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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…
Press release: Planned E40 waterway could pose increased radiation risk for millions of people
Expert analysis of radioactivity released today undermines entire project Governments of Belarus, Poland and Ukraine put human health at risk if they proceed with the…
Proposed river port in Belarus threatens local livelihoods and biodiversity
The government of Belarus plans to construct a river port in the Belarusian village Nijniye Zary as an infrastructure for the proposed E40 waterway. This…