Brussels 13.06.2021 The first cruise ship to leave Venice since coronavirus restrictions were eased set sail on Saturday, June 12, but some groups of local residents protested over the return to ‘ante-COVID19’, opposing the practice of the passage of giant liners through the historic lagoon city. WATCH: Unhappy about the passage of giant liners through…
Tag: ecology
France bans bird trap four decades after EU
France prohibits an archaic bird hunting technique four decades after the European Union ban. The country has suspended the use of glue traps, which conservationists say are especially cruel to animals and harmful the environment. The hunting technique involves coating branches with glue to trap songbirds, which are caged to attract prey birds that can…
Skopje suffers pollution
Capital city of North Macedionia – Skopje – regularly registered the most polluted cities in Europe, and sometimes in the world. The #London Watch: The most polluted #city in the #worldhttps://t.co/t88tCpcfDM #Skopje pic.twitter.com/55OhLo5GLQ — The London Watch Digest (@london_digest) July 2, 2020 In 2018, levels of PM10 – tiny pollutant particles 10 nanometres in size…
Siberia fires: illegal timber trade with China
Among major causes of devastating Sibera fires Duma Ecology committee chair Vladimir Bourmatov points at the activities of illegal lumberjacks, or “black loggers”. At present upon the request of the State Duma, the government and the Investigative committee of the Russian Federation, have launched the investigation into the occurrence of 500 epicenters of forest blaze as cause of illegal human…
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