Montenegro’s national park management company extends lease on Ulcinj Salina
The Montenegrin public company in charge of national parks, the JPNPCG, has extended its lease on Ulcinj Salina for another year, announcing it will continue to implement activities aimed at protecting the biodiversity of this unique artificial ecosystem. The lease on the salina, obtained from bankrupt sea salt producer Bajo Sekulić, was extended by signing […]
What can President Trump learn from the Danes? Answer provided by Ida Auken
“If it doesn’t blow, you can forget about television for that night”. This remark on wind farms by Donald Trump is just one of many in his attempt to derogate green energy and to praise the fossil fuels industry. Trump withdrew the US from the Paris agreement in 2017, and rolled back many rules introduced […]
Civil society of SEE is shaping joint position on biodiversity protection
BioNET, an independent regional network of 14 biodiversity-related civil society organizations (CSOs) in South-East Europe (SEE), is shaping a position paper with a primary focus on the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020, to help SEE countries achieve biodiversity conservation as part of the EU accession process. The position paper will be finished within the next two […]
Novi Sad to get EUR 300,000 grant for Green City Action Plan
Novi Sad Mayor Miloš Vučević has signed a document confirming the city’s intent to develop a Green City Action Plan (GCAP) for joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Green Cities program, according to a statement on Novi Sad’s website. At a joint press conference with Zsuzsanna Hargitai, the EBRD’s director for the […]
Seven owls, 12 other birds of prey returned to the wild near Belgrade
As part of efforts to protect endangered species and conserve biodiversity, five Eurasian scops owls (Otus scops) and two little owls (Athene noctua) have been returned to the wild in the vicinity of Belgrade this summer, in a joint project of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, the Belgrade […]
TENDERING: City of Belgrade’s waste management plan for 2021-2030
The City of Belgrade has launched tendering to produce a local waste management plan for the period 2021-2030, setting September 16 as the deadline to file bids. According to a public invitation, the local waste management plan should ensure the establishment of a system to manage inert and non-hazardous waste in a manner that will […]
EBRD requires proper environmental impact assessment for projects it finances
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) applies tight environmental and social standards to projects it finances and encourages partners to do the same. However, its leverage is limited to the projects it finances. Dariusz Prasek, Director of Operations, Environment and Sustainability Department, EBRD discusses these and other issues pertaining to the EBRD’s new […]
North Macedonia to introduce reverse vending machines for beverage containers
North Macedonia will soon be catching up with the global trend of waste recycling through deposit refund schemes as local packaging waste management firm Pakomak is preparing to install the country’s first reverse vending machines for plastic bottles and aluminum cans. In exchange for deposited beverage containers, the machines will issue “green points” that can […]
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