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Anup Shah, A. S. (2001, January 21). The kosovo crisis. Retrieved from http://www.globalissues.org/article/126/the-kosovo-crisis
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This article/blog was written by Arben Salihu from Balkans-Regional Reporting & Sustainable Training. He clearly points out very important issues on how the current situation in the village of Dardhishte that is near the chimney Kosova A is affecting many residents’ lives. Many residents are blaming KEK as a result of many dead family members. However, on the other side, some KEK representatives are accepting the fault but still claiming that there is nothing to be done considering that there is no sufficient budget to build a pro-environment plant house that would not cause harm at no one. This article tackles the deep reality of many Kosovars who are suffering from this issue therefore; it would be a very good article to find arguments.
This article is in general about Kosovo’s war and after effects, mainly about the crisis.It tells how illegal Uranium was used schools and media stations, oil refineries and other chemical factories, were amongst the major NATO targets, causing environmental concerns for the region, as well as violating international law.
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Bekteshi, F. (2001). Challenges Facing Kosovo *. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from REC Kosovo http://sector.rec.org/assistance/urban/kosovo.pdf*
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Kosovo State of The Environment Report. (2003, April 26). Retrieved from UNMIK - PROVISIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT website: http://enrin.grida.no///_SOE_part1.pdf
PURPOSE: The purpose of this publication is to identify and highlight the environmental problems in the country. These problems are the ones who required treatment from the ministry and government.
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CONCLUSION: The article is about the environmental situation of the post-war Kosovo. War played a substantial role in the poor environmental condition; therefore it aims to address this issue. The three main criteria used to evaluate the environmental problems are: the severity of the problem, the economical impact in the environment and the impact of pollution in the health of citizens.
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LuhajKosovo, LU. (20112010, September 18April 12). Gjelbërimi Përballë Thatësisë . Zeri InfoEnvironment and Climate Change. In Environment and
Climate Change. Retrieved September 19, 2011, from
http://www.zerikosovo.undp.info/artikulli/27/27/34290/gjelberimi-perballe-thatesise/
The point of this online article is that even though there are a lot of parks in Prishtina, people are not trying to maintain it, as they should. There are litters everywhere; most of the wooden chairs are damaged, which does not give any good image of our behavior. Although Kosovo’s Municipality had done some investigation for finding better ways to maintain the parks, still is the citizen’s responsibility for their negligence. This source is very useful and the information is reliable since we have also the citizens’ comments toward the maintenance of the parks.
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Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. (2003, April 26).Kosovo state of the environment report. Retrieve fromhttp://enrin.grida.no/htmls/kosovo/Kosovo_SOE_part1.pdf
This other article say basically everything about Kosovo and its environment. It starts with what type of climate Kosovo has, to continue with Impacts of economy in environment, transportation and to end it up with the hazardous waste and hazardous materials.
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING. (2006, April).Kosovo environmental action plan 2006 – 2010. Retrieved from
http://waterwiki.net/images/b/b9/KosovoEnvActionPlan.pdf
In this article the Ministry of environment and spatial planning explains what the government of Kosovo at that time had in plan for Kosovo’s environment were. Moreover, they talked about climate change, air quality etc. In other words they talked about what are their plans for Kosovo’s future 4 years.
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Nelsen, A. (n.d.). Greens alarmed as EU lobbies for Kosovo coal plant | EurActiv.EurActiv | European Union Information Website (EU and Europe). Retrieved September 20, 2011, from http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/greens-alarmed-eu-lobbies-kosovo-coal-plant-news-507494
Kosovo C' would be less polluting than the existing 'Kosovo A' plant, and so enable Pristina to meet its obligations under the Energy Community Treaty, and also to fulfill the requirements of the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive.
We urge the Bank to continue its involvement in the New Kosovo Power Plant as the best and only way to improve Kosovo's environmental outcomes. Europe should be using all of its powers to help Kosovo and its neighbors a path towards eventual European integration.
Lignite is a form of coal which high levels of CO2.The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and European Investment Bank are together providing €770 million of loans to a lignite coal plant.
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Ryan,F.F.(2000). Kosovo’s wounded environment. E: The Environmental Magazine, 10(5), 23. Retrieved from EBSCO host.
This is an early article written for Kosovo’s environmental issues. In this article, the author explains how the bombing from NATO in Kosovo had an impact on the environment of Kosovo.
Kosovo cleans up environmental legacy; Project aims to remove ash heaps outside Pristna, turn over reclaimed land for farming, construction, and other uses. (2006). M2PressWIRE. Retrive from EBSCO host.
