NGOs urge the EU to address biodiversity goals in its next budget
9 July 2024 | Carbon Pulse
Prague-based CEE Bankwatch released a joint statement penned by several EU environmental NGOs, calling on governments not to leave aside …
Uzbekistan: Indorama Agro silences workers speaking out about human rights violations, according to new investigations; co. didn’t respond
5 July 2024 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Since 2020, Uzbek Forum for Human Rights (UFHR) and Bankwatch have been monitoring and registering numerous labour rights and freedoms …
Central and Eastern Europe’s climate plans lack ambition, say environmental NGOs
1 July 2024 | EurActiv
… “Eastern European Member States plan to invest heavily in fossil gas infrastructure, despite the urgent need for climate action” said …
Activists say Bosnian dam threatens river life and rafters
26 June 2024 | Reuters
KONJIC, Bosnia, June 25 (Reuters) – Environmental activist Lejla Kusturica stood on the banks of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Neretva river, …
Battling Rapids and Regulation: Neretva River’s Eco-Warrior Stands Tall
25 June 2024 | Devdiscourse
Lejla Kusturica, a Bosnian environmental activist, is concerned about the impact of a new hydro-power dam on the Neretva river’s ecosystem …
EBRD urged to improve biodiversity safeguards, rule out offsetting
24 June 2024 | Carbon Pulse
Prague-based CEE Bankwatch released recommendations to strengthen safeguards on nature under the bank’s Environmental and Social Policy ( …
