Exploring Environmental Governance in Eastern Ukraine

May 21, 2020 | Olga Shashkina
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What happens to environmental governance in areas where governments lose control during conflicts? Non-state actors can fill the vacuum but little is known about how effective they are in protecting human health and the environment. Olga Shashkina has been researching what has happened in the breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine and shares her findings in this blog, findings that have implications for how environmental issues should be addressed in peacebuilding efforts.