It is our great pleasure to present the new yearbook of the Organisation for Political Ecology Polekol — “The Ripening of Change.” The year 2025 was another year that collectively reminded us that change in the protection of natural resources and the defense of the public interest does not emerge or produce results overnight.
The third public event of the School of Political Ecology was held under the title "Extractivism and Renaissance". The students of the school, the audience and members of the Organization…
Most of the course of the Studenica River lies within the “Golija–Studenica” Biosphere Reserve, which was designated in 2001 as Serbia’s first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The inaccessible terrain carved by the Studenica River has contributed to the preservation of a rich diversity of plant and animal life. This area has exceptional natural and cultural value and is rich in endemic and relict species—species that exist only in a limited area and those that have survived here since ancient times.
Conflicts, militarization, and the environment were the focus of the second public lecture of the School of Political Ecology, held on December 3, with presentations by researchers Dr. Julie Klinger and Dr. Aleksandar Matković. The lectures and the accompanying discussion examined how armed conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and the current wave of intensified militarization affect nature and society. Held online via the Zoom platform, this public lecture connected issues of security, geopolitics, and ecology, creating space for reflection on alternatives to militarized approaches to natural and social crises.
At the public session of the Commission for Plans of the municipality of Boljevac, held on the occasion of considering objections to the Draft Spatial Plan, Iskra Krstić and Žaklina…
In the period from October 24 to 26 of this year, a gathering of activists was held in Bijeljina and activists united in the regional alliance "Defend the rivers of the Balkans" which brings together organizations and movements that oppose harmful projects on our rivers, forests, pastures and in our homelands.
