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Press Release: Hazardous dredging started in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
In Ukraine, dredging of the Pripyat River as part of the E40 waterway construction has been launched at the eight sites planned for this year.…
Dredging of the Pripyat river started within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
28 million people could be exposed to increased radiation risk if dredging proceeds The limited liability company ‘SOBI’ proudly announced that they started to dredge…
Kayaking to save the Pripyat river
Save Polesia partners call to save the Pripyat and stop the E40 waterway Every year, the Belarusian conservation organizations APB-BirdLife Belarus and Bahna organize a…
Ukrainian state agency permits river dredging in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority plans to dig the Pripyat river despite protests of ecologists and scientists The State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone…
Belarusian Control Committee against river dredging in the Kobrin district
The Control Committee of Belarus, which is the country’s supreme audit institution, considers the costs associated with the planned dredging and clearing works along the…
Urgent action needed to address drought conditions in Polesia
Calls to abandon plan for proposed ‘E40’ waterway in light of unprecedented drought in Eastern Europe Experts have called for a far-reaching response to a…