As many other developing countries, Vietnam is facing legacy problems with obsolete and POPs pesticides. In the case of Vietnam many of the former storages are emptied in a clean-up campaign and send for destruction to a modern cement kiln. But people have buried the stocks as well in the past because they did not [...]
Read Full PostMongolia’s economy is booming. International investments for exploration of the extensive mineral deposits resulted in a growth rate of close to 20 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. But pesticides problems from the past – when the country was a Soviet satellite – remain unsolved. A mission form Milieukontakt and the International HCH [...]
Read Full PostMilieukontakt International –local office Albania organized on 27th October 2010 National Conference as a closure of National Campaign – Act Now! Representatives from Central Government, Foreign bodies, civil society organizations, media, etc, participated in the meeting. Event was greeted by Mr. Fatmir Mediu, Minister of Environment, Forest and Water Administration, Mrs. Noeke Ruiter from Netherlands [...]
Read Full PostIn Pskov started the second round of the special IWRM summercourses. The course was attended by 21 representatives from 8 regions. The participants have been working on IWRM methodologies, and direct strategy and action planning for an IWRM approach to deal with a wide range of problems and their opportunities of the waterbodies in their [...]
Read Full PostSince 2005 a consortium of Milieukontakt International, the International HCH and Pesticides Association, engineering company Tauw BV and the Dutch NGO Natuur en Milieu (Nature and Environment) has been involved in the elimination of risks of obsolete pesticides in several countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.While working on the inventory and repacking of obsolete [...]
Read Full PostIn May this year the consortium of Tauw, Witteveen & Bos, the International HCH & Pesticides Association, Milieukontakt and Green Cross – Switzerland was selected by the World Bank to implement the project: Obsolete Pesticides Technical Study in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project is financed by [...]
Read Full PostProject update “Sustainable Future for Rural Areas in Croatia” Project partners: Milieukontakt International, ODRAZ, PINS, HMRR, SMART, CCO, PREPARE Gorski kotar Local Action Group presented to the public Due to the specific features of the area of Gorski kotar that is not well-linked and weakly populated, it was not easy to find 26 persons gifted [...]
Read Full Post2005-2007 Obsolete pesticides MD, KG, GG Elimination of acute risks of obsolete pesticides in Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia Aim: the elimination of acute risks of dissemination of obsolete pesticides, through storage and elimination of the pesticides.
Read Full Post2007-2010 Montenegro “Green Agenda” in Montenegro Aim: Global Scope: Montenegro, Western-Balkan programme Period: from 2007-02-09 till 2010-12-31 (58) Funder: Netherlands Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Partners: local and national NGOs Themes: ‘Green Agenda’: NGOs and local cooperation, public participation, addressing environmental issues, capacity building, network development, international partnership, public visibility Partners: local and national [...]
Read Full Post2004-2008 Revival of the Kyrgyz environmental movement Revival of the Kyrgyz environmental movement Aim: To develop long-term cooperation between Kyrgyz environmental NGOs Global Scope: Kyrgyzstan Period: from 2004-10-01 till 2008-10-01 (48) Funder: Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS) Partners: to be selected Themes: network development, public relations, financial and organizational management Revival of the Kyrgyz [...]
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