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Scientific and Professional Society for Environmental Protection of
Serbia - ECOLOGICA,
ALFA BK University, Belgrade
University UNION – “NIKOLA TESLA”, Belgrade; Institute for Multidisciplinary
Research, Belgrade; Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, Belgrade;
SITS, Belgrade; Bulgarian National Union of Scientists - Ruse, Bulgaria;
University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”, Bulgaria; Bulgarian National Society of
Agricultural Engineers; Balkan Environmental Association (B.EN.A.)
Za izdavača:
emeritus prof. dr Larisa Jovanović, Predsednik UO Društva ECOLOGICA
Urednici:
emeritus prof. dr Larisa Jovanović, glavni i odgovorni urednik
prof. dr Vadim Ermakov, GEOHI Vernadsky, RAS, Moscow, RF
prof. dr Sergei Ostroumov, MSU Lomonosov, Moscow, RF
Tiraž: 400
330.34(048)
330.34:[616.98:578.834(048)
Apstrakti na engl., srp. ili rus. jeziku. - Tekst ćir. i lat. - Tiraž 400.
ISBN 978-86-89061-14-7
COBISS.SR-ID 39441417
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FOREWORD
This year, as in the previous 28 years, we celebrated World Earth Day by organizing
an international scientific conference dedicated to the current topic: The impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and the environment in the era of the
Fourth industrial revolution. Due to the constraints caused by the COVID-19
pandemic, the conference was held 22-24.04.2021 on-line using the Google meet
platform.
Despite the severance of many global traffic, trade, business and cultural ties between
countries, and sometimes within countries, during the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists,
physicians, chemists and pharmacists worked together to find vaccines and drugs
against the disease caused by the spread of the potent and unknown SARS-CoV-2
virus. COVID-19 treatment protocols changed every month of the pandemic.
Technologies from the 20th century have also found numerous applications in other
sectors of the industry, for example in the sports industry (robotics, mechatronics,
nanotechnology). Discoveries in the field of biogeochemistry enable the creation of
new biotechnologies.
During the twenty-eight years of the existence of the journal ECOLOGICA, a large
number of scientific papers have been published in it, dedicated to the most current
problems of environmental protection:
x Pandemic of COVID-19 and environmental protection,
x Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the environment and economy,
x The role of biogeochemistry in the development of biotechnology,
x Financing projects in domain of mitigation consequences of pandemic,
x Impact of COVID-19 on the ecotourism and sport,
This year's scientific conference The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
economy and the environment in the era of the Fourth industrial revolution is focused
on many topics related to sustainability of economy and environmental protection,
which are included in 5 scientific sections:
1. Biogeochemistry and biotechnology,
2. Economic sustainability and environment protection,
3. Tourism and sport,
4. Financial aspects,
5. Legal and socio-economic aspects.
The International Scientific Conference was attended by scientists and experts from
various scientific fields: environmental protection, economics, ecology, chemistry,
biogeochemistry, physical chemistry, medicine, biotechnology, agronomy, environm-
ental management, information technology, financial management, sociology, law
and politic sciences.
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At the Conference, the first in Serbia on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
sustainability of the economy and environmental protection in the era of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution, numerous problems of our time were discussed by 160
participants from the country and abroad.
Quality analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainability of
various spheres of industry, transport, ecotourism, medicine, sports and education,
based on valid data and information, as well as the application of systems thinking
and innovative technologies, is of great importance to environmental decision
makers. Special attention was paid to the planning of future joint scientific research
and exchange of information in the field of environmental protection in order to
develop scientific research.
Due to measures to limit the number of participants in scientific meetings in the
country during the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Scientific Conference was
organized in an online format (Google meet platform). The Conference was attended
by 40 foreign scientists from 10 countries, who exhibited 35 papers. The participation
of foreign scientists in the International Scientific Conference served to exchange
information and develop important directions in the field of environmental protection,
as well as to promote successful cooperation between Russian, Belarusian,
Moldovan, Bulgarian, Montenegrin, Chinese, Arab, Turkish, Tunisian, Libyan and
Serbian scientists in the new international projects. All participants were satisfied with
the organization of the International Scientific Conference and the quality of IT
services during the presentation of their contributions in online format.
