Training makes perfect. Volunteers removed poaching baits
A group of dedicated volunteers helps to protect the nature of the recently declared Lower Dniester National Park. They improve their skills through regular training to ensure...
The damage register in Ukraine must include environmental damage
Arnika welcomes the initiative of the Council of Europe [1] to create a register of damages caused by the Russian invasion. It hopes the register will also include the...
Georgian volunteers build cost-efficient citizen air monitoring stations
The name of a brand new type of air pollution monitoring station, the first prototype produced by volunteers in Tbilisi, Georgia, on the weekend of 20-21 May 2023, is "AirGE"....
Toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Found in Clothing and Food Packaging in Indonesia
JAKARTA - A study released today by the Nexus3 Foundation [1] and IPEN [2] found the “Forever Chemicals” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in synthetic clothing, food...
Countries Agree to Ban Two Toxic Plastic Chemicals and a Hazardous Pesticide
Geneva – At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention this week, more than 120 countries agreed to add two toxic plastic chemicals and a...
Highly Toxic Chemicals from Plastic Waste Contaminate Kenya’s Food Chain and Products
As BRS COPs launch a “PCB Fair,” a new study shows that free-range eggs and recycled plastic products from Kenya contain high levels of dioxin-like PCBs and other toxic...
Study Finds High Levels of Toxic Plastic Flame Retardant in Blood Samples of Thai E-Waste and Vehicle Recycling Workers
At international meetings this week, Stockholm Convention delegates will decide on a global ban on the plastics chemical, Dechlorane Plus. IPEN and its member groups from around...
Experts have calculated the economic losses caused by bad air quality in Jakarta. How is the state responding?
Jakarta is the clear winner in the air pollution rankings. This victory is more of a demonstration of defeat in the fight for a better environment. Further delays in addressing...
The main goal of the Stockholm Convention must be to protect health and the environment: the intervention of Jindřich Petrlík at the Stockholm Convention 2023 COP
On Monday 1 May 2023, the negotiations of the Stockholm, Basel and Rotterdam Conventions, which aim to protect the planet from pollution by the world's most toxic substances,...
IPEN Urges BRS COPs Delegates to Follow the Science, Ban Dangerous Chemicals Without Exemptions
IPEN [1] network groups say delegates should reject chemical recycling for plastic wastes-- a polluting, unproven technology -- and support clean non-combustion technologies for...
From a spa resort to a ghost town. Will Jermuk meet the same fate as other mining communities in Armenia?
People in the famous spa town of Jermuk are disturbed by the possible reopening of the Amulsar gold mine. Despite opposition from the public and environmentalists, the Armenian...
Moldova’s Eurovision representative plants trees with Arnika
“Every tree counts,” says singer Pasha Parfeni, who represented Moldova at Eurovision 2012 in Baku and will represent the country again this year in Liverpool, UK. He was one of...
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