Critical

Raw Materials

We are reaching a critical point when almost all the natural resources that a certain country has are in danger under the hands of extractivists.

We should not only imagine mining, we should be starting talks more and more loudly about forests, materials other than coal, rivers and waters, natural assets that must remain protected...

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Koncept Zakona o kritičnim sirovinama EU: Ekstrakcija resursa služi interesima EU?

Notion on the EU Critical Raw Materials Act: Resource Extraction to serve EU interests?

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But why should citizens even care about one more out of dozens of EU strategies?

By Ines Kusmenko

Rupice, mining deposit in Vares-Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Southeast Europe: Plundering the Western Balkans

Analysis

Corrupt politicians have been systematically plundering public budgets and natural resources in the Western Balkans for years. Increasingly, international actors are also discovering an El Dorado for dubious investments in these countries.

By Marion Kraske

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Rusting promises and a judicial marathon

According to the data of the Hydrometeorological Institute of the Federation of BiH, Zenica in 2019 had the most polluted air in the Federation of B&H, and high concentrations of sulfur dioxide and dust were particularly pronounced. The metallurgical factory is the dominant source of SO2 and dust emissions in Zenica. The struggle of the activists of the association Eco Forum to improve the air quality in Zenica has been going on for twelve years.

By Samir Lemeš

Great interests of small people

At that time, in May 2006, a renowned architect from Sarajevo Lidumil Braco Alikalfić published a significant text – an expert analysis – on the shortcomings identified by that moment and the “tragedy” that was unfolding primarily in Igman and Bjelašnica in terms of the natural degradation and lack of awareness of this issue, the wrong orientation towards “cementing” the mountains in favour of apartments, hotels and parking lots.

By Zlatko Dizdarević