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The Avenue of the Year connects Jedovnice with Lazanky in Moravsky Kras

There are no doubts which of the nominated avenues won the award in The Avenue of the Year 2013. The most of more than seven thousand people voting decided that the avenue...

International conference Freedom of Information on Chemical Substances in the EU and in the World

The Arnika Association has the pleasure to invite you to an international conference Freedom of Information on Chemical Substances in the European Union and in the World. The...

Trees around our Roads are disappearing, Regional Road Maintenance admits it reluctantly

If we lined all the trees up, the alley would be long enough to reach prom Prague to Olomouc – but 17 640 lindens, oaks, chestnuts, and other woody plants do not stand around our...

International Conference: Tree Avenues Protection for Regional Development

International conference organized by Arnika in cooperation with the Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management, Tomas Bata University, with the support of the Swiss Enlargement...

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200 Tons of Mercury in Abandoned Kyiv Factory (source: The Epoch Times) “Surrounded by residential buildings and trade centers, an abandoned factory in Ukraine’s capital city...

Small grants program will help Kazakhstan’s non-governmental organizations to contribute to solving problems of chemical pollution

"Karaganda Regional Ecological Museum" non-governmental environmental organization, "Center for Introduction of New Environmentally Safe Technologies" NGO (Kazakhstan) and...

Czech Experiences Will Help in Protecting Health of Chinese Citizens

Martin Skalský from the Arnika Association discussed Czech experiences concerning public participation in environmental protection on a meeting with his colleagues from Chinese...

Toxics Free Kazakhstan Expedition 2013: Samples Travel to Laboratories for Toxic Substance Analysis

Fourteen people took about a hundred samples of soil, water, and food weighing in total 50 kilograms, travelled approximately two and half thousand kilometres in a post-Soviet...

Czech Experts Will Help to Solve the Problem of Toxic Pollution in Kazakhstan

After successful projects of help to contaminated areas in the Czech Republic , and mapping of pesticide storages in Armenia , experts from the Arnika Association and the...

A new Guide for Chemical Safety and Waste in Belarus

We live in a world in which the chemical safety and waste management are becoming more and more relevant. More than 140,000 chemicals are in commercial production and use. We...

“It was a week full of inspiration,” Belarusian ecologists assess the excursion in the Czech Republic

The work of Arnika does not start and end within the borders of the Czech Republic. A few years ago, we were inspired by our colleagues west of our borders who had experience...

Emissions from burning plastics in domestic fireplaces, household stoves and boilers, with special focus on POPs

A new literature review pertaining to emissions from burning plastics in domestic fireplaces, household stoves and boilers, with a special focus on persistent organic pollutants...