UWEC Work Group
@uwecworkgroup.bsky.social
Experts, environmentalists, journalists, and activists who have come together to share information about the environmental impacts of the war in Ukraine.
2/ 🤍❤️🩹🤍 In the first part of the series, we talked about the #repression faced by #environmental activists in #Belarus from 2020 to the present day: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
2/ 🤍❤️🩹🤍 In the first part of the series, we talked about the #repression faced by #environmental activists in #Belarus from 2020 to the present day: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/‼️ On November 4, 2025, the international coalition Rogun Alert (including @ceebankwatch.bsky.social, @re-course.org & more NGOs) published a report on the unfair resettlement of people due to the construction of the #Rogun hydropower plant in #Tajikistan
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
1/‼️ On November 4, 2025, the international coalition Rogun Alert (including @ceebankwatch.bsky.social, @re-course.org & more NGOs) published a report on the unfair resettlement of people due to the construction of the #Rogun hydropower plant in #Tajikistan
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
1/ ❤️🩹 UWEC Work Group needs your support to continue covering the #environmental consequences of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
1/ ❤️🩹 UWEC Work Group needs your support to continue covering the #environmental consequences of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
1/ 📗 The organization Environment People Law has published a book entitled “Kamianska Sich National Park: War Against Nature”.
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
1/ 📗 The organization Environment People Law has published a book entitled “Kamianska Sich National Park: War Against Nature”.
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/ 🎉 Imports of Russian #LNG to #European markets will cease from 2027, thanks to the EU's 19th package of sanctions against #Russia.
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
1/ 🎉 Imports of Russian #LNG to #European markets will cease from 2027, thanks to the EU's 19th package of sanctions against #Russia.
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
2/ @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social operates on a combination of donations and enthusiasm. Your donations allow us to continue to tracking the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine
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October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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1/ 😎 Six of UWEC's stories are referencedin a new report by
@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
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@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
❗️ PLEASE DONATE!
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
October 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
1/ 😎 Six of UWEC's stories are referencedin a new report by
@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
❗️ PLEASE DONATE!
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
❗️ PLEASE DONATE!
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
🟡🔵 On September 9, 2025, @europarl.europa.eu approved the @ec.europa.eu's report on progress of #Ukraine towards #EU membership, but demanded that reforms in the field of #environmental protection be continued.
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🟡🔵 On September 9, 2025, @europarl.europa.eu approved the @ec.europa.eu's report on progress of #Ukraine towards #EU membership, but demanded that reforms in the field of #environmental protection be continued.
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
2/ #Russia is withdrawing from the Ramsar #convention and thereby renouncing international measures to protect some 10 million hectares of valuable natural areas.
Was the #Ramsar split inevitable? What should be done next?
🔗 Read here: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
Was the #Ramsar split inevitable? What should be done next?
🔗 Read here: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
September 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
2/ #Russia is withdrawing from the Ramsar #convention and thereby renouncing international measures to protect some 10 million hectares of valuable natural areas.
Was the #Ramsar split inevitable? What should be done next?
🔗 Read here: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
Was the #Ramsar split inevitable? What should be done next?
🔗 Read here: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
1/ 🤡 On Sep.19, the Krasnodar Region Operational Headquarters and a government commission reported on the completion of work to collect settled #mazut from the bottom of the #BlackSea in the Anapa coastal zone.
UWEC expert Evgeny Simonov explained why the problem is far from being solved: ⬇️⬇️
UWEC expert Evgeny Simonov explained why the problem is far from being solved: ⬇️⬇️
September 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
1/ 🦺 #JustTransition for coal-mining communities: What is it and how does it work in wartime #Ukraine?
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
1/ 🦺 #JustTransition for coal-mining communities: What is it and how does it work in wartime #Ukraine?
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
1/ 〽️ Starting September 3, 2025, the new price cap for a barrel of Russian #oil is $47.60 instead of $60
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
September 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
1/ 〽️ Starting September 3, 2025, the new price cap for a barrel of Russian #oil is $47.60 instead of $60
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
1/ ↩️ Rolling back the #environmental agenda. What does the liquidation of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources mean for #Ukraine?
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
1/ ↩️ Rolling back the #environmental agenda. What does the liquidation of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources mean for #Ukraine?
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
2/ The Ambassador of #Russia to #Zimbabwe announced Russia’s withdrawal from the Convention due to “politicization”. Meanwhile, #Ukraine successfully pushed through a resolution to continue assessing the impact of the #war on #Ramsar wetlands
📸: military training ground clode to the Eastern Syvash
📸: military training ground clode to the Eastern Syvash
September 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
1/ ❗️ The echo of Russian aggression in #Ukraine could be heard throughout the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the #Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (July 23-31, 2025)
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
uwecworkgroup.info/ramsar-wetla...
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
uwecworkgroup.info/ramsar-wetla...
