Water resources policy and administrative management

The goal of the project is to improve the environmental situation in the Ptich river basin (tributary of Pripyat river), involvement of local population and authorities into nature protection activities, awareness rising and providing more clean water to the population. One the main tasks is to change situation with municipal waste collection and utilization in settlement Kopatkevichi by separate waste collection, its storage at the newly constructed waste collection places and removal to the landfill. Another priority task is preparatory works for reinforcement of the Ptich riverside in order to prevent the flooding of houses. The implementation of this project will create the improved living conditions for the Kopatkevichi population; help to create the active environment protection position. Project includes realization of following activities: -Holding of stakeholders meetings to workout coordinated action plan; -Inspection of Ptich riverside for determination of most polluted places, sources of pollution, dump sites; -Mapping of most polluted places, sources of pollution, dump sites and providing this information to the local population; -Seminars holding; -Clean up activities and afforestation of the Ptich riverside with participation of local school students; -Holding reinforcement of the right bank Ptich riverside in order to prevent the flooding of houses; -Dissemination of the informational materials on river pollution and prevention measures, informational stands manufacturing; -Construction and equipment of specially places for separate waste collection; -Holding an competitions among school children on environmental thematics; -Conference holding Polesie look to the future

Belarus