
FLEG II helps foresters in Ukraine address corruption
Journalists from four regions of Ukraine learned about ways to prevent corruption in the forest sector thanks to the new practical guide published with the support of the FLEG II Programme.

Timber Trade: How to Benefit All
Participants of the round table, organized by FLEG II in World Bank Country Office in Kiev, found ways to improve the current situation on the timber market in Ukraine.

The New Ukrainian Parliament Includes FLEG Proposals in its Work Plan
The Coalition agreement, which defines the country's path of development, contains forestry reform measures that were suggested by FLEG II Program.

FLEG II Experts Suggest Methods to Improve Control in the Forest Sector of Ukraine
As part of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument East Countries Forest Law Enforcement and Governance II Program (FLEG II), funded by the EU, the World Bank hosted a round table discussion on improving the procedures of state control in forestry.

Ukrainian Forest Agency Urged to Improve Public Access to Information
With public interest in forest management on the rise, a public council is recommending the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine take a significant step toward improving public access to information and to involving local communities in decision-making and other forest management activities.

FLEG Helps Foresters Address Corruption
A new guide helps prevent corruption in the forestry sector. FLEG presented the publication to the Ukrainian media. The event was arranged as part of the regional “European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) East Countries Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) II Program,” which is funded by the European Union.

Roundtable on Strategic Development of Forest Sector Was Held in Kyiv
As part of FLEG II Program, the World Bank Country Office in Kyiv on October 9, 2014 hosted a round table addressing the strategic development of the forest sector and improvement of the regulatory framework and management practices of forest and land relations.

The FLEG II Program helps foresters to address corruption!
The FLEG II Program provided the National Forest Resource Agency of the Ukraine with 860 copies of a sector-specific anticorruption best practice guide for the forest sector. This publication will be disseminated by the National Forest Resource Agency amongst its subordinated sub-national Forestry Directorates, enterprises, and professional development centres. The FLEG II Program will provide support in channeling about 30% of the copies to educational institutions and libraries and retain part of them for its own purposes.

Improving forest biodiversity conservation legal framework in Ukraine
The FLEG II (ENPI East) Programme activities were intensified last month in Ukraine as the country received a new impulse on the road to much more close integration with the EU on June 27, 2014.
On the same date in the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine headquarters in Kyiv a meeting on Conservation of forest biodiversity: harmonization of legal framework between Ukraine and the European Union concerning special protected areas was organized by WWF-DCP Ukraine in the framework of the EU funded FLEG II (ENPI East) Programme.

Ukraine: is hunting a proper game?
June 26, 2014, L’viv, Ukraine. A roundtable meeting on Discussion of propositions for improving hunting in Ukraine in accordance with principles of sustainable management of nature resource was held in Ukrainian National Forestry University. This activity is implemented by WWF-DCP Ukraine in the framework of EU funded FLEG II (ENPI East) Programme. The topic of the meeting was dedicated to the problems of government regulation of hunting and its law enforcement in Ukraine and for the first time was included in the FLEG II work plan.