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Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Military Activities during the Yugoslavia Conflict. Preliminary findings (1999)

Auteur	REC, European Commission DG-XI
Datum	juni 1999
Classificatie	6.05.2.20/01 (VERARMD URANIUM - MILITAIR - (vml) JOEGOSLAVIË)
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE YUGOSLAVIA CONFLICT

2. Introduction

This assessment was prepared by the Regional Environmental Center for Central
and Eastern Europe (REC) for the European Commission Directorate General XI.
Its purpose is to make an initial "snapshot" of the environmental consequences and
impacts of the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military action on
the territory of Yugoslavia and on selected neighbouring countries. Though, until
now it has been largely impossible to assess the impacts of the Yugoslav Army (VJ)
in Kosovo. The assessment's authors have attempted to show those actual impacts
on the environment and also highlight the possible or future ones.

The objectives of this assessment are to:
• prepare an analysis on the possible environmental impacts on the region due
to military activity;
• estimate possible further threats to the environment from the conflict;
• gauge the facts available on the environmental and health impacts in the
affected countries;
• highlight the key environmental threats to each country. so that remedial
action may be prepared.

The report looks at five Balkan countries: Yugoslavia- where the fighting took
place; Albania and FYR Macedonia- the "refugee" countries; and Bulgaria and
Romania - the selected "transboundary" countries. The report is split into two main
parts: environmental impacts and anticipated or future risks. The case of each
country is assessed separately, to enable ease of comparison and to define specific
national priorities. At the end of the report conclusions are made. In the Conclusion
and in the Executive Summary, a number of priorities for assistance are suggested.

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