The European Court of Justice on 18th of January gave its first opinion on classifying foods and crops derived from the new “breeding techniques”, on which a lot of biotechnological corporations are planning to invest heavily. This opinion confirms the attitude of ecological organizations from…
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On the occasion of February 2, the Worlds Wetlands Day, we warn of the importance and the need to preserve the wetlands as very specific and valuable areas. We have only three such habitats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the most fascinating areas of…
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At the Museum of Republic of Srpska, selected works of Banja Luka students were awarded today. In the competition, five primary schools of the Banja Luka region (PS Ivo Andrić, PS Aleksa Šantić, PS Stanko Rakita, PS Branislav Nušić and PS Branko Radičević) took part…
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Over the past three months, Center for Environment and the Environmental Department of Vodovod a.d. Banja Luka have been working intensively with the ecological teams of five selected primary schools of Banja Luka region’s and through the lectures and joint work they have created solutions…
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After more than 10 years The Center for Environment is, once again, against building a hydropower plant on the Vrbas River. United with the local community, we attended an ‘on the scene investigation’ of the technical conditions required for the construction of hydropower plant “Krupa”….
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European Union countries had bowed down under the pressure from European commission and multinational corporations and in the last moment have extended the license for the use of glyphosate on the period of the next five years. With this decision they have ignored the resolution…
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EU member states didn’t support European commissions changed proposal about extension for 5 years of the licence for glyphosate use, last Thursday, 9th November 2017. This proposal came after member states refused to support the extension of the licence for ten years, 24th of…
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Four ecological organizations from the Republic of Srpska have supported the work of the Coalition without Fur, which for months has been trying to stop changes to the Animal Protection and Welfare Act, which would extend the deadline for closing the fur farm for another…
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The proposal of the European Commission to renew use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate for another ten years, didn’t get sufficient support at member states voting on October 25th. There is an assumption that European Commission will be forced to negotiate with member states about …
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Celebrating World Food Day, 16th of October, we launched the online questionnaire asking for public opinion about the use of controversial herbicide glyphosate. Center for the Environment invites all the citizens to fill the questionary via link and QR code, and to express their opinion…
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