More than twenty million cubic meters of wood are cut every year in Ukrainian forests. Some scientists and NGO argue that bet five to ten percent or even significantly over of such logging is illegal. How a project called “Deep Green Ukraine” will help preserve Ukrainian forests? Watch at video.

Coalition of organizations The Space Research Institute NASU-SSA, Authorities Monitoring Center and ForestCom NGOs are developing the deforestation alert and Illegal logging system called Deep Green Ukraine. Every year more than 20 million m3 of wood is cut down in Ukrainian forests. Some scientists and NGOs argue that five to ten percent or even significantly over of such logging is illegal. The system Deep Green Ukraine is an IT-based service that will allow its users to detect potential illegal and monitor planned forest logging. "We have a big problem with both illegal and legal logging. There are huge differences in statistics, the losses to [...]