The Network of Academic Solidarity and Engagement (MASA) unreservedly stands by the appeal of nine university professors, members of the Environmental Chemistry Section, addressed to the councilors of the Belgrade Assembly on the occasion of the announced adoption of the Plan for the Detailed Regulation of the Makiško Field.
This Plan would enable the construction of 4.5 million square meters of residential and commercial space on 700 hectares of a protected hygienic and sanitary zone, which represents the most important source of groundwater for Belgrade's water supply. The Maki area along the Sava is a zone of protected reni wells, thanks to which Belgrade is one of the few European capitals with quality drinking water. A project that poses a risk to the water supply system should not be approved without a detailed analysis of all relevant scientific and research institutions in Serbia and without a broad and transparent public discussion.
We invite the city councilors, as well as all competent institutions, to respect the views of the profession and the arguments presented in the appeal of the nine professors. We invite the entire academic and civil public to stand behind the integrity of scientific opinion, and to defend Article 74 of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, which mandates the preservation of a healthy environment (Everyone has the right to a healthy environment and to timely and complete information about its condition; Everyone, especially the Republic of Serbia and the autonomous province, is responsible for environmental protection; Everyone is obliged to preserve and improve the environment).
Everyone has the right to a healthy environment and to timely and complete information about its condition.
Everyone, especially the Republic of Serbia and the autonomous province, is responsible for environmental protection.
Everyone is obliged to preserve and improve the environment.
Everyone has the right to a healthy environment and to timely and complete information about its condition.
Everyone, especially the Republic of Serbia and the autonomous province, is responsible for environmental protection.
Everyone is obliged to preserve and improve the environment.
