Viktoriia Hubareva

Viktoria Hubareva is a Ukrainian environmental journalist for the online media outlets Rubrika and EcoRubric.

She is the author of projects such as "Biosphere Reserves of Ukraine: War Stories" and "The Courage of Environmentalists", among others, to raise awareness of environmental protection issues in Ukraine during the war.

She is also an expert for the UWEC Working Group, a lecturer at the Rubryka School of Journalism. And she participates in other training events for journalists covering environmental issues.

Basic information

Name

Viktoriia Hubareva

Title

Environmental journalist

Expertise

Environment

Country

Ukraine

City

Kyiv

Viktoriia Hubareva

Links

Facebook

Supported projects

Nowhere to Go – Europe’s Struggle to Rehouse its Exotic Animals

Cities
Environment

BRUSSELS - This investigation examines how stricter European regulations on wild animals in circuses have led to an unintended crisis, leaving hundreds of big cats are trapped in overcrowded shelters with limited resources and no coordinated solutions.

Ukranian lions Marek and Miron, saved from the conflict zone, found temporary refuge in the Natuurhulpcentrum in Belgium.

Ukraine and Romania's shared garbage problems and solutions

Environment

TARGU LAPUS / DRAHOBRAT - This investigation looks at three localities facing problems of illegal dumping, landfill development and rifts between citizens and local authorities, and what is being done to address them.

Strengthening Regional Environmental Investigative Journalism

Environment

KYIV – This project aims to empower independent regional journalists in Ukraine to investigate and report on critical environmental issues, while also drawing broader national and international attention to these challenges through strategic partnerships and visibility efforts.

Solar Harvest

Agriculture
Climate
Energy

LITOMYSL – Agrivoltaics offers farmers a way to adapt to economic challenges and the climate crisis while reducing the environmental impact of agriculture. The focus was both on companies that have been exploiting agrivoltaics for years and are now looking to switch panels, as well as new companies entering the market also thanks in part to government incentives.

How to Protect the Unique Ecosystems of the Danube

Environment
Transport

DANUBE - Romania and Ukraine share a very important river — the Danube. As a transport artery, one of the mouths of the Danube started to be used at the beginning of the war for export.