The environmental situation in Belarus

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The demonstrators marched along the central streets shouting 'No to the plant!"
Photo: svaboda.org
Photo: svaboda.org
Opposition activist Mikalai Statkevich was sentenced to 5 days of arrest for taking part in a protest against a car battery plant.
Photo: Alena Maslyukova, facebook.com
Photo: Alena Maslyukova, facebook.com
Spontaneous protests against the local cellulose plant have taken place in Svietlahorsk since late last year.
Photo: pixabay.com
Photo: pixabay.com
The construction of a battery plant near Brest will proceed despite protests from environment activists and members of the public.
Nature in Belarus. Photo: BELTA
Nature in Belarus. Photo: BELTA
A peatland conservation project called Clima East helps to spot almost 40 species believed to be extinct in Belarus.
Photo: Telegram channel ‘Not-BT’.
Photo: Telegram channel ‘Not-BT’.
Female activist organized a nude photo session month ago. Now they are wearing clothes made of newspapers.
Photo: sb.by
Photo: sb.by
Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy says radiation safety is taken very seriously in the contaminated areas.
Pavel Siarhei's arrest is the first arrest for an unauthorized street protest in Belarus in 2016.
He took part in a picket against the construction of pig farms in Maladziecna District.