The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) cancelled the construction of Boškov most hydropower plant in the Mavrovo national park in Macedonia. The value of the project, announced in 2011., was EUR 84 million. The ecological organization Eko-svest together with experts, ecologists and activists were committed from the very beginning to opposing the hydropower […]
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On November 18th – 19th, DEM organized a 2-day event in Makedonska Kamenica: a one-day public discussion about the activities of the Sasa lead and zinc mine that have led to industrial discharge being released into Lake Kalimanci, and a field trip to the mine. The field trip helped us to identify areas in the […]
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Together with the citizens for Ohrid Lake and Galichica, ETNAR project partner DEM organised a Public forum in Ohrid on 4th November 2016. The goal of the event was to hear and to gather citizens’ opinions about the planned projects and the campaign against those projects which are harmful to Ohrid Lake and Galichica National […]
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On Wednesday, October 26th 2016 a public discussion entitled “Influence of hydro-power plants on biodiversity” was held in Karlovac, Croatia. The discussion was organized by Zelena akcija / FoE Croatia and a local partner from Karlovac, Eko Pan, with the aim to further stress the need to preserve our rivers. Introductory speeches were given by […]
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After five years of campaigning against the construction of the harmful coal power plant ‘Plomin C’ (Istria county, Croatia), Zelena akcija / FoE Croatia achieved a big victory! The Minister of Economy, Tomislav Panenić, has stated that the realisation of this project has been canceled. We are sure that after convincing arguments against the construction […]
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The European Parliament passed a resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina, calling the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina to regulate and supervise the construction of hydropower plants in environmentally sensitive areas and in protected and potentially protected areas. 1. Maintain the integrity of existing national parks, such as the National Park “Sutjeska” and the National Park […]
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The Centre for Environmental Research and Information- Eko-svest, Macedonia, on 12th april 2016 held a Conference: ”Macedonia in the European energy framework – security and employment”. Two studies: “Unsafe Energy Future – Analysis of availability of lignite in the Republic of Macedonia” and ” Comparative analysis: available jobs in TPP’s versus jobs in the sectors […]
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On March 14, the International Day of Action for Rivers, Center for Environment calls upon the authorities to stop the uncontrolled and insane plans to build hydro power plants on the rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nataša Crnkovic, Center for Environment: “Over 10 years we point to the negative effects of hydro power plants. We […]
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In the official programme of the new Government of the Republic of Croatia, which was the basis for a vote of confidence by the Parliament on Friday, the implementation of a “moratorium on the current project of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the area of the Adriatic Sea” is among key guidelines for the […]
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During the implementation of ETNAR small grant project “Improving implementation of nature protection standards in wind farms projects”, Center for protection and research of birds of Montenegro managed to achieve certain consensus with all relevant stakeholders for necessity of development of Bird Sensitivity Map that would facilitate application of nature protection standards when projecting wind […]
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