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Life in Kosovo discusses the environment
23 April 2009 To mark April 22, International Earth
Day, this week’s Life in Kosovo discussed how much citizens care about
the environment.
How many green areas do we have in
Kosovo? Who is responsible for our hygiene and for cleaning? Do we have
an eco-friendly culture? Is it enough to clean public places once a
year?
To discuss these and other environmental issues, Muhamet Hajrullahu’s
guests in the studio were:
Mahir Yagcilar – Minister of environment and spatial planning ;
Bajram Bujupi – head of public services for the Municipality of Prishtina ;
Eli Gashi –activist and the co-organiser of the Tiny and Tidy initiative ;
Engjëllushe Morina – executive director of the Kosovo Stability Initiative ;
Behxhet Mustafa – ecologist and professor at University of Prishtina ;
The debate kicked off with a discussion on what Kosovars regard as green.
Mahir Yagcilar, minister of environment and spatial planning, said that
both institutional and individually, Kosovars are trying to improve
environmental aspect of our lives.
“Thus, our motto this year is
“Green Generation”, and the action to follow will be “A person,
a baby, a tree”, where every space that does not have a tree, will
have one planted,” said the Yagcilar.
A report, prepared by a BIRN team, revealed how green Kosovo is.
Asked whether laws on the environment are being implemented, Engjellushe
Morina, from the Kosovo Stability Initiative, spoke about the investigation
they have carried out, which was aimed at helping the public debate
on environmental issue.
”The situation is a little alarming,” said Morina.
Asked to name three places in Prishtina that were turned into green
areas since he took up the position, Bajram Bujupi, the head of public
services in Prishtina, said that he could count up to twenty such areas.
“The park at Dardania, in Ulpiana, Agim Ramadani Street, Bill Clinton
Boulevard,” said Bujupi.
Speaking about the Tiny but Tidy campaign
to clean Prishtina, one of the organisers, Eli Gashi, marked the importance
of what the minister said. According to her, it is not enough to organise
a cleaning campaign only on international days for the environment,
such as Earth Day.
“We are individuals who are concerned about the environment and have
decided that we need to clean before and after international days,”
said Gashi. She went on to talk about Germia Park, which, according
to Gashi, is only cleaned after the entrance point. She said the state
of the environment before then is a disgrace.
The management of waste, according
to Morina, is also a responsibility of the ministry of environment.
“There is no systematic monitoring
of water or air,” added Morina, saying that even if we look at the
way the budget is divided in the Government, we can see how little regard
the Government pays to the environment.
“This is a big mistake,“ said Behxhet Mustafa, an ecologist.
“There are two problems, our institutions are indifferent and our
awareness is very low,” added Mustafa.
The debate went on to discuss the problems of recycling and waste management.
Arif Muharremi, in his Culture in Kosovo
report, dealt with the environment. He explained how caring for environment
is a crucial part of culture.
Kosovo’s Son-in-Law brought his own alternative solution to the problem.
Life in Kosovo is a co-production between Kosovo Public
Television, RTK and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN.
It is broadcast every Thursday, starting at 20:20
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