Category Archives: Environment – Ekologija

The environmental issues encompass a very large spectrum of concerns about the whole of natural conditions on which the life on the Earth depends. Articles in this section give insight into many aspects of ecology, the science on environment.

Pitanja životne sredine obuhvataju veoma širok spektar tematike o celini prirodnih uslova od kojih zavisi život na Zemlji. Članci u ovom odeljku daju uvid u mnoge oblasti ekologije, nauke o životnoj sredini.

Биљни и животињски свет (флора и фауна) као потенцијал зa развој туризма Подунавља Србије

Posted on by April 18, 2014

Биљни и животињски свет Подунавља Србије представља велику атракцију за развој туризма. Дунав снагом свог воденог потенцијала кривуда, мења временом корито, руши и односи обале, премешта и таложи муљ и песак. Ствара нове спрудове, меандре, рукавце, мртваје, аде, обалске брежуљке и пешчане дине. Управо баре, мочваре и ритови са карактеристичним биљним и животињским светом који га прати, јесте специфичност и изузтна вредност приобаља Дунава. Мелирационим радовима широка плавна подручја Дунава су сведена на најмању меру, што је утицало на основне карактеристике тих подручја. Мочварни предели претворени су у пољопривредно земљиште, а преостале површине се често користе као рибњаци. Услед измена услова станишта, аутохотна вегетација, флора и фауна, претрпеле су значајне промене, разноврсност и бројност врста су редуковане. Подручја под шумама мењају свој изглед. Уместо старих шума врбе, тополе, јављају се нове, најчешће еуроамеричке тополе. Приобаље Дунава, и поред тога богато је бројним оазама, у којима се налазе делови очуване природе, са богатим и разноврсним биљним и животињским светом. Нарочито су значјна мочварна барска подручја оринтолошки резервати са ретким проређеним и угроженим птицама.

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The role of Bavarian NGOs in protecting the environment along River Danube as part of the projects of Danube Strategy (Full Article)

Posted on by April 18, 2014

Authors: Krisztina Kőműves, geographer, PhD student, and András Mérei, geographer, politologist, PhD student, Doctoral School of Earth Sciences University of Pécs, Hungary Editor’s note: This is the full article of the abstract published last week. Introduction The southeast strategic direction … Continue reading →

The role of Bavarian NGOs in protecting the environment along River Danube as part of the projects of Danube Strategy (Abstract)

Posted on by April 18, 2014

The southeast strategic direction and the importance of the Danube region has been present in the German political thinking for centuries. This thanks not only to the pass of the River Danube in Southern Germany, but also to the vacuum of power in the area in the past and the presence of German ethnic groups. Due to the changing German interests in Southeast Europe, today the Danube Strategy of the European Union could define a new policy which base not only on state interests but on the determinate role of NGOs and ’bottom-up’ initiations. According to the ’bottom-up’ principle – the idea of European Commission – there are many proposals which come from the local players.

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Proposed Flood Protection Measures

Posted on by April 18, 2014

Perceived change in climate over the world begins to be negatively felt in our geographical latitudes, too. Increasing global surface temperature, extreme temperature differences in a short period cause so far unprecedented progress of the weather: dry periods with deficient rainfall are followed by periods of excessive rainfall that is impossible to be absorbed and accumulated by the surface, which causes hydrological cycle disruption in nature. More and more often there occur such rainfalls: in small river basins enormous amount of water fall to the ground and runs down unrestrainedly over surface into watercourses causing so-called flash floods with inconceivable material and moral consequences.

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About the Ecology of the Navigation Link the Black Sea – the North Sea

Posted on by April 18, 2014
By JCKole on Flickr. Source: Fotopedia. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

In the neighbourhood of the Black Sea – North Sea navigation waterway a very important industrial activity has developed, of high influence on national gross product (NGP) of the respective countries. The risk of nature degradation is included in the polluting factors which result from the main categories of the social activity: material production (organic and inorganic wastes, chemical ashes, scrap iron, damaged grounds, deforestation etc.), energy production (carbon dioxide, carbon oxide, sulphur dioxide, ashes, radio-active wastes etc.), consumption (dust, worn waters, garbage etc.). In order to express the wastes quantity due to the economical activity in a certain national economy or in a certain economic-social area, the input-output model can be used when considering “m” branches of goods production and (n-m) wastes generated by these branches (n m).

