ASSESSMENT OF AND COMPENSATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE - AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
ASSESSMENT OF AND COMPENSATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE - AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to search for legal instruments for compensation for environmental damage caused to Ukraine because of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation (RF). In addition, the aim is to present prospects for the use of ecosystem services (ES) in the assessment of environmental damage, as well as the application of the Costanza methodology for ES assessment. Methods of compensation for losses that can be applied in the near future have been analyzed. The use of ES can significantly increase the amount of reparations that the RF will have to pay Ukraine in the future for environmental damage. This is exemplified with an assessment of the damage that the RF has caused to forest and agrarian ecosystems. Assessing ES in wartime conditions is complicated by the lack of access to the occupied territories. The article shows the prospects of assessing ES losses in the conditions of Russian aggression in Ukraine.

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