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More action needed in the EU to reduce the impacts of chemical pesticides
Widespread pesticide use is major source of pollution — contaminating water, soil and air, driving biodiversity loss and leading to pest resistance. Human exposure to chemical pesticides is linked to chronic illnesses, such as cancer, and heart, respiratory and neurological…
How small grants are helping to rescue marine habitats around the world
In recent years, fishing communities in Madagascar have seen their catches dwindle, a byproduct of chronic overfishing, especially in sensitive coastal habitats like seagrass meadows. But in some communities, fish stocks have started to rebound, thanks in part to the…
WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND PRESERVATION OF FRESH WATER SOURCES
There is increasingly less drinking water on our planet, and serious global conflicts over drinking water are looming on the horizon, as the global crisis is already widely present due to the increasingly difficult provision of the basic needs of…
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAN ONLY BE SOLVED THROUGH A JOINT EFFORT
The waste that we create every day ends up in a couple of thousands of unregulated landfills and dumps all over our still beautiful country. What is waste? The Serbian Environmental Protection Agency’s (SEPA) website states that waste is any…
STRONGER DETERMINATION AND POLITICAL WILL TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS RESOURCES
What should Serbia do to reduce environmental pollution, preserve biodiversity and adequately respond to the challenges of climate change? Will the legal framework be realigned with the Green Agenda? We looked for answers to these questions in a conversation with…
THE VISION OF THE FIRST SUNNY CITY IN OUR COUNTRY
Pirot is a town in southeastern Serbia whose first historical records date back to the 3rd century and it was also once known as the Tures settlement during Ottoman rule. Pirot had to wait until 2016 to be given the…
SERBIA ON THE PATH OF GREEN TRANSITION
The most important step that lies ahead for Serbia in order to become a European Union member is the transfer of the regulations of this political and economic community to the national legal system, and their subsequent adequate application at…