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PREDGOVOR
Ove godine, kao i prethodnih 28, proslavili smo Svetski Dan Planete Zemlje organizo-
vanjem međunarodnog naučnog skupa posvećenog aktuelnoj temi: Uticaj pandemije
COVID-19 na ekonomiju i životnu sredinu u eri Četvrte industrijske revolucije.
Zbog ograničenja uslovljenih pandemijom COVID-19 konferencija je održana 22-24.
04.2021 u on-line režimu uz korišćenje platforme Google meet.
Uprkos prekidu mnogih globalnih saobraćajnih, trgovinskih, poslovnih i kulturnih veza
između država, a ponekad i unutar država, za vreme pandemije COVID-19, naučnici,
medicinari, hemičari i farmaceuti, su se trudili da zajedničkim naporima pronađu
vakcine i lekove protiv oboljenja izazvanog širenjem moćnog i nepoznatog virusa
SARS-CoV-2. Protokoli za lečenje COVID-19 su se menjali svakog meseca pande-
mije.
Otkrića iz oblasti biogeohemije omogućavaju stvaranje novih biotehnologija.
Tokom dvadeset osam godina postojanja časopisa ECOLOGICA objavljen je veliki
broj naučnih radova posvećenih najaktuelnim problemima zaštite životne sredine:
x Pandemija COVID-19 i zaštita životne sredine,
x Uticaj pandemije Covid-19 na životnu sredinu i ekonomiju,
x Uloga biogeokemije u razvoju biotehnologije,
x Finansiranje projekata u domenu ublažavanja posledica pandemije,
x Uticaj COVID-19 na ekoturizam i sport,
Ovogodišnja naučna konferencija Uticaj pandemije COVID-19 na ekonomiju i životnu
sredinu u eri Četvrte industrijske revolucije bila je usredsređena na mnoge teme
povezane s održivošću ekonomije i zaštitom životne sredine, koje su raspoređene u 5
naučnih sekcija:
1. Biogeohemija i biotehnologija,
2. Održivost ekonomike i zaštita životne sredine,
3. Turizam i sport,
4. Finansijski aspekti,
5. Pravni i društveno-ekonomski aspekti.
U radu Međunarodne naučne Konferencije učastvovali su naučnici i stručnjaci iz
različitih naučnih oblasti: zaštite životne sredine, ekonomije, ekologije, hemije,
biogeohemije, fizičke hemije, medicine, biotehnologije, agronomije, ekološkog
menadžmenta, informacionih tehnologija, finansijskog menadžmenta, sociologije,
prava i političkih nauka.
Na Konferenciji, prvoj u Srbiji na temu uticaja pandemije COVID-19 na održivost
ekonomije i zaštitu životne sredine u eri 4. Industrijske revolucije bili su razmatrani
mnogobrojni problemi našeg vremena od strane 160 učesnika iz zemlje i
inostranstva.
