Full coverage: Environment

31.08.2005 Djelatnici Javne ustanove Park prirode Kopački rit jučer su u predjelu šume Ludoš pronašli mladog orla štekavca, iznemoglog i u teškom stanju, izazvanom najvjerojatnije hranom koju je pojeo ''a da mu nije pasala''. Riječ je o jednom od pet mladih ''orlića'' ovogodišnje populacije koje su djelatnici te ustanove proljetos prstenovali.

31.08.2005 While US and Japan are preparing to equip the WTO’s Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) Agreement with provisions to safeguard national biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge, developing countries are lagging behind in their entrepreneurship in this regard.

31.08.2005 Dumping of second hand IT devices is in the agenda of the upcoming Indo-EU summit, going to be held on September 7 in New Delhi.

31.08.2005 Alaskan Natives are staging a six-week vigil in Washington to protest the U.S. Congress' ninth attempt to pass legislation allowing for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The indigenous groups say if the legislation passes, their culture and the refuge's natural wildlife will face extinction.

30.08.2005 Oko 12 000 hektara Parka Prirode Kopački rit je pod vodom, no kako ističe ravnateljica Javne ustanove Biserka Vištica visoke vode su inače prirodni fenomen u tom zaštićenom dijelu prirode, dodavši kako to "naravno zahtijeva dodatnu skrb o divljači".

30.08.2005 Launched in January 2005, BIOTIK is an initiative in biodiversity informatics looks at developing two knowledge bases of the tree species of Western Ghats, India and Northern Annamites of Lao PDR.

29.08.2005 NVO Most je danas pozvala građane, partnere, i kolege da uzmu aktivno učešće u izradi Nacionalne strategije odrivog razvoja (NSORCG) i da svojim idejama, vizijama, kritikama, znanjem daju puni doprinos unaprijeđivanju procesa rada na ovom izuzetno vaznom dokumentu za Crnu Goru.

25.08.2005 Zelena akcija in collaboration with the World Wildlife Found has allocated six grants to NGOs, under the auspices of the Green Belt of Velebit Mountain project that supports long-term environmental preservation and sustainable development encouragement on the district of Velebit.

25.08.2005 Zelena akcija u suradnji sa Svjetskim fondom za zaštitu prirode (WWF) dodijelila je 6 donacija udrugama građana u sklopu projekta Zeleni pojas Velebit, koji je dugoročna inicijativa zaštite prirode i okoliša te poticanja održivog razvoja na širem području Velebita.

25.08.2005 Ljeto 2005. godine treba zapamtiti po svojoj vremenskoj i temperaturnoj šarolikosti. Premda je unazad nekoliko godina utjecaj klimatskih promjena bio uočljiv, tek ove godine možemo pratiti posljedice promjene klime na kugli Zemaljskoj.

25.08.2005 U.S. environmentalists criticized a Bush administration proposal to raise fuel efficiency of light trucks by replacing current standards with a fleet-wide average standard, saying the proposed changes will do nothing to help American motorists at the pump, or reduce America's dependence on imported oil.

24.08.2005 U srijedu ujutro 24. kolovoza proglašeno je izvanredno stanje obrane od poplave u općinama Goričan i Kotoriba. Vodostaj rijeke Mure narastao je na 460 centimetara, a na području Međimurske županije angažirano je oko 300 dobrovoljaca i radnika.

24.08.2005 Počela je sječa šume uz lovište Mačkovac, nedaleko od Đakova, kojim gospodare Hrvatske šume, a čime je označen početak radova na trasi buduće autoceste od madžarske granice do Ploča - koridora 5C.

24.08.2005 STOCKHOLM, Aug 23 (IPS) - The crisis-weary African continent, which has two of the world's longest rivers -- the 6,400-kilometre Nile River and the 4,370-kilometre Congo River -- is suffering from a virtual economic paradox: a shortage of water amidst potentially plentiful supplies.

22.08.2005 U Beogradu je početkom avgusta, 2005., Misija Organi- zacije za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori, pod pokroviteljstvom Organizacije Ujedinjenih nacija za obrazovanje, nauku i kulturu, u saradnji s Regionalnim centrom za životnu sredinu za Centralnu i Istočnu Evropu, organizovala u Šapcu i Beogradu novinarsku radionicu "Pisanje ekoloških vesti / priloga".

22.08.2005 Intian Keralan alueen hallinto on määrännyt Coca-Cola -yhtiön sulkemaan Etelä-Intiassa sijaitsevan pullotustehtaansa. Sulkemismääräystä edelsi Coca-Colan piittaamattomuus aluehallinnon aikaisemmista määräyksistä rakentaa jäteveden puhdistamo ja lopettaa ympäristölle ja ihmisille haitallisen kadmiumin laskeminen lietteeseen. Coca-Cola on viime aikoina kohdannut paljon vastustusta Intiassa.

22.08.2005 Svjetska banka objavila je da će rezervirati 3 miliona američkih dolara za popravak sistema za navodnjavanje, kanala za drenažu i rijeka u području Elbasana u Albaniji. Trenutna situacija je stvarno zabrinjavajuća, imajući na umu da je dosadašnji nedostatak brige ozbiljno iscrpio cjelokupnu sigurnost i zaštitu sistema.

22.08.2005 In a major setback for the Coca-Cola company, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board has ordered the company's bottling plant in south India to stop production. The board issued the order to the company after Coke flouted its earlier orders of not installing an effluent treatment plant and releasing large amounts of cadmium in its sludge.

19.08.2005 The European Commission Avis (Opinion) on Croatian request for EU Membership, presented to the nation as “very positive opinion”, is anything but, at least in the segment related to the environment and ecology in Croatia, says Osjecki Zeleni environmental Association.

19.08.2005 The day after all 25 European Union member states should have written their own national legislation to match an EU directive setting higher recycling and recovery targets for packaging waste, only five have met the deadline.