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D8 Motorway – 0807 Section. Complaint for the violation of the European Natural Protection Legislation. Supplementary information (For Site Related Aspects of Nature Complaints)

Study | 30 May, 2003 | Download PDF

Contact person: Pavel Pribyl Tel.: +420 222 51 38 59 E-mail: pavel.pribyl at hnutiduha.cz Member States concerned Czech Republic – accession country Regions concerned: NUTS II Northwest 1) Does the case have any direct link to Community nature legislation? Yes  2) If yes, to which directive ? 79/409 (the Birds Directive) Yes 92/43 (the Habitats Directive) Yes Or which other legislation ? 3) Give a clear description of the subject of the complaint (max. 1/2 page)


The World Bank Extractive Industries Review: Update and Interim Assessment

Study | 23 April, 2003 | Download PDF

The Extractive Industries Review (EIR) is an independent consultative process initiated by the World Bank Group (Bank) to consider the Banks future role in the oil, gas and mining industries. Friends of the Earth has been closely monitoring the EIR process since its inception. In November 2002, FoE released a Midterm Assessment of the EIR that described the most critical issues that had arisen during the first year of the Review, and assessed the key challenges that lay ahead in the coming year.


Bankwatch Mail 18

Bankwatch Mail | 7 April, 2003 | Download PDF

In this EBRD monothematic issue: EBRD Meeting in Tashkent: Incentive for Progress or Endorsement of Repression? * Would EBRD Money for Baku- Ceyhan Endorse Human Rights Violations? * Is the EBRD Planning to Export Chernobyl Type Aluminium? * Greenfields for Corporations – Toxic Legacy for Local Residents (NEMAK in the Czech Republic) * K2/R4 is Back on Stage * EBRD in the News * Active Bankwatchers


Bankwatch Mail 17

Bankwatch Mail | 7 February, 2003 | Download PDF

In this EIB monothematic issue: The EIB’s New Information Policy: Ask for Infromation-Test the Bank * Road to Ruin (EIB’s Loan for Bulgarian E-79 Road Construction) * Money for Nothing (Questions for the Benefits from the EU Phare Project in Bulgaria) * Did EIB Loans Tend to Ruin Regional Railways? (Slovakian Case) * Participation for Better Planning Documents? (National Development Plan for Latvia) * Not Too Late to Put Things Right (EIB Loan for Construction of Czech D-8 Highway) * The Balkan Stability Pact: What is it good for?


The Tkibuli Coal Power Station, Georgia

Briefing | 30 November, 2002 | Download PDF

Background Information The Greens Movement of Georgia and FoE Georgia are in the process of planning a campaign against the construction of a new coal power station that is supposed to be built in Tkibuli, a city in western Georgia. This campaign is being conducted by CEE Bankwatch Network and the energy/climate change sections of Foe Georgia. Short History