Full coverage: Environment

30.06.2005 Koalicioni “Gërmia 2005”, i përbërë nga 10 organizata joqeveritare, Partia e të Gjelbërve të Kosovës dhe Shoqata e Pensionistëve të Kosovës, ngriti ashpër zërin kundër ndërtimit të objektit protokollar-reprezentativ të Parlamentit të Kosovës në zonën e mbrojtur me ligj, të parkut të Gërmisë.

30.06.2005 "For our insurance business, climate change is increasing the potential of property damage at a rate of 2 to 4 percent per year," said the CEO of a UK-based subsidiary of Allianz Group Wednesday, as his company announced a new partnership with WWF to combat climate change, calling on G8 leaders to set out a clear plan of action to address the issue.

30.06.2005 The world's eight richest nations, or the G8, represent 13 percent of the world's people but are responsible for 45% of the world's carbon emissions. Leaders at the G8 Summit in Scotland need to wake up to the fact that time is running out to tackle climate injustice, says Friends of the Earth International, calling on individuals and groups throughout the world to ring bells on July 7 at exactly 13:45 (Scottish local time).

30.06.2005 Last month, Carol Kobliski, a member of the Nisichawaysihk Cree Nation (NCN) and the leader of the Justice Seekers of Nelson House returned to her office to find papers strewn everywhere and her computer destroyed. Carol says that she recognized a group of young men as they ran from the building. She and the Justice Seekers of Nelson House openly oppose the Wuskwatim Dam project. The NCN vote on the Wuskwatim Dam project has been postponed for the fourth time.

29.06.2005 The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) has teamed up with Italian NGO L'Umana Dimora Onlus to add years of practical EU experience to its Training for Young Environmental Leaders programme. The programme provides advanced training in organisational development, project management and environmental topics in a stimulating international atmosphere.

29.06.2005 Overcrowded classrooms gave birth to the School of Environmental Studies--an alternative high school in a suburban U.S. town. Situated on a 12-acre site at the Minnesota Zoo, students use the zoo and surrounding 3000-acre regional park as classroom and living laboratory, learning from a curriculum geared to making them stewards of the environment.

29.06.2005 Svetska banka vo vtornikot objavi deka i odobrila kredit od 17.5 milioni dolari na Albanija za cistenje na obalata. namenskiot kredit ke se koristi vo narednite sedum godini za "zastita na albanskoto obalno i priobalno podracje, kako i za zastite na kulturnite dobra i promocija na odrzliv razvoj na albanskata obala", izjavile pretstavnicita na Svetska banka vo Tirana.

28.06.2005 At a recent meeting on oceans and the law of the sea at the UN, delegates agreed that the world must address the impacts of ocean noise on marine life. This is in contrast to Canada's attempts to ignore the impacts of seismic testing on marine life. "It is shameful that DFO and the Minister of Fisheries are choosing to play dumb so that oil and gas companies can have their way," says Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club, noting that the DFO continues to allow seismic testing in sensitive regions like coastal Cape Breton.

28.06.2005 The Danube Day, July 29, is international manifestation with many different events are organized in all 13 countries along the Danube River, designed to attract the attention to the need for protection of the Danube and its waters. Events will be organized under the Danube Day observance, with the aim to encourage the states, communities and organizations to cooperate in taking action to protect the rivers in the area.

28.06.2005 Dan Dunava, 29.lipnja, međunarodni je dan kada se u državama Dunavskog bazena organizira mnogo različitih manifestacija kojima se javnost podsjeća na potrebu osiguranja zaštite Dunava i njegovih pritoka. Osim u Hrvatskoj, događanja u okviru Dana Dunava održavati će se u svih 13 glavnih zemalja Dunavskog sliva s ciljem poticanja zemalja, zajednica i organizacija na suradnju i poduzimanje aktivnosti u korist rijeka ovoga sliva.

28.06.2005 Svjetska banka u utorak je objavila kako je Albaniji odobrila kredit od 17.5 miliona dolara (14.45 miliona Eura) u svrhu čišćenja obale. Kredit je namijenjen da se koristi u sljedećih sedam godina za ''zaštitu Albanskog obalnog prirodnog blaga i kulturnih dobara te promovira održivi razvoj albanske obale,'' izjavili su Tiranski dužnosnici Svjetske banke. Organizacijska komisija odobrila je kredit ovog utorka.

28.06.2005 A Congressional vote on CAFTA is likely this week. Don't let the mistakes we've learned from NAFTA be repeated with CAFTA, says Global Exchange, offering eight easy ways you can declare independence from trade agreements that profit corporations and marginalize working families.

27.06.2005 The recent meeting on technology options for disatser management was held in Bangkok from 22 to 24 June, 2005 under the auspieces of UNESCAP.

27.06.2005 Da zagadjenje Bokokotorskog zaliva nije prazna prica, koja traje vec decenijama, nedvosmisleno pokazuje najnoviji primjer pojave jos jedne mrlje u moru od pjeskarenja brodova u Arsenalu pored Tivta. Koliko more moze izdrzati , izgleda, jos je otvoreno pitanje.

27.06.2005 The World Bank said Thursday that it was giving Albania a US$17.5 million (euro14.45 million) loan to clean up its coastal area. The loan, to be used over seven years, is to protect Albania's coastal natural resources and cultural assets and promote sustainable development of the Albanian coast.

27.06.2005 MaNgo is an environmentalist NGO and media network. The goal of the network is to exchange information, with the goal to raise the awareness of the B&H citizens on importance of environmental protection.

27.06.2005 The G-8 summit will focus on two global problems that have long been at odds--poverty and global warming. But an innovative plan led by Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica shows how poor countries can commit to greenhouse gas limits while promoting development--by providing them market incentives to maintain the environment.

24.06.2005 The thought of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is enough to spoil the weekend for most OneWorld readers. SUV owners feel much the same about the criticism they incur. The two sides shape up in this debate.

24.06.2005 The Indian government has taken steps to ban the blending of MMT, a manganese-based deadly octane enhancer, in petrol as it damages the brain and also harms emission control components in vehicles. New Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Science and Environment, has alleged that though it was banned in Canada and the US, the MMT business had just about begun to shift its base to Asia and Africa.

24.06.2005 Više od 20 općinskih zvaničnika iz Bosne i Hercegovine proći će trodnevne treninge iz oblasti energetske efikasnosti u javnom stambenom sektoru, koje organizira Razvojni program Ujedinjenih nacija (UNDP), u okviru Pilot Projekta Energetske efikasnosti i aktivnosti na zaštiti životne sredine. Treninzi će biti održani u Sarajevu, od 28. juna do 1. jula, te u Banja Luci, od 12. do 15. jula.