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Towards a just transition for the Upper Nitra region

Briefing | 24 January, 2019 | Download PDF

Priatelia ZEME – CEPA and CEE Bankwatch are today launching a set of recommendations to feed into the Just Transition debate taking place in Upper Nitra and at the national level in Slovakia. The recommendations come in a context when Just Transition i

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New jobs in the process of transformation of the Upper Nitra region (in Slovak)

Study | 24 January, 2019 | Download PDF

This paper focuses on a brief outline of concrete steps to turn Upper Nitra towards a low carbon future. In particular, it is to stop further public subsidies to fossil energy – especially lignite mining and burning – and urgently redirect public funds

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International CSOs letter regarding Amulsar mine

Advocacy letter | 22 January, 2019 | Download PDF

The undersigned civil society groups stand in solidarity with the residents of Jermuk, Gndevaz and Kechut, and with the environmental activists and concerned civil society in Armenia and appeal to the Government of Armenia to act on the Amulsar mine pr

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Biodiversity offsetting and other problems of the ESIA of Amulsar gold project in Armenia

Study | 8 January, 2019 | Download PDF

This report is a critical analysis, with regard to the impacts on biodiversity, of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the Amulsar Gold Project. Special attention has been paid to the biodiversity offsetting proposal for creation o

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Social impacts of the Amulsar mine in Armenia

Study | 8 January, 2019 | Download PDF

The Amulsar mine presents a number of considerable health and social risks to local communities, the tourism potential of the nearby Jermuk spa resort and the surrounding villages’ orchards, pastures and water supplies. The company Lydian Armenia prepa

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