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After police officer’s death, Greek soccer fans will need a state-issued QR code to attend games
Greek authorities launched a ban on paper tickets for all league soccer matches on Tuesday as part of an effort to crack down on the violence that has plagued the sport for decades.
Under new rules, fans will only be allowed into stadiums using their cellphones and displaying a government-issued QR code so they can be identified and attendance bans can be enforced.
WWF Romania: With no forestry reform plan in place, PNRR allocations risk being wasted
Allocations via the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for forests and natural protected areas amount to about 1.5 billion euros, but there's a risk that these funds will be wasted with no concrete finality because there is currently no reform plan for forestry in place, WWF Romania said in a statement.
NGOs lambast planned environmental law changes
Ljubljana – Environmental NGOs warn that proposed changes to the environmental protection and spatial planning acts would exclude them from key relevant procedures and scrap legislative safeguards. Without the latter an irreparable damage could be caused regarding the environment and public health, they said Tuesday.
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President Iohannis says Romania needs more forests
Attending the launch of the national afforestation campaign called "A forest as a country" at Uliesti, Dambovita County on Friday, President Klaus Iohannis said that a significant increase in Romania's forested areas is necessary, given the context of the environmental problems facing the country. "More forests are needed in Romania! I will explain why loud and clear.
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BIRN Fact-check: Is Illegal Logging Destroying Romania’s Forests?
The seriousness of the problem was revealed by the National Forest Inventory, IFN, which calculates the surface of forests and the existing volume of wood they contain.
The first IFN study measured these indicators for 2008 to 2012. The second and latest report, fully released in October 2019, establishes the figures for the period 2013-2018.
How Can Everyone Contribute to Forest Conservation?
Through responsible consumption and choosing FSC-labelled products, everyone can contribute to forest conservation, the head of the Forests programme at WWF, Nelly Doncheva, said in relation to a campaign conducted by the organisation entitled "If they could talk - they would ask you about something".
Using FSC Products by Everyone Helps Contribute to Forest Conservation
Through responsible consumption and choosing FSC-labelled products, everyone can contribute to forest conservation, the head of the Forests Program at WWF, Nelly Doncheva, said in relation to a campaign conducted by the organization entitled "If they could talk - they would ask you about something".
Whats App Has Collapsed in Some Countries in Europe and Latin America
Whats App has collapsed in some countries in Europe and Latin America. According to Downdetector, who monitors interruptions in popular Internet resources, the crashes began at 2:02 Moscow time, RIA News and News reported. The peak of customer complaints about Whats App malfunctions is 581 complaints.
The Earth Has Lost 12 million Hectares of Tropical Forests in 2018
In 2018 12 million hectares of tropical rainforests or 30 football fields per minute were destroyed, the World Resources Institute reported. 3.64 million of these destroyed forests are primary and essential for climate and biodiversity, BTA reports.
Romania Pledges to Investigate Vanished Forest
Romania's Ministry of Environment has vowed to investigate illegal logging in one of the country's protected national parks after environmentalists reported that 50 hectares of forest had vanished.
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