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Nations Agree to Ban Toxic Plastic Chemicals but Take Unprecedented Action Putting Health and the Environment at Risk

Nations Agree to Ban Toxic Plastic Chemicals but Take Unprecedented Action Putting Health and the Environment at Risk

The Stockholm Convention added the toxic plastic chemical group medium-chain chlorinated paraffins, the group of long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs) as well as one of...

Map Highlights Ongoing Health Threats from POPs Contaminated Sites Globally

Map Highlights Ongoing Health Threats from POPs Contaminated Sites Globally

The Stockholm Convention contaminated sites guidelines should advance steps toward a healthier planet by identifying POPs 1 contaminated sites, minimizing exposure risks, and...

More pressure on the civil society. Republika Srpska wants to treat NGOs as 'foreign agents'

More pressure on the civil society. Republika Srpska wants to treat NGOs as 'foreign agents'

In the Western Balkans, the repressive trend against civil society organisations set by Georgia and before that by Russia is continuing. Lawmakers in Republika Srpska, one of...

Open Letter to UN-HABITAT: Promote Zero Waste, Not Waste Burning!

Open Letter to UN-HABITAT: Promote Zero Waste, Not Waste Burning!

An open letter from the GAIA platform, co-signed by Arnika, to UN Under-Secretary-General Anacláudia Rossbach: Many environmental organisations oppose the unscientific promotion...

Toxic Toys Threaten Children's Healthy Development. Experts Tested Plastic Products in Kenya

Toxic Toys Threaten Children's Healthy Development. Experts Tested Plastic Products in Kenya

NAIROBI/PRAGUE - A new study by a coalition of toxic substances experts has revealed dangerous chemicals in children's toys sold in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The report...

Endangered Jewels of Nature: Biodiversity Mapping on Bosnian Rivers Reveals Unknown, Fascinating Wildlife

Endangered Jewels of Nature: Biodiversity Mapping on Bosnian Rivers Reveals Unknown, Fascinating Wildlife

BANJA LUKA / PRAGUE - Biological surveys of the Sana and Rzav rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have revealed a natural treasure trove of rare animals. Experts brought to...

Citizen Science to Fight Dirty Air: Georgia's Network of Pollution Monitoring Reaches a Hundred Stations

Citizen Science to Fight Dirty Air: Georgia's Network of Pollution Monitoring Reaches a Hundred Stations

TBILISI/PRAGUE - AirGE , the community network in Georgia, has reached 100 citizen science air pollution monitoring stations in 11 cities , despite the ongoing political crisis....

Who is Arnika serving in Syunik? Local communities and nature

Who is Arnika serving in Syunik? Local communities and nature

We, the Czech NGO Arnika, have been working in Armenia since 2009. In cooperation with our local partners, the NGO Center for Community Mobilisation and Support (CCMS) and...

Moldova's Nature and its Volunteer Guardians Enter Public Attention

Moldova's Nature and its Volunteer Guardians Enter Public Attention

Moldova´s general public is increasingly informed about the values ​​of natural protected areas in their country, as well as about the work and challenges faced by Moldovan...

Moldova: A new tourist trail in the Tipova Landscape Reserve

Moldova: A new tourist trail in the Tipova Landscape Reserve

A group of Moldovan volunteers, supported by a professional company, have marked out a new hiking route in a popular natural area.

Children May Have Found Toys Containing Toxic Substances Under the Christmas Tree

Children May Have Found Toys Containing Toxic Substances Under the Christmas Tree

Hormone-disrupting substances can be found in products for children. Despite relatively strict legislation, dolls, toy cars, or building sets can still contain harmful chemicals.

Armenia: How we presented pollution data in a mining region and discussed green development options with local people

Armenia: How we presented pollution data in a mining region and discussed green development options with local people

Recently, colleagues from the Armenian organisations Center for Community Mobilization and Support (CCMS) and EcoLur visited us in Prague. Arnika is working with them in the...