In this article, the authors, whom are not mentioned talk about how Kosovo is making a big step towards the clean environment with the project of cleaning the ash heaps that, are outside pristine. It also makes sure to say that the World’s Bank gave Kosovo a fond of $5.5 Million. These subsidize are for the Energy sector clean up and Land reclaim projects.
Rexhepi, F., Rugova, A., & Arbneshi, T. (2010). Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Ibër river sediment, Kosova. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from http://balwois.com/balwois/administration/full_paper/ffp-1681.pdf
This article discusses the issue of air pollution in particular matter and heavy metals of Kosovo Thermal Power and it is written by Arbneshi, Rexhepi,and Rugova.
Considering that Kosovo is a mountainous farm region which in the past was in the process of industrialization because of its rich coal and mineral resources, the problem of air pollution in the surroundings of power plants appeared as early as 1954 when Thermal Power Plant of Kosovo started working in Obiliq. As a result, the Iber River is mostly exposed to the pollution caused by several metals, such as zinc and copper; therefore this is a very good article that can be used to argue about the pollution in Kosovo.
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Shala, F., Dragusha, B., Dr., & Sadiku, M. (n.d.). Air pollution in the area around the Mining Complex Trepça in Kosovo. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from Republic of Kosovo < http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/ 2010/Cambridge/EE/EE-50.pdf> as well as this source UNDP. (n.d.). Projects of UNDP*. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from UNDP http://www.kosovo.undp.org/?cid=2,92,26*
The third source is a research document published by three student of University of Prishtina named “Air pollution in the area around the Mining Complex Trepça in Kosovo.” Furthermore, they did a lot of research and came up with a very specific presentation of the problem of Trepca. They say that Kosovo is threatened by the toxic metals especially Mitrovica which has a high level of pollution with the dust particles where the maximum value reaches 5560.8 mg/m2/day that is 20 times more than WHO recommends. With all the details that they found the authors came to conclusion that these toxic metals from Trepca represent immediate health risks to the adjacent residential areas through uncontrolled emissions of airborne dust. And they suggest that this problem has to be treated as a long-term one, measuring the airborne dust concentration in the air as well as the percentage of the toxics in air. This way the air quality will be better and the dust percentage will be lower. The criterion of this problem is the health condition of the citizens as well as the cost of solving this problem. Nontheless, UNDP project in another article (source) said that they already informed the government for this problem and they have a plan how to solve it. Moreover, they will find out the levels of the pollution of mining in, will create underground waters, superficial waters such as streams and rivers etcorg/?cid=2,124
UNDP in Kosovo posted an article about Environment and Climate Change. It tells that Environment has not been on the high agenda for the Kosovo government. During the transition period from a socialist into a market economy, environmental issues were constantly neglected in Kosovo. The Government of Kosovo is equipped with most legislation covering the issue of environment; yet, there is a great lack of human and institutional capacity regarding their implementation and enforcement. The climate is changing, and humans are at least, in part, responsible. This is a scientifically proven fact that was recognized by the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. The consequences of this change and of climate variability are being felt all over the globe – and Kosovo is not an exception.
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Luhaj, L. (2011, September 18). Gjelbërimi Përballë Thatësisë . Zeri Info. Retrieved September 19, 2011, from http://www.zeri.info/artikulli/27/27/34290/gjelberimi-perballe-thatesise/
The point of this online article is that even though there are a lot of parks in Prishtina, people are not trying to maintain it, as they should. There are litters everywhere; most of the wooden chairs are damaged, which does not give any good image of our behavior. Although Kosovo’s Municipality had done some investigation for finding better ways to maintain the parks, still is the citizen’s responsibility for their negligence. This source is very useful and the information is reliable since we have also the citizens’ comments toward the maintenance of the parks.
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Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. (2003, April 26).Kosovo state of the environment report. Retrieve fromhttp://enrin.grida.no/htmls/kosovo/Kosovo_SOE_part1.pdf
This other article say basically everything about Kosovo and its environment. It starts with what type of climate Kosovo has, to continue with Impacts of economy in environment, transportation and to end it up with the hazardous waste and hazardous materials.
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING. (2006, April).Kosovo environmental action plan 2006 – 2010. Retrieved from
http://waterwiki.net/images/b/b9/KosovoEnvActionPlan.pdf
In this article the Ministry of environment and spatial planning explains what the government of Kosovo at that time had in plan for Kosovo’s environment were. Moreover, they talked about climate change, air quality etc. In other words they talked about what are their plans for Kosovo’s future 4 years.
