For Love and Freedom on Clean Mother-Earth! _______________________________________________________________ !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! !!! ! ! ! ! ! !!! !!! !!! ! ! ! !!!!! !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! ! !!!!! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! ! _______________________________________________________________ "ECODEFENSE!inform"environmental inform-bulletin * number 27-28 _______________________________________________________________ .............................................* SEPTEMBER 1994 * _______________________________________________________________ "ECODEFENSE!" Moskovsky prospekt 120-34 236006 Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg Russia telephone +7 0112 437286 E-mail: ecodefense@glas.apc.org _______________________________________________________________ CONTENT NEWS Organization CFE FOUNDATION TO OPEN OFFICE IN SCANDINAVIA Attention ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM THE BANKS Plan'95 NG0 - FORUM 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT _______________________________________________________________ BBC Summary of World Broadcasts September 15, 1994, Pakistan confirms having M-11 missiles as US warns of sanctions: Press Trust of India news agency, New Delhi, 8 Sep 94: Pakistan has confirmed it has Chinese M-11 missiles capable of carrying nuclear devices Election result won't affect German nuclear plans By J. Terence Gallagher BONN, Sept 18 (Reuter) - Germany's main political parties have drawn their battle lines over nuclear energy but the country's policy is unlikely to change quickly Sept. 19, 1994 Germany RESEARCH MINISTRY TO PUSH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS WASHINGTON (BNA) -- The German Research Ministry Aug. 24 unveiled the new "Production 2000" program aimed at developing environmentally friendly 09/19 Germany urges world action on nuclear trafficking VIENNA, Sept 19 (Reuter) - Germany expressed growing concern on Monday over trafficking in weapons-grade nuclear material and demanded the world act urgently against a black market trade. The call came at 09/19 Russia-German experts discuss nuclear security BONN, Sept 19 (Reuter) - A battle by Russia and Germany to fight nuclear smuggling topped the agenda for talks on Monday between top security chiefs of both states. Russia's counter-intelligence boss Sept 19, 1994 Marine Pollution INTERNATIONAL BEACH CLEANUP NETS 15 NEW COUNTRIES, INCLUDING POLAND, LITHUANIA WASHINGTON (BNA) Volunteers from 39 countries cleaned up debris along 5,572 miles of ocean and inland shoreline, a report by the Center for Marine The environmental group Clean Izhora, is organizing a Scientific-Practical Conference to be held October 4-7, 1994 in Sankt-Petersburg. The conference will cover environmental education, radio-ecology, radio-biology, the fundamentals of dosimetry and radiation and chemical monitoring. To attend, send name, date and place of birth, passport number and fax number to: Organizational Committee, e-mail: izhora@lnpi.spb.su ; fax +7 812 7137196; contact: Stella Miroshkina tel.+7 812 7139238 or Tanya Baranova tel.+7 812 7146494 (Source: Surviving Together no.3 1994) _______________________________________________________________ CFE FOUNDATION TO OPEN OFFICE IN SCANDINAVIA CFE Foundation intends to open a liaison office in Scandinavia to coordinate efforts aimed at the problem of CHEMICAL WEAPONS DUMPED IN THE NORTH EUROPEAN SEAS. The Foundation is currently SEEKING PARTNERS IN SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK OR OTHER NORTH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - research centers, NGOs, corporations, publications, individuals - interested in the CFE's PROGRAMS: -THREAT ASSESSMENT(1): 300,000 tons of sunk chemical weapons and the risks of contamination for the human population; THREAT ASSESSMENT (2): toxic effect on sealife and biological chains, genetical consequences; -DATA BASE: exact locations of dumping sites, dates of dumping operations, earlier research findings, facts of leakage, state of corrosion, other details; -TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: developments in technologies, instruments, equipment, monitoring systems, weapon destruction processes, know-how applicable to the problem of dumped CW; -RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS: bulletins, articles, conferences, public support actions, fund-raising, pre-caution measures. For more information, please contact CFE's main office in Moscow or USA: MAIN OFFICE (Moscow): U.S. OFFICE: Fax (7095) 202 0816 Fax (1717) 876 6199 E-mail: CFE@glas.apc.org E-mail: NIER@aol.com _______________________________________________________________ ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM THE BANKS * ESTONIA * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is appraising an ECU 48,844,636 (US$58,613,563) Tallinn Water and Environment project. The project will make possible new investments and rehabilitation in water treatment, groundwater abstraction, water distribution network, sewage network and wastewater treatment. It will also include restructuring of waterworks