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PLENARY LECTURES
PLENARNA PREDAVANJA
Larisa Jovanović
Application of innovative technologies and materials
in the fourth industrial revolution ........................................................................ 21
Vadim Ermakov, Larisa Jovanović
The relationship of Covid-19 with the selenium status
of the Russian regions ......................................................................................... 23
William Sarian, Vadim Ermakov
The necessity and relevance of digital transformation
of ecological and biogeochemical research in the light
of the implementation of the Industry 4.0 project .............................................. 24
Marina Kapitalchuk, Ecaterina Melnicenco, Irina Popodneac
On the relationship between population health and the
biogeochemical conditions of the environment ................................................ 25
Ozren Uzelac
The impact of the pandemic on economic developments in the world ............ 26
Mario Lukinović, Larisa Jovanović
The role of innovations in technological progress in the IV industrial
revolution during the pandemic .......................................................................... 28
Marijana Joksimović, Stevica Deđanski
Impact of Covid-19 on tourist traffic in the Republic of Serbia ........................ 30
Antoaneta Vassileva, Milica Simić
Covid-19 and sustainable development .............................................................. 32
Violeta Šiljak
The impact of Covid-19 on the work of national Olympic committees ............ 34
Alexander Degtyarev, Uliana Gulyaeva, Valentina Danilova,
Sergey Tyutikov, Vadim Ermakov
Mobility of metals in the soil and vegetable complex of
natural and technogenic anomalies ..................................................................... 36
Xing Cai, Sergei Ostroumov
Studying phytotoxicity of ecotoxicant mixture that contained
membranotropic components using phytotest with Lens culinaris ................. 37
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Ivan Kapitalchuk
Preserving the productivity of agroecosystems based
on the principles of circular economy .............................................................. 104
Jelena Bošković, Larisa Jovanović, Đorđe Jovanović
Environment, agriculture and GMO .................................................................. 105
Vlado Radić, Nikola Radić, Nenad Ravić
The impact of the pandemic Covid-19 on sustainable
development goals and the economy ............................................................... 106
Biljana Milanović, Mitar Bijelić, Danijela Pavlović, Zdravko Bijelić
Investigation of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on
the system management of electric power systems ....................................... 108
Radule Tošović
Some aspects of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mineral
sector operations and functioning of the mineral economy ........................... 110
Aleksandra Gajdobranski, Vera Krmpot
Use of renewable energy sources on agricultural holdings ........................... 112
Marko Todić
Small and medium-sized enterprises are hit by Covid-19 “tsunami” ............ 114
Mimica Milošević, Dušan Milošević, Vladimir Đorđević
Exploring the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the development
of the smart city concept by application of trapezoidal FAHP method ......... 116
Sanja Dobričanin, Ljiljana Arsić, Vladimir Dobričanin, Andjelka Tripković
Crisis management of healthcare systems in the conditions of the
Covid-19 pandemic ............................................................................................. 118
Anđelka Tripković, Ljiljana Arsić, Sanja Dobričanin
Problems and challenges in medical waste management
during the Covid-19 pandemic .......................................................................... 119
Siniša Arsić, Radoljub Tomić, Miloš Arsić, Dragutin Jovanović
Conceptual model for ecological disposal of motor vehicles
at the end of the life cycle .................................................................................. 121
Ljubica Kovačević, Ljiljana Arsić
Sustainability of the fashion industry at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic .. 122
Violeta Jovanović, Marija Nikolić Tošović
Challenges of entrepreneurs, small and medium
enterprises during the Covid-19 pandemic ....................................................... 124
Ivana Ilić Krstić, Vesna Miltojević
Effects of the pandemic on the capacity of women
in agriculture to adapt to climate change ......................................................... 125
Anđelka Tripković, Ljiljana Arsić, Sanja Dobričanin
The challenge of functioning and development of small
and medium enterprises in the circular economy ........................................... 126
Olivera Jovanović, Zorica Baroš
Outlook of the use of wind energy in Serbia .................................................... 127
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Radule Tošović
Progressive multi-stage study of geoecological factors of economic
evaluation of mineral raw deposits as market valorization facilities ............. 130
Mohamed Abd Ahmed Abuhteara, Maja Kovačević, Jovana Gardašević
Enterprise's life cycle in the conditions of the ecological responsibility ...... 132
Aleksandra Tasić, Ksenija Nešić, Ivan Pavlović
New materials and technologies in control of
environmental protection and human health ................................................... 134
Stanimir Đukić
Safety management in environmental protection ............................................ 136
Olja Munitlak Ivanović, Marko Vujić
Implications of Covid-19 on global economic
performance and the environment .................................................................... 138
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Note: The authors bear full responsibility for the originality and content of their
contributions.
Napomena: Autori radova snose punu