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in cadrul unei sedinte la inceputul anului 2006, la Ministerul Ecologiei si Resurselor Naturale, unde au participat specialisti de la Institutul de Botanica, Academia de Ştiinte, Asociatia de Gospodarie a Spatiilor Verzi, s-a adoptat un plan de actiuni privind defrisarea plopilor canadieni de pe strazile minicipiului Chisinau pe o perioada de 5 ani. in anul 2006, dintre cei 8000 de copaci vor fi taiati 300(15%), in locul lor vor fi saditi altii, iar 2000 de plopi vor fi renovati.

Aceste actiuni prevad rezolvarea problemelor cauzate de plopi. Ei provoaca boli respiratorii si creaza incomoditati persoanelor alergice din cauza pufului emanat. De asemenea, ei afecteaza acoperisurile blocurilor locative, mai ales in zona cartierelor vechi ale orasului unde sunt case cu 2-5 nivele.

in locul acestor arbori se propun alte specii ( plopul hibridic ), care creste repede si nu emana puf.

Valentina Cernea

Pe viitor aici se vor sadi copaci de talie mare.

Mariana Cazac

But far from making any recommendations for action to their political masters, the scientists from 30 countries will review the state of knowledge and try to define just what constitutes "dangerous" levels of climate warming.

"We will not try to come up with a consensus number on what should be a target. That is a job for the politicians," conference chairman Dennis Tirpak said on Wednesday.

"The purpose is to have a debate of the scientific facts. We will collect the best information we have to give to the politicians … but don’t expect to make any recommendations," he told reporters.

It is a far cry from the fanfare with which British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the conference last September, promising a cutting edge meeting that would set the political agenda for his presidency of the Group of Seven rich nations.

Scientists have said that two degrees centigrade of warming is already expected — with a major input from human activities like burning fossil fuels to generate electricity, which produces vast quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

They have also warned that warming of more than that will start to fuel itself, pushing the planet into the unknown as ice caps melt, sea levels rise and weather patterns change at accelerating rates, putting millions of people at risk.

An international report this week said the climate was a ticking time bomb and urgent action was needed now to curb greenhouse gas emissions. One computer model predicted climate warming of up to a catastrophic 11 degrees.

Environment campaigner Tony Juniper of Friends of the Earth was upbeat about the meeting.

"A clear demonstration of a scientific consensus will send an unmistakable message to the politicians that they have to take action on carbon dioxide emissions now," he said.

The scientists from countries as varied as Australia, India, Sri Lanka, China and Japan will meet in isolation for three days starting on Tuesday — ?ust two weeks before the Kyoto climate change treaty finally kicks in.

A tiny step to limit rising temperatures, Kyoto aims to cut CO2 emissions by developed states by 5.2 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12.

The United States — the world’s biggest generator of greenhouse gases — has refused to sign up.

Pentru a asigura posibilitatea realizarii dreptului la un mediu inconjurator prielnic, pentru a garanta accesul publicului la informatiile ecologice, Republica Moldova a semnat la Aarhus (Danemarca) in 1998 |Conventia privind accesul la informatie, justitie si participarea publicului la adoptarea deciziilor in domeniul mediului". Aceasta Conventie a fost adoptata la Conferinta a patra ministeriala |Un mediu pentru Europa" la Aarhus, pe 25 iunie 1998 si a fost ratificata de catre 16 tari. Ea are la baza trei principii fundamentale: accesul la informatia ecologica (Art. 4-5), participarea publicului la luarea deciziilor (Art.6-8) si accesul la justitie (Art.9).
in acest context sambata, 11 februarie, la Facultatea de Biologie si Pedologie s-a organizat un training in cadrul Programului de Instruire a Tinerilor Formatori ACCELS, coordonator Tatiana Echim.in cadrul acestui training s-a urmarit instruirea participantilor in vederea valorificarii dreptului de acces la informatia ecologica, drept garantat de Conventia de la Aarhus si legislatia tarii. Trainingul a fost moderat de catre studentele de la Facultatea de Biologie si Pedologie, Nadejda Gindea si Mariana Ursu.
Printre expertii invitati, se numara Radu Bajureanu, prim-sef adjunct la Agentia Ecologica Centru, Vasile Şalaru, seful Catedrei de Biologie, Ecologie si Silvicultura la USM, Victor Şalaru, Tatiana Dudnicenco, Elena Andronic- profesori universitari la USM.
Timp de 5 ore participantii au invatat cum sa opereze cu prevederile acestei Conventii, cum sa intocmeasca cereri pentru a obtine informatii ecologice, cum sa determine restrictiile juridice ale accesului la informatie ecologica si au obtinut date despre autoritatile de stat, care culeg, pastreaza si difuzeaza diferite genuri de informatie ecologica.
Mariana Cazac

Starea acologica in RM;
Mediu si sanatatea populatiei;
Probleme Globale de Mediu;
Energia alternativa (biogazul, energia eoliana, energia solara ….)
Proiecte controversate ecologice;
Legislatia de mediu;
Turism ecologic, rural …..
reciclarea deseurilor;
Arii protejate;
resursele naturale: apa, solul, flora/fauna
etc.