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Nelsen, A. (n.d.). Greens alarmed as EU lobbies for Kosovo coal plant | EurActiv.EurActiv | European Union Information Website (EU and Europe). Retrieved September 20, 2011, from http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/greens-alarmed-eu-lobbies-kosovo-coal-plant-news-507494
Kosovo C' would be less polluting than the existing 'Kosovo A' plant, and so enable Pristina to meet its obligations under the Energy Community Treaty, and also to fulfill the requirements of the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive.
We urge the Bank to continue its involvement in the New Kosovo Power Plant as the best and only way to improve Kosovo's environmental outcomes. Europe should be using all of its powers to help Kosovo and its neighbors a path towards eventual European integration.
Lignite is a form of coal which high levels of CO2.The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and European Investment Bank are together providing €770 million of loans to a lignite coal plant.
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Ryan,F.F.(2000). Kosovo’s wounded environment. E: The Environmental Magazine, 10(5), 23. Retrieved from EBSCO host.
This is an early article written for Kosovo’s environmental issues. In this article, the author explains how the bombing from NATO in Kosovo had an impact on the environment of Kosovo.
Kosovo cleans up environmental legacy; Project aims to remove ash heaps outside Pristna, turn over reclaimed land for farming, construction, and other uses. (2006). M2PressWIRE. Retrive from EBSCO host.
In this article, the authors, whom are not mentioned talk about how Kosovo is making a big step towards the clean environment with the project of cleaning the ash heaps that, are outside pristine. It also makes sure to say that the World’s Bank gave Kosovo a fond of $5.5 Million. These subsidize are for the Energy sector clean up and Land reclaim projects.
Rexhepi, F., Rugova, A., & Arbneshi, T. (2010). Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Ibër river sediment, Kosova. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from http://balwois.com/balwois/administration/full_paper/ffp-1681.pdf
This article discusses the issue of air pollution in particular matter and heavy metals of Kosovo Thermal Power and it is written by Arbneshi, Rexhepi,and Rugova.
Considering that Kosovo is a mountainous farm region which in the past was in the process of industrialization because of its rich coal and mineral resources, the problem of air pollution in the surroundings of power plants appeared as early as 1954 when Thermal Power Plant of Kosovo started working in Obiliq. As a result, the Iber River is mostly exposed to the pollution caused by several metals, such as zinc and copper; therefore this is a very good article that can be used to argue about the pollution in Kosovo.
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Shala, F., Dragusha, B., Dr., & Sadiku, M. (n.d.). Air pollution in the area around the Mining Complex Trepça in Kosovo. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from Republic of Kosovo < http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/ 2010/Cambridge/EE/EE-50.pdf> as well as this source UNDP. (n.d.). Projects of UNDP*. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from UNDP http://www.kosovo.undp.org/?cid=2,92,26*
The third source is a research document published by three student of University of Prishtina named “Air pollution in the area around the Mining Complex Trepça in Kosovo.” Furthermore, they did a lot of research and came up with a very specific presentation of the problem of Trepca. They say that Kosovo is threatened by the toxic metals especially Mitrovica which has a high level of pollution with the dust particles where the maximum value reaches 5560.8 mg/m2/day that is 20 times more than WHO recommends. With all the details that they found the authors came to conclusion that these toxic metals from Trepca represent immediate health risks to the adjacent residential areas through uncontrolled emissions of airborne dust. And they suggest that this problem has to be treated as a long-term one, measuring the airborne dust concentration in the air as well as the percentage of the toxics in air. This way the air quality will be better and the dust percentage will be lower. The criterion of this problem is the health condition of the citizens as well as the cost of solving this problem. Nontheless, UNDP project in another article (source) said that they already informed the government for this problem and they have a plan how to solve it. Moreover, they will find out the levels of the pollution of mining in, will create underground waters, superficial waters such as streams and rivers etc.
Signe Didde Frese - Rune Klitgaard - Eske Kock P. (2003-2004). Heavy Metal emission
from Trepca. In Environmental Management in Kosovo. Retrieved September 19, 2011,
from http://rudar.ruc.dk/bitstream/1800/210/1/Environmental_management_in.pdf
This article is about the management of environment in Kosovo and about Heavy Metal emission from Trepca. The project focuses on the environmental impact that a huge dormant lead and zinc mining facility, named Trepca causes. The natural science investigations have thus focused on to determine the extent of the heavy metal pollution of the nearby river and found that the mining waste is still a very significant source of heavy metal pollution to the river, where the levels of in particular lead and cadmium were found to many times higher than WHO standards. The project continues to contextualise how and why environmental issues as Trepca might be tackled and prioritised when considering that Kosovo has many other development issues to tackle, such as poverty, lack of economic growth and lack of safe drinking water for its inhabitants, and only has very limited funds available.
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