Lukashenko regime labels Belarus' oldest environmental organization extremist

Lukashenko regime labels Belarus' oldest environmental organization extremist

On 17 October 2022, the Belarusian authorities listed the Ecohome NGO Ecohome, the oldest environmental organization in Belarus, as an extremist group. The alleged reasons for...

Citizen science-based air monitoring in Ukraine is more important than ever. We have seen it for ourselves

Citizen science-based air monitoring in Ukraine is more important than ever. We have seen it for ourselves

In the current situation, information about the state of the air and the possible presence of hazardous substances or increased radiation is crucial for Ukrainians. Our...

Gender and the SDGs. How is climate change linked to other issues of the day?

Gender and the SDGs. How is climate change linked to other issues of the day?

In today’s world, there are so many changes and shifts in the environment and society that it is impossible to look at them individually. We have only one planet, and our...

Joint statement by Arnika and NESEHNUTÍ on the plan to expand the gold mine in the Armenian settlement of Karaberd

Joint statement by Arnika and NESEHNUTÍ on the plan to expand the gold mine in the Armenian settlement of Karaberd

With this joint statement by the two organizations Arnika and NESEHNUTÍ, we respond to the latest developments in the Karaberd settlement in the Lori region of Armenia, where...

Global responsibility, local consequences. How does climate change impact Kazakhstan?

Global responsibility, local consequences. How does climate change impact Kazakhstan?

To resolve the issue of climate change, the world must cooperate in an unprecedented way. At the same time, not every country contributes the same to worsening climate change,...

Simply about climate change. How does it affect the planet and people's lives?

Simply about climate change. How does it affect the planet and people's lives?

Climate change is one of the most discussed topics in the world in recent years. And, if earlier it was voiced only by scientists, now these issues are included in the agenda of...

Thanks to the “working groups”, Moldovan rural communities participate in the development of the national park

Thanks to the “working groups”, Moldovan rural communities participate in the development of the national park

Since 2019, responsible institutions in Moldova have been discussing the creation of a new national park in the southeast of the country, near the border with Ukraine, where the...

Companies again emitted more toxic substances in Czechia in 2021

Companies again emitted more toxic substances in Czechia in 2021

PRAGUE – The amount of discharged carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic substances (substances endangering reproduction) has increased significantly year-on-year. Emissions of...

Civil society groups urge the EU to keep their promises to ban ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS

Civil society groups urge the EU to keep their promises to ban ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS

46 European civil society organisations urgently demand EU Member States and the Commission to ban all PFAS in consumer products by 2025 and across all uses by 2030.

Dioxin experts present studies on health threats from cancer-causing chemicals in New Orleans

Dioxin experts present studies on health threats from cancer-causing chemicals in New Orleans

11 October 2022, NEW ORLEANS - At the Dioxin 2022 Conference beginning here on October 9, Dr. Jindrich Petrlik will present a recent study that demonstrates the failure of using...

Thai colleagues visited the Czech Republic. They spoke at the BDS conference and toured laboratories

Thai colleagues visited the Czech Republic. They spoke at the BDS conference and toured laboratories

The last time we had a visit from Thai colleagues from the EARTH organization [1] in Arnika was in 2018. Therefore, we were glad they attended Prague's Biodetectors Conference in...

Wildfires and climate change: Are they linked?

Wildfires and climate change: Are they linked?

At the beginning of September, large-scale wildfires broke out in several regions of Kazakhstan. First, they covered two areas of the country (Kostanai and East Kazakhstan...