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03.11.2009:
The Belarusian green movement agrees upon a common environmental policy
Belarusian environmental organizations have made a common resolution after the Forum of environmental NGOs of Belarus 2009. In this resolution the organizations agrees upon a common environmental policy which is a giant leap for the Belarusian green movement. The forum gathered 122 members from 59 organizations.
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12.12.2008:
Climate views from South
The Norwegian Minister for Environment and Development told today environmentalists from Brazil and Nepal that he is on the restrictive side when it comes to new licenses for oil extraction in Norway. Mr. Solheim participated in an electronic meeting on Norwegian climate policy arranged by Norges Naturvernforbund, Norwegian Rainforest Foundation and Future in Our Hands.
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04.12.2008:
Improved NGO efforts on climate negotiations in Russia and Belarus
Norges Naturvernforbund has during 2008 had particular focus on strengthening of NGOs climate work in Belarus and Russia. In Russia, the reorganized umbrella organisation Russian Socio-Ecological Union (RSEU) has developed policy and inputs to the Russian position in the international climate negotiations in Poznan. They are now present in Poznan, and work actively towards their delegation.
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24.10.2008:
Belarusian NGOs ready to fight climate change
With support from Norges Naturvernforbund, the alliance of Belarusian environmental organizations, Green Alliance, has started a national climate campaign in Belarus. The campaign started with a national climate seminar in Minsk the 2nd and 3rd of October 2008 where a total of 27 participants attended the whole seminar with participants from different regions of Belarus.
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25.08.2008:
Russian NGOs visit Oslo
Seven representatives from the Russian environmental NGO Green World have visited Oslo and Naturvernforbundet on their study trip. The main purpose of the trip was to broaden the knowledge about information and media strategy, as well as to learn from differences and similarities in facing challenges that Russia and Norway share, when it comes to environment and development.
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04.07.2008:
Russian president promises to strengthen civil society and protect the environment
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is showing increasing interest in Russian civil society, as well as in the devastated Russian environment. His points of view sound promising, but leaders of Russian NGOs and Norwegian partners are still uncertain how much of it is going to be fulfilled.
