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Exclusion of experts and activists from public debate sparks outcry over Serbia’s Mining Strategy

Zoran Stevanović, a hydro-geologist and retired professor at the Faculty of Mining and Geology, as well as a member of the SANU Board for the Environment, criticized the exclusion of citizens and experts from the public debate on the Draft Strategy for the Management of Mineral Raw Materials and Other Geological Resources. He called it a disgrace and a shame, pointing out that the Environmental Committee had submitted 17 objections warning that the proposed mining projects could cause serious environmental…