Lowering Dangerous Mercury Pollution: World Experts Consult, with Czech Participation

Lowering Dangerous Mercury Pollution: World Experts Consult, with Czech Participation

An international group of experts attended meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, to discuss the future of technologies and practices relating to waste incineration, cement works,...

Involving citizens in decision-making and respecting their opinion is necessary

Involving citizens in decision-making and respecting their opinion is necessary

GENEVA – Recently, the Palace of Nations in Geneva hosted the sixth session of the Task Force on public participation in decision-making on environmental issues under so called...

Czechs help in Central Bosnia: Inhabitants of Zenica suffocate by exhalations and the ArcelorMittal corporate is to blame.

Czechs help in Central Bosnia: Inhabitants of Zenica suffocate by exhalations and the ArcelorMittal corporate is to blame.

" We cannot breathe and the town hall doesn't do anything about it. " say neighbours in their conversations and hundreds of people at manifestations in the Bosnian town of...

International committee of legal experts will discuss the possibilities of saving snow leopards

International committee of legal experts will discuss the possibilities of saving snow leopards

Saving the homes of the last two hundreds snow leopards in Kazakhstan will be the main discussion topic for the international committee of legal experts who oversee the...

Small Grants Programme will help to solve environmental problems of Mangystau region of Kazakhstan and activate its citizens

Small Grants Programme will help to solve environmental problems of Mangystau region of Kazakhstan and activate its citizens

Engaging citizens in solving environmental problems in the Mangystau region is the goal of Small Grants Programme which was organized by Kazakhstani non-governmental...

Zenica fights for the right to breathe

Zenica fights for the right to breathe

A set of turbulent events connected to air pollution in Zenica in the previous months escalated in another civil protest on Sunday, December 21, 2014. The protest was organised...

Selection of international news - 8

Selection of international news - 8

New leaflet on endocrine disrupting chemicals Health Care Without Harm Europe has created a leaflet on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the healthcare sector. This looks...

Extreme concentrations of smog and dust

Extreme concentrations of smog and dust

Sarajevo, Zenica, and other Bosnian cities nowadays suffer from episodes of high levels of air pollution. The recent inversion makes the situation in cities surrounded by...

Workshops will show people how they can protect their environment

Workshops will show people how they can protect their environment

What tools can better inform the public about the environment, and how can citizens more effectively participate in decision-making processes? These are the main topics at a...

Lake Modrac´s watershed relief

Lake Modrac´s watershed relief

Mayors of municipalities Banovići, Lukavac, Tuzla and Živinice in central Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to displace illegal waste deposits from watershed of lake Modrac.

Loom Band Charms and Scoubidou Strings Bought in Czech Republic Contain Phthalates and Heavy Metals (updated)

Loom Band Charms and Scoubidou Strings Bought in Czech Republic Contain Phthalates and Heavy Metals (updated)

Phthalates (1) and heavy metals, in particular lead (2), have been found in loom band charms, and in scoubidou strings Wiky. Arnika commissioned detailed analyses for phthalates...