More than 70 groups seek an environmental assessment for the Usce aquarium
More than 70 civil-society organisations said the city Environmental Protection Secretariat's decision not to conduct an impact assessment for the Belgrade aquarium in Friendship Park is against the public interest. They seek to annul it on appeal and conduct the assessment.
What matters
Request
The groups seek to annul the no-assessment decision and carry out the procedure.
Friendship Park
The statement describes the park as important public green space and part of ecological corridors.
Whose position
This is the signatories' position; the article does not give a new response from the city body.
Breakdown by publication
How sources frame this story
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N1: groups challenge absence of an impact assessment
N1 reports that more than 70 groups consider the lack of an impact assessment for the Friendship Park aquarium contrary to the public interest. They seek annulment on appeal and an assessment, citing green space, water-source protection and cumulative impacts of nearby projects.
Overall takeaway
The groups focus the Usce aquarium dispute on whether an environmental assessment is required; the authorities' decision is not reported as changed.