Sambata 28 ianuarie ora 14.00 in of. SalvaEco, str. Cosmnautilor 6, va avea loc primul seminar cu tema: Problemele globale de mediu. Doritorii de a participa la seminare sunt rugati sa-si anunte participarea pana joi 26 ianuarie ora 17.00.

EU health inspectors plan to test national governments to see how they cope with any outbreak of the virus and stop it from harming humans and animals, the EU’s health and food safety chief said.

Last week, the World Health Organisation warned that th? virus, known to have killed 27 people in Vietnam and 12 in Thailand over the past year, was endemic in Asia and appeared to be evolving in ways that favoured the start of a human outbreak.

"So far, the infection of humans by humans is the main concern, but this hasn’t happened to a worrying extent," EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou told reporters. "And some scientists say a pandemic is overdue."

"We are insisting that member states have ‘preparedness bans’. We will have test exercises on member states for dealing with these issues. It’s not only the time required to prepare a vaccine but also the time for industry to get them ready."

In Europe, several countries have found themselves forced to react quickly to a bird flu outbreak in their poultry sectors. The Netherlands, for example, slaughtered a quarter of its poultry after an outbreak infected 90 people and killed one.

What scientists fear most is that the bird flu virus could mutate if it infected a person sick with ordinary flu, or got into an animal hosting a human flu virus, such as a pig.

If the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus were to merge with a human flu virus, they say, then it could produce a strain capable of sweeping through a human population without immunity, possibly killing millions worldwide.

The threat of a bird flu epidemic in humans has health officials so worried that more than 120 million poultry birds were destroyed during the first quarter of last year in an effort to control its spread among animals.

Lansarea la nivel regional a acestui program va avea loc in data de 31 ianuarie 2006, la Deva. In vederea promovarii acestei oportunitati de finantare, Agentia pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Vest, in parteneriat cu Agentia Regionala pentru Protectia Mediului Timisoara, organizeaza o sesiune de informare a potentialilor beneficiari cu privire la acest program. La Timisoara, sesiunea regionala de informare se va desfasura in data de 19 ianuarie 2006, ora 11.00, in Sala de Consiliu a Consiliului Judetean Timis. La aceste seminarii sunt invitati reprezentanti ai potentialilor beneficiari, si anume consiliile locale orasenesti, consiliile locale comunale si consiliile judetene din Regiunea Vest. Suma alocata la nivel national este de 21,87 milioane de euro, iar Regiunii Vest ii revin 3,123 milioane de euro. Sumele care pot fi solicitate de catre aplicanti sunt de minim 300.000 euro si maxim 1.000.000 euro. Finantarea nerambursabila nu poate depasi 90% din valoarea totala a costurilor eligibile ale proiectului, iar diferenta de 10% trebuie acoperita din sursele proprii ale solicitantului. Programul se adreseaza autoritatilor publice locale (consilii locale si judetene) ale localitatilor cu maxim 50.000 de locuitori si care sunt responsabile cu gestionarea deseurilor. Termenul limita de depunere a propunerilor de proiecte este 28 aprilie 2006, ora 16.00, la sediul ADR Vest din Timisoara, str. Proclamatia de la Timisoara nr. 5, et. I.

Lucian PAULESCU

Pentru agentii economici din judetul Timis, seminarul se va desfasura marti, 24 ianuarie, ora 10:30, in Sala Mare a Consiliului Judetean Timis. Deoarece sectoarele industriale de pe filiera cerealelor sunt unele dintre cele mai importante domenii din cadrul industriei alimentare – produsele rezultate, destinate consumului uman, constituind baza piramidei nutritionale – ghidurile nationale de bune practici realizate de ANAMOB, avizate conform legii de catre ANSVSA, acopera complet toate cerintele solicitate de reglementarile specifice ale Uniunii Europene. Indeplinirea, in cursul anului 2006, a acestor cerinte este obligatorie pentru toti agentii economici de profil, in perspectiva integrarii industriei romanesti de profil in marea familie a industriei europene. Participarea la aceste seminarii este gratuita, iar celor interesati le pot fi distribuite, cu aceasta ocazie, ghiduri de bune practici pentru morarit, panificatie, patiserie si cofetarie.

