Environmental Impacts of Russia’s Invasion: Voices from Ukraine

March 18, 2022 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM
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Online
Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES)

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This panel brings together prominent Ukrainian experts in the fields of environmental law and nature conservation to discuss the impact of Russia’s invasion on nature and the environment. Panelists will summarize the range of issues Ukraine is confronting, discuss specific cases such as the Chornobyl plant and the fate of protected areas, and analyze the legal issues pertaining to the violation of international law. Panelists: Olha Melen-Zabramna, Lawyer; Director of the legal department of Environment-People-Law. Recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2006. Kateryna Polyanska, ecologist, the international non-profit organization Environment-People-Law. Oleksii Vasyliuk, Biologist; Head and co-founder of the non-profit organization Ukraine Nature Conservation Group. Moderator: Tanya Richardson, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES)

Speakers

Olena Kravchenko

Lawyer; Director of the international non-profit organization Environment-People-Law

Olha Melen-Zabramna

Lawyer; Director of the legal department of Environment-People-Law. Recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2006

Oleksii Vasyliuk

Biologist; Head and co-founder of the non-profit organization Ukraine Nature Conservation Group

Tanya Richardson

Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University

Kateryna Polyanska

Ecologist, international non-profit organization Environment-People-Law