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south the idea is to create another global passageway through Eastern Europe and also to give better rules which is a landlocked Country Access to the sea. But environmental activists like Constantine Chicle of are up in arms saying the e 40 will impact 11 Nature Reserves in belarus and lead to the straightening of the Pripyat River described as one of europes last wild river. This might look like a casual boat trip
south the idea is to create another global passageway through eastern europe and also to give better rules which is a landlocked country access to the sea. but environmental activists like constantine chicle of are up in arms saying the e 40 will impact 11 nature reserves in belarus and lead to the straightening of the pripyat river described as one of europe s last wild river. this might look like a casual boat trip but for constantine she colored it s a protest for their breath for a peak it s this is the 3rd year the chairman of the belorussian environmental organization has organized canoe tours like this one his goal is to show people here the unspoiled nature along the river and to demonstrate against the 40 waterway which could be built here constantine has been protecting nature and wildlife around him since he was a. child. there is
a structure has to be developed in order for the surrounding region to develop its . using the potential of the river for the good of the people is the main task of the government. day 2 of the canoeing campaign for many of the participants it s the 1st time on this tour during breakfast and at the campfire constantine can share his concerns about the eat for the waterway with him he s convinced that bellerose should be investing in eco tourism rather than in cargo on the river peak it. people don t think about leaving these spots untouched simply leaving them to nature itself. to just sit down peacefully just like this and simply watch the birds singing or watch things slowly changing. so it s. the activist warns that the construction of the canal could dry out the wetlands
here just like when the swamps were drained for large scale soviet agriculture programs the riverbed would have to be deepened to allow big ships to pass the people at river flows through areas that were contaminated by the chernobyl reactor disaster for constantine that s just another reminder to heed the lessons of the past otherwise the peak it could become another example of an ambitious economic project with catastrophic consequences for the natural world. now alliance people sometimes say it s a long story and that certainly appears to be true in bowl garia the poorest country in the european union more and more people there are becoming lottery tickets buying up millions of so-called scratch cards so let s go to the village of turk and shaver oh and i always drive from the capital sofia where we meet some of the local residents who have little hope of escaping grinding poverty and woman called the laws or of who did actually strike lucky.