Launching a five-day conference sponsored by the United Nations on protecting the diversity of Earth’s plant and animal life, Chirac called for a change in world attitudes to ensure more was done to protect species close to extinction.

"I appeal to all scientists to gather to create a world network of expertise, and France will propose to its partners … the creation of an inter-governmental group on the evolution of biodiversity," Chirac said.

He gave few details but said France would push for adoption of such measures by the signatories to the 1992 Convention onf Biological Diversity, which is designed to sustain biodiversity.

"With the fight against world climate change, the protection of biodiversity demands a deep change in how we think and live," he said.

The conference of 1,200 participants, organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), is looking at ways to prevent the loss of biodiversity due to disappearing natural habitats and world climate change.

UNESCO cited figures suggesting almost 16,000 species of living creatures were near extinction and said the dangers of extinction were increasing with global warming.

One in four known mammal species and one in 10 bird species is in danger of extinction, it said. Of the 350,000 known plant species, 60,000 are threatened with extinction, it said.

Chirac has been a vocal supporter of global biodiversity, but France stands accused of not meeting its own standards for promoting conservation.

The European Union’s executive Commission said last week Paris had failed to heed rulings from European’s top court on nature conservation, public access to environmental information, water protection, and genetically modified micro-organisms.

France has said it is aware of of its delay in implementing the European directives and has made it a priority since 2002 to catch up on the delay.

"We fear that once again speeches will just give rise to more speeches," Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth said in a statement as they and other environmental groups held a parallel meeting to the UNESCO gathering.

"Every six hours, an area of forest the same size of Paris is disappearing, meaning the extinction of numerous species of plant and animal life sometimes not even known about."

Story by Elizabeth Pineau and Gerard Bon

Presedintele Consiliului Judetean Timis, Constantin Ostaficiuc, a fost prezent zilele trecute la Bucuresti, unde a avut mai multe intalniri, pe teme legate de integrarea europeana si cooperarea transfrontaliera, finantari pentru proiecte de protectia mediului si obtinerea de fonduri pentru zonele calamitate.

[b]Colaborare transfrontaliera[/b]

Astfel, Constantin Ostaficiuc a participat, la sediul Ministerului Integrarii Europene, la o sedinta pe tema functionarii birourilor de cooperare transfrontaliera si a gestionarii eficiente a fondurilor Phare CBC 2004-2006 si a fondurilor structurale din perioada 2007-2013. Cu acest prilej, a fost analizata activitatea desfasurata de fiecare dintre cele 5 birouri transfrontaliere, de la Oradea, Calarasi, Iasi, Suceava si Timisoara si s-a discutat, in principal, despre finantarea acestor birouri (cheltuielile de functionare, de personal) si despre fondurile structurale. De altfel, s-a facut propunerea ca si Ministerul Finantelor Publice sa asigure, alaturi de consiliile judetene, finantarea acestor birouri de cooperare transfrontaliera. Aceasta propunere urmeaza sa fie negociata cu respectivul Minister.

[b]Deponeu… pe viitor[/b]

O alta intrevedere a liderului CJT, Constantin Ostaficiuc, a avut loc la sediul Ministerului Mediului si Gospodaririi Apelor din Romania, cu ministrul Sulfina Barbu, pe tema finantarii, din creditul extern obtinut de minister, a deponeului ecologic zonal. In acest fel, banii pentru finantare vor veni mai repede. Pentru acest deponeu sunt in discutie mai multe locatii. Prima data a fost Covaci, iar acum ceva timp a fost scoasa la rampa varianta Cheveres. Consiliul Judetean Timis nu este insa hotarat ce sa faca in privinta locatiei. "Vom decide viitoarea locatie pentru acest deponeu in viitorul apropiat", spune Constantin Ostaficiuc. De asemenea, presedintele CJT a discutat cu ministrul Mediului despre statia de epurare de la Lugoj, dar si includerea proiectului Surduc pe fondurile de mediu. "Am discutat cu secretarul de stat de la Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor, Mircea Toader, despre continuarea finantarilor pentru zonele calamitate (infrastructura de drumuri judetene, drumuri comunale si poduri)", a precizat presedintele CJT, Constantin Ostaficiuc.

Adrian PANDURU