They Either Want to Fry Us or Drown Us in Plastics
Oil majors and a petrochemical industry are resisting restrictions on a plastic production. They see it as yet another loss of profit after a decline of fossil fuels. They argue...
Supporting Environmentally Focused Civic Initiatives in Moldova with Small Grants
There are a number of organizations dedicated to environmental protection in Moldova. These range from established associations with permanent staff to volunteer or grassroot...
On the Frontline of the Climate Crisis: Nearly Two Hundred Environmentalists were Murdered Last Year
At least 177 environmentalists were killed last year while defending the world's remaining biodiversity havens. The tragic figure is counted by a Global Witness report, which...
Emissions of hazardous substances were slightly reduced in the Czech Republic. However, they were still higher than two years ago.
Coal-fired power stations may be labelled the biggest polluters of 2022. In addition to emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and gases causing acid rains, they...
How to keep water in the landscape and prevent erosion? In Moldova, we respond by planting greenery in fields
Moldova is feeling effects of climate change even more than other European countries. It is experiencing more droughts, and not just because of its geography. Significant...
Autumn work in eastern Moldova focuses on water
This is the fourth year that we are working in the Iagorlic nature reserve in eastern Moldova (Transnistria) with colleagues from Tiraspol and our partner organisation Biotica...
An International Coalition Presented Its Vision for the Future of the Oder River. It Asked Governments to Comply with Their Own Regulations
Ostrava, Wroclaw, Berlin: It has not changed much since the environmental disaster on the Oder in 2023. Mines and industrial plants are still discharging salty wastewater into...
Dioxins from Incinerators Enter Foodstuffs of Local Origin in Various Parts of the World
In the second series of webinars of the Arnika Association, concerning the issue of waste incineration, the speakers Nikola Jelínek and Jindřich Petrlík touched the topic of...
Summary of Negative Impacts of Waste Incinerators
A whole number of myths exist around waste incineration. It is often said to be an "environmentally-friendly" or "green" method for energy production, not contributing to climate...
Incinerators Will Make Things Hot for Us
The growing number of waste incinerators may be an essential problem for the European, and especially Czech, climate policy – this is the conclusion of Arnika’s webinar entitled...
Seveso Accident and Planetary Pollution Boundaries
Two thousand hectares of contaminated soil and 200 people with symptoms of a rare dermatological disease, chloracne. This was the result of an accident in the chemical plant...
New study reveals hazardous burden of e-waste and POPs
On 10 and 12 July 2023, our experts Mgr. Jitka Straková from Arnika and RNDr. Alice Dvorská, independent scientist and lead author of the study, returned to Kalasin province in...
International activities
In order to ensure a better and healthier future for as many people as possible, we share our know-how and protect the environment and environmental rights regardless of geographical location.
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