The Role of NGOs in Environmental Protection

Non-Governmental associations can have a crucial role in the process of public awareness raising about the environment.

These activities are particularly important in the countries of the Southeast Europe. They provide a great opportunity in the region for two reasons:

First, the majority of people in the region, especially in the poor transition countries, direct their efforts to the protection of their habitat and to sustainable management of their resources.

Second, the development of regional protection policies and legislation over the past decade are a direct result from the public appeal for safer and cleaner environments.
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27.06.2008 The project to build Kosova C thermoelectric power plant will not proceed without prior public debate, involving in particular the population of the area that will be the most exposed to the pollution it will emit.

23.06.2008 Zelena Akcija (Green Action) environmental organization reacted to the announced cooperation of Cardinal Bozanić and Mayor Milan Bandic, on five different projects. Zelena Akcija focused on two of the projects – plans to build 2,500 apartments in developments in Strug on Žitnjak and the proposed Museum of Sacral Art in Nova Vesa.

02.10.2007 The ecology in Montenegro is in the worst possible situation in the past 16 years, i.e. since Montenegro was declared ecological state. To put it simply, ecology is walked over by all those who object to that path of development, writes Sinisa Stevovic from MOST.

12.12.2007 The Zelena akcija environmental association presented its Zero waste manual. The manual aims to show that waste management is much wider than the simple matters of waste dumps and incinerators.