Belarus has withdrawn from the Convention on environmental democracy
Belarus has withdrawn from the international Aarhus Convention [1] on Environmental Democracy after president Alyaksandr Lukashenka decides to do so by issuing a decree. The...
Thai CSOs urge the government to consider their PRTR proposal
July 4, 2022, Bangkok/ Prague – EARTH Thailand [1] , together with Arnika Association (Czech Republic) [2] , call on the Thai parliament and government to accept the upcoming...
Battles for the environment encounter the gap between the law and reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
29 June 2022, SARAJEVO/PRAGUE - The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina still lack information about the state of the environment and face serious obstacles when trying to get...
Environmentalists have gained new advocacy. Michel Forst elected Special Rapporteur for the Aarhus Convention
The signatory states to the Aarhus Convention [1] on Environmental Democracy have unanimously elected a Special Rapporteur to help environmental defenders from persecution. This...
Chemicals in Waste Will Continue to Pose Health and Environmental Threats Under New EU Rules
June 23, PRAGUE - Earlier this week, the European Council and Parliament reached an agreement on new limits on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wastes, but unfortunately,...
BRS Conventions take steps for global protections from toxic chemicals
GENEVA - Several notable decisions were adopted at the closing of two weeks of negotiations of the Joint Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm...
As developing countries stay vulnerable, struggle for stricter POPs limits continues
The Nexus3 Foundation (Indonesia), together with the Arnika Association (Czech Republic), and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) keep calling on the...
Kazakhstan: Citizens gathered to rescue the “green heart” of Karaganda
On June 11, citizens of Karaganda attended an environmental rally – the first environmental protest in the city’s history. What brought the people there? Their joint will to...
First aid kits and hope sent to Ukraine
Beautiful summer days are coming, you feel relaxed, and other people’s suffering seems so distant. We wondered if you still can perceive the problems of Ukrainians there after...
A Thai activist: stricter limits on POPs and proper categorization of e-waste will reduce its importation into Thailand
A conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions is happening in Geneva. A delegation from the NGO Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand...
Kazakh authorities and CSOs discussed the transition of European experience in tackling climate change
June 8, KARAGANDY – Today, the non-governmental organization EcoMuseum from Karagandy signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Karagandy Region Akimat to develop a regional...
Arnika’s interventions at BRS meeting: Health and environment must be the priority criterion
Arnika’s lead expert Jindřich Petrlík and IPEN Global Researcher based in Arnika Jitka Straková called for improvements of the Stockholm convention in their interventions at the...
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