Deforestation of Ukraine’s Carpathians: Where Do We Go From Here?

In Ukraine, where nearly one-fifth of the territory is made up of forest, the issue of illegal logging is getting more and more critical every year.

In the west of the Lviv region, not far from the Polish border, there is a small Carpathian town called Staryi Sambir. Its locals say that illegal loggers cut down trees from the mountain that stands right above the city.

Joined by Dmytro Karabchuk, the founder of the “Forest Guard” project, which fights for the preservation of Ukrainian forests and teaches people what they can do to prevent deforestation, Hromadske goes on a mission to explore the Carpathian forests for any signs of wrongdoing.

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