BRS Conventions take steps for global protections from toxic chemicals
GENEVA - Several notable decisions were adopted at the closing of two weeks of negotiations of the Joint Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm...
As developing countries stay vulnerable, struggle for stricter POPs limits continues
The Nexus3 Foundation (Indonesia), together with the Arnika Association (Czech Republic), and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) keep calling on the...
Kazakhstan: Citizens gathered to rescue the “green heart” of Karaganda
On June 11, citizens of Karaganda attended an environmental rally – the first environmental protest in the city’s history. What brought the people there? Their joint will to...
First aid kits and hope sent to Ukraine
Beautiful summer days are coming, you feel relaxed, and other people’s suffering seems so distant. We wondered if you still can perceive the problems of Ukrainians there after...
A Thai activist: stricter limits on POPs and proper categorization of e-waste will reduce its importation into Thailand
A conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions is happening in Geneva. A delegation from the NGO Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand...
Kazakh authorities and CSOs discussed the transition of European experience in tackling climate change
June 8, KARAGANDY – Today, the non-governmental organization EcoMuseum from Karagandy signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Karagandy Region Akimat to develop a regional...
Arnika’s interventions at BRS meeting: Health and environment must be the priority criterion
Arnika’s lead expert Jindřich Petrlík and IPEN Global Researcher based in Arnika Jitka Straková called for improvements of the Stockholm convention in their interventions at the...
BRS side event: POPs threaten the global circular economy
An important conference of parties of Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions takes place in Geneva these days. Arnika and the International Pollutants Elimination Network...
Cancer-causing Dioxins and PCBs Threaten the Food Supply and Human Health Globally
2 June 2022, GOTHENBURG / PRAGUE / NAIROBI / JAKARTA / YAOUNDÉ / ACCRA / LIBREVILLE / BANGKOK / MONTEVIDEO / CHISINAU / SAN FRANCISCO / BEIJING / DAKAR – A new review of data...
Stricter international limits for hazardous chemicals will help to stop waste imports into Thailand
31 May 2022, Bangkok/Prague – EARTH Thailand, together with the Arnika Association (Czech Republic) and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) [1], will call on...
European Union supports civil society in tackling climate change in Kazakhstan
A new project to mitigate climate change in Karaganda Region has been launched by the Czech NGO “Arnika” and the Karaganda-based EcoMuseum. The project received a grant from the...
Chemical health hazards found in plastic products from 11 African and Arabic countries
A new report finds that many toys and other products made from recycled plastic sold in Africa and Arabic countries contain dioxins at levels equivalent to hazardous waste....
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