Monitoring station in Kharkiv survives shelling. It watches the situation near the Zaporozhye NPP now

Monitoring station in Kharkiv survives shelling. It watches the situation near the Zaporozhye NPP now

Although the Russian invasion has fundamentally disrupted civilian air monitoring in Ukraine, the measuring stations have also gained a new use. The EcoCity network operated by...

Australia is still dumping waste in Asia

Australia is still dumping waste in Asia

9 August 2022, BANGKOK/CANBERRA - Thailand’s Minister for the Environment has ordered the repatriation of 130 tonnes of Australian waste, imported into the country as paper and...

Big Jump 2022: Protection of rivers is fun!

Big Jump 2022: Protection of rivers is fun!

In July 2022, Europeans celebrated European River Swimming Day for the 20th time in history. Our partners in Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina joined this opportunity to remind...

Stop transporting plastic waste, environmentalists urge shipping companies

Stop transporting plastic waste, environmentalists urge shipping companies

Because of the increasing volume of plastic waste in the oceans, environmental groups from various countries are asking the Danish company MAERSK and other relevant shipping...

People in Thailand endangered by hazardous smoke from a burning factory

People in Thailand endangered by hazardous smoke from a burning factory

On June 16, 2022, a fire was reported at the site of the Wax Garbage Recycle Centre Company in the Nam Pu subdistrict, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. Although many citizens...

Invitation: 13th BioDetectors conference in Prague

Invitation: 13th BioDetectors conference in Prague

Dear ladies and gentlemen, Please let us invite you to join our 13th BioDetectors Conference on 13th-14th September in Prague.

Breakthrough: Partial ban of small hydropower plants achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Breakthrough: Partial ban of small hydropower plants achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina

An important step has been made in the protection of Bosnian rivers. The parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina [1] passed a new amendment to the Law on...

Belarus has withdrawn from the Convention on environmental democracy

Belarus has withdrawn from the Convention on environmental democracy

Belarus has withdrawn from the international Aarhus Convention [1] on Environmental Democracy after president Alyaksandr Lukashenka decides to do so by issuing a decree. The...

Thai CSOs urge the government to consider their PRTR proposal

Thai CSOs urge the government to consider their PRTR proposal

July 4, 2022, Bangkok/ Prague – EARTH Thailand [1] , together with Arnika Association (Czech Republic) [2] , call on the Thai parliament and government to accept the upcoming...

Battles for the environment encounter the gap between the law and reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Battles for the environment encounter the gap between the law and reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina

29 June 2022, SARAJEVO/PRAGUE - The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina still lack information about the state of the environment and face serious obstacles when trying to get...

Environmentalists have gained new advocacy. Michel Forst elected Special Rapporteur for the Aarhus Convention

Environmentalists have gained new advocacy. Michel Forst elected Special Rapporteur for the Aarhus Convention

The signatory states to the Aarhus Convention [1] on Environmental Democracy have unanimously elected a Special Rapporteur to help environmental defenders from persecution. This...

Chemicals in Waste Will Continue to Pose Health and Environmental Threats Under New EU Rules

Chemicals in Waste Will Continue to Pose Health and Environmental Threats Under New EU Rules

June 23, PRAGUE - Earlier this week, the European Council and Parliament reached an agreement on new limits on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wastes, but unfortunately,...