The Bulletin
Volume 8, Number 3 - Spring 1999
A quarterly magazine of the Regional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)


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INSIGHT

MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENT
Green reporters learn new tricks in making local sense of the global and regional environment, including Worldwatch Institute president Lester Brown's theory about the world's upcoming environmental revolution.
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CITIES AND TOWNS
Over 170 million people live in panel buildings throughout CEE. Could building decay lead to a region-wide urban crisis?
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OPINION
Assessing the EU's past and future environment policies
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BUSINESS
Merging market with mission, an international gathering offers NGOs a glimpse of private sector approaches for achieving self-financing.
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LOCAL BEAT
The Macedonian island of Golem Grad
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SLOVAKIA
Major national strategy for sustainable development initiated
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COVER STORY

SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Urban numbers are on the rise in the region. That means major environmental problems, especially for cities like Budapest and Sofia. Urban centres are also gaining new responsibilities from their countries to pave the way for local sustainable development and entry into the European Union. What are the main problems and where can they find help?

DEPARTMENTS / COLUMNS

FORUM
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REGIONAL NEWS
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ENVIRONMNET AND HEALTH
Countdown to London99

GRANTS
Winners of the 1998-99 REC Cooperative Grants

Call for tender for new Ecolinks grants

REC NEWS
New websites, workshops, publications and people
EAP TASK FORCE NEWS
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CEE LAW REPORT
Advocacy, forestry, waste

BOOKSHELF
Biodiversity plus

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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COMING EVENTS
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