management practices. We have already explained the specifics of sanitary fellings...
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Illegal-logging, News 14.11.2025
Satellite monitoring in October 2025
Throughout October 2025, the experts of NGO ForestCom continued monitoring forest cover changes in the Carpathian region and identified 349 areas where changes were recorded during the summer–autumn p...
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Illegal-logging, News 12.11.2025
Liability for Illegal Logging in Protected Areas: Proposals for Decriminalization
Under Part 3 of Article 246 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, a person can be held criminally liable for felling even a single tree of minimal diameter without authorization. Is the law fair?
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Illegal-logging, News 07.10.2025
Satellite Monitoring of Carpathian Primeval Forests: August 2025
NGO ForestCom continues monitoring old-growth forests in the Ukrainian Carpathians using optical satellite imagery.
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Illegal-logging, News 03.10.2025
ForestCom took part in the interagency meeting “Current Issues of the Woodworking Sector and the Impact of Timber Harvesting on the Development of the Industry”
On October 2, 2025, the Director of NGO ForestCom Dmytro Karabchuk took part in the interagency meeting “Current Issues of the Woodworking Sector and the Impact of Timber Harvesting on the Development...
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Illegal-logging, News 30.09.2025
Another Case of Inaction by Forest Protection and Law Enforcement in Investigating Illegal Logging
During a field survey of forest areas in Brody Forestry Enterprise “Halsillis,” experts from NGO ForestCom discovered 7 stumps of Scots pine with diameters ranging from 60 to 86 cm. The stumps had bee...
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Illegal-logging, News 25.09.2025
Press Conference Highlights: Addressing the Lack of Objective Statistics on Illegal Logging in Ukraine
A press conference was held on September 26, 2025, at Media Center Ukraine to discuss the pressing issue of the absence of objective statistics on illegal logging in Ukraine and its impact on the stat...
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Illegal-logging, News 08.09.2025
Roundtable “Developing a Joint Action Plan" Results
On September 8, at the initiative of the NGO "ForestCom," a roundtable was held titled “Developing a Joint Action Plan to Improve the Effectiveness of Combating Illegal Logging and the Circulation of...
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Illegal-logging, News, Publications 08.09.2025
Illegal Logging in Ukraine Surges by a Third in 2024
In 2024, Ukrainian forest users recorded the highest levels of illegal logging in the past four years, exceeding 39,600 cubic meters of timber. This represents a 30.7% increase compared to 2023.
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Illegal-logging, News 29.08.2025
Satellite Monitoring of the Carpathian Old-Growth Forests: July 2025
NGO «ForestCom» continues monitoring old-growth forest stands in the Ukrainian Carpathians using optical satellite imagery.
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Illegal-logging, News 18.08.2025
When forest transformation fellings become a tool for violations
Forest transformation fellings are currently at the center of lively debates among forestry experts in Ukraine. On the one hand, they are an ecologically sound tool of close-to-nature forestry. On the...
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Illegal-logging, News 06.08.2025
Illegal logging causing over UAH 217,000 in damages uncovered in the Lviv region again
As part of the project “Advocacy for Forest Protection Against Illegal Logging: Removing Legal Barriers for Efficiency”, experts from the NGO ForestCom identified serious violations of forestry legisl...
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Illegal-logging, News 29.05.2025
The Stranzul, Zadnya, and Kedryn Locality: A Botanical Reserve Under Threat
Thanks to modern satellite monitoring methods, illegal logging has no statute of limitations: experts from the NGO ForestCom have confirmed the presence of undeniable signs of large-scale logging oper...
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Illegal-logging, News 15.04.2025
Shocking Cases of Illegal Logging Uncovered Again in Lviv Region
Illegal logging in the Staryi Sambir region continues. Once again, signs of illegal logging have been discovered in the forests near the village of Strilbychi (Sambir district).
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Illegal-logging, News 03.02.2025
llegal Logging as a Form of Organized Crime: Prevention and Counteraction
Experts from the NGO "ForestCom" participated in an EUAM seminar on combating organized crime and illegal logging.
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Illegal-logging, News 10.01.2025
How Improper Crossings Devastate Carpathian Waterways
Experts of the NGO ForestCom have been monitoring violations of environmental protection obligations regarding natural waterways for over a year in the Vyhoda Forestry Branch of the State Enterprise F...
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