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Uloga ekološkog obrazovanja u zaštiti i unapređivanju životne sredine

Posted on by April 18, 2014

Prirodna sredina našla se pod uticajem energije razorne moći, zastarele i prljave tehnologije, nekontrolisanog saobraćaja, trke u naoružanju, ratnih dejstava, diverzantsko- terorističkih aktivnosti i drugih štetnih uticaja, koji osetno narušavaju ravnotežu prirode i ugrožavaju životnu sredinu. To nameće potrebu kontinuiranog obrazovanja i vaspitanja u funkciji zaštite životne sredine.U ovom radu dat je prikaz mesta ekologije u našem obrazovanju,od obaveznog do visokoškolskog. Ovo je pokušaj da se izdvoje nastavni predmeti u kojima su zastupljeni ekološki sadržaji. Pošto ekologija kao poseban nastavni predmet nije zastupljen u obaveznom obrazovanju, dat je pregled nastavnih predmeta i aktivnosti kroz koje se izučavaju ekološki sadržaji. Prikazani su i nastavni predmeti u srednjoškolskom obrazovanju u kojima su zastupljeni ekološki sadržaji, po područjima rada i pojedinim obrazovnim profilima. Predstavljeno je i visokoškolsko obrazovanje gde ekologija ima značajno mesto.

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The Role of Ecology Education in Environmental Protection and Advancement (Abstract)

Posted on by April 18, 2014

The environment is currently under the influence of destructive energy, dated and faulty technology, uncontrolled traffic, arms race, military actions, acts of sabotage and terrorism and other harmful influences that noticably disturb natural balance and harm the natural environment. All that imposes the need for continuous education and upbringing in order to protect the environment. In this paper there is the survey of the place of ecology in our education, from the compulsory to university education. The school subjects with ecology contents are mentioned. Since ecology is not a special subject in compulsory education there is the review of the school subjects and activities in which the ecological contents are studied. The school subjects in high school education with ecological contents are reviewed according to areas of work and specific educational profiles. The review of university education where ecology has a significant place is also given.

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Role of CSOs to support regional initiatives in implementation of EU directives in the Danube Region and Western Balkan countries

Posted on by April 18, 2014
pregled proizvodnje, uvoza i izvoza azbesta u zemljama Zapadnog Balkana

Number of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Western Balkans is growing rapidly year by year. Civil society is vital pillar in a general shift towards more transparent and accountable society. Progressive policies indispensably involve civic participation as essential element for creation of sustainable local environment. Cooperation between national governments (or their institutions and agencies) and civil society is growing year by year. It is projected that cooperation will strengthen in the future in areas addressing environmental priorities indicating challenges and improvements in fields such as energy efficiency, waste management, climate change, sustainable transportation, water protection, food safety, sustainable consumption, public health. Social entrepreneurship and green economy is on the agenda of many CSOs in South-East Europe as a high priority for possible path in economic empowerment.

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Regional Cooperation within the Sava Commission for Sustainable Development of B&H – Conclusion

Posted on by April 18, 2014
Most na Savi kod Brčkog

The Sava River Basin represents a major drainage basin in the South Eastern Europe and one of the most important sub-basins in the Danube River Basin, with a high potential for development activities such as the waterway transport, tourism and recreation. The Sava River represents a unique ecosystem with high a biodiversity providing habitat for the most diverse fauna and flora. In the Sava River Basin occur 167 protected area including Natura 2000 sites and six Wetlands of International Importance, so-called Ramsar Sites. Wetlands provide a vast array of ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being and play an important role in the regulation of global climate change and in the diminishing the destructive nature of flooding. At the same time, wetlands offer a wide range of opportunities for tourism and recreation that could generate considerable income.

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New Phase of Cooperation in the Sava River Basin

Posted on by April 18, 2014

The positive developments have taken place in the co-operation processes initiated within the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe over the years. The South-Eastern Europe countries began the new phase of “regional ownership and responsibility” for regional cooperation. The Stability Pact has been transformed into the Regional Co-operation Council (RCC), in order to reflect the increased maturity of the region. This new regionally owned cooperation framework, the RCC, was officially launched at the joint session of the final meeting of the Stability Pact Regional Table and inaugural meeting of the Regional Co-operation Council, in Sofia, on 27 February 2008. The Joint Declaration on the Establishment of the RCC was adopted and the RCC first Annual meeting took place on 28 February 2008, with the support from South Eastern European countries, donor countries and the European Commission. The main task of RCC is to be a facilitator of regional co-operation and support the European and Euro-Atlantic integration. With Secretariat located in Sarajevo, Co-operation Council focus its activities on six areas which the countries of the region have already identified as those where regional co-operation will be beneficial to all: Economic and social development; Infrastructure; Justice and Home Affairs; Security Co-operation and Building Human Capital (BHC) with Parliamentary Co-operation being an overarching theme that is linked with each of the other areas.

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