September 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
1/ ❗️ The echo of Russian aggression in #Ukraine could be heard throughout the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the #Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (July 23-31, 2025)
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
uwecworkgroup.info/ramsar-wetla...
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
uwecworkgroup.info/ramsar-wetla...
💨 Russian missile attacks contribute to CO2 emissions and accelerate #climatechange
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
💨 Russian missile attacks contribute to CO2 emissions and accelerate #climatechange
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
✍️ #Ukraine plans to sign high seas treaty that #Russia refuses to join
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
August 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
✍️ #Ukraine plans to sign high seas treaty that #Russia refuses to join
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🛰️ Images taken in July show ongoing pollution of the #Kerch Strait with #mazut. It's likely to have come from tankers that sank in December 2024, according to kedr.media
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...
August 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🛰️ Images taken in July show ongoing pollution of the #Kerch Strait with #mazut. It's likely to have come from tankers that sank in December 2024, according to kedr.media
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...
🙄 Fiber optic #drones are a new source of #war pollution
@uwecworkgroup.bsky.social experts have begun work on a separate article dedicated to #pollution resulting from the use of FPV drones near the front line in #Ukraine.
🔗 Read more here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
@uwecworkgroup.bsky.social experts have begun work on a separate article dedicated to #pollution resulting from the use of FPV drones near the front line in #Ukraine.
🔗 Read more here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
August 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🙄 Fiber optic #drones are a new source of #war pollution
@uwecworkgroup.bsky.social experts have begun work on a separate article dedicated to #pollution resulting from the use of FPV drones near the front line in #Ukraine.
🔗 Read more here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
@uwecworkgroup.bsky.social experts have begun work on a separate article dedicated to #pollution resulting from the use of FPV drones near the front line in #Ukraine.
🔗 Read more here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/ 🤦♂️ On July 1, #Russia “created” the occupiers analog of the #Ukrainian nature conservation institution that managed the reserve for over a century
The first event in the biography of the newly formed “administration” was… the steppe destroyed by fire: uwecworkgroup.info/biosphere-re...
The first event in the biography of the newly formed “administration” was… the steppe destroyed by fire: uwecworkgroup.info/biosphere-re...
August 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
1/ 🤦♂️ On July 1, #Russia “created” the occupiers analog of the #Ukrainian nature conservation institution that managed the reserve for over a century
The first event in the biography of the newly formed “administration” was… the steppe destroyed by fire: uwecworkgroup.info/biosphere-re...
The first event in the biography of the newly formed “administration” was… the steppe destroyed by fire: uwecworkgroup.info/biosphere-re...
4/ 💬 "We are witnessing the emergence of a massive natural floodplain forest system," says Oleksiy Vasyliuk, co-author of a 2025 report on the reservoir for @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social. "It is not a managed project. It is the land itself returning to life."
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
4/ 💬 "We are witnessing the emergence of a massive natural floodplain forest system," says Oleksiy Vasyliuk, co-author of a 2025 report on the reservoir for @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social. "It is not a managed project. It is the land itself returning to life."
3/ 💬 "The drained #reservoir is now home to dense growths of willow and poplar and enormous wetlands; endangered sturgeon have returned to waterways; wild boar and mammals to the forests; and there are signs of spontaneous regeneration across a huge stretch of floodplain."
August 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
3/ 💬 "The drained #reservoir is now home to dense growths of willow and poplar and enormous wetlands; endangered sturgeon have returned to waterways; wild boar and mammals to the forests; and there are signs of spontaneous regeneration across a huge stretch of floodplain."
2/ 💬 "The latest report from @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social confirms what satellite images, ecologists and field researchers began to observe over the past two years: the ecosystem of the lower #Dnipro is not only recovering, it is evolving"
[📸 by Vincent Mundy]
[📸 by Vincent Mundy]
August 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
2/ 💬 "The latest report from @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social confirms what satellite images, ecologists and field researchers began to observe over the past two years: the ecosystem of the lower #Dnipro is not only recovering, it is evolving"
[📸 by Vincent Mundy]
[📸 by Vincent Mundy]
1/ 🔥 On July 16, 2025, a fire broke out in the #Yalta Mountain Forest Nature Reserve covering an area of 1.1 hectares
In August 2024, there was an earlier fire: rescuers miraculously managed to stop the flames a 100 meters from a 1,300-year-old strawberry madrone tree
In August 2024, there was an earlier fire: rescuers miraculously managed to stop the flames a 100 meters from a 1,300-year-old strawberry madrone tree
July 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
1/ 🔥 On July 16, 2025, a fire broke out in the #Yalta Mountain Forest Nature Reserve covering an area of 1.1 hectares
In August 2024, there was an earlier fire: rescuers miraculously managed to stop the flames a 100 meters from a 1,300-year-old strawberry madrone tree
In August 2024, there was an earlier fire: rescuers miraculously managed to stop the flames a 100 meters from a 1,300-year-old strawberry madrone tree