into an independent water company. A twinning arrangement between Tallinn waterworks and Helsinki waterworks will be utilized to secure long-term technical assistance in project implementation and company restructuring. Contact: EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44- 71-338-6000, fax +44-71-338-6100 * LATVIA * The WORLD BANK is preparing for a US$50 million Energy Rehabilitation project which is likely to include: a) rehabilitation of the suburban Riga and Jelgava district heating network, through leakage abatement and repair and installation of flow control facilities; and b) a pilot program for conversion of small heating boilers to domestic fuels. The project will aim to improve the efficiency and reliability of Latvian energy production and distribution, and will also promote policy and institutional reforms in the energy sector. The implementing agency for the project will be the Latvian Ministry of Economy. Contact: Mr. Salem Ouahes, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2430, fax (202) 477-3285 * LITHUANIA * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is preparing an ECU 61,726,738 (US$74,627,626) Kaunas Environmental project to improve environmental conditions in the Neris and Nemunas rivers, the Curonian Bay and the Baltic by introducing waste-water treatment in and improved sewage collection from the City of Kaunas; to improve water quality supply and system efficiency by extension of well fields and rehabilitation of network and facilities; and to restructure, streamline, and corporatize the water enterprise. Contact: EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44-71-338- 6000, fax +44-71-338-6100 The WORLD BANK is preparing for three projects in Latvia. The first, a US$7 million Coastal Environment project that will assist in developing wastewater treatment in Klaipeda with a view to improving local beaches to promote tourism, is presently being appraised in the field. The implementing agency will be the Environmental Protection Directorate General. The second project, a US$30 million Agriculture project, would support reform and restructuring of the agriculture and forestry sectors through policy reforms and investments. Its implementing agency would be the Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture. The third, a US$26.4 million Power Rehabilitation project, has been approved by World Bank Executive Directors. The project includes: a) rehabilitation of old units at existing thermal power plants; b) instrumentation and communications and control equipment, for the dispatch center and substations; and c) technical assistance. This project will be implemented by the Lithuania State Power System (LSPS) and the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy. Contact for the Coastal Environment project: Mr. Steven Lintner, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2508, fax (202) 477-0568. Contact for the Agriculture project: Ms. Hoonae Kim, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2550, fax (202) 522-0073. Contact for the Power Rehabilitation project: Mr. Achilles Adamantiades, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2417, fax (202) 522-0078 * POLAND * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is appraising two projects: a) an ECU 68 million Gdansk Environmental Project, which phased out investment comprising waste-water collection and treatment, including sludges; and b) an ECU 100,800,000 (US$121,867,200) Black Triangle Gas Conversion project which would replace coke oven gas with natural gas, expand and upgrade the gas transmission and distribution system of Lower Silesia, and construct the first interconnection of the Polish gas system with the western European network. The EBRD is also preparing for an ECU 59,800,000 (US$72,298,200) Lodz Environmental project, which would involve construction of a waste-water treatment plant (300,000 cubic meters/day) and completion of several main sewers. Contact: EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44-71-338- 6000, fax +44-71-338-6100 The WORLD BANK is negotiating two projects in Poland. The first, a US$45 million Katowice District Heating project, will include: a) investments to optimize the existing district heating method of Katowice, to enhance energy conservation and efficiency, and to reduce pollution; b) a local boiler elimination/conversion program; and c) technical assistance. The implementing agency in Poland for this project will be the Przedsiebiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej (PEC). The second project is a US$150 million Power Privatization project, which will create a Private Sector Investment Fund to help finance rehabilitation and environmental retrofitting investments in the Polish power sector under off-budget limited recourse financing arrangements with private investors. The Polish Power Grid Company will be the implementing agency. Contact for both projects: Mr. Hank Busc, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2686, fax (202) 477-0069 Source: Kompass Resource International 2/11 september'94 _______________________________________________________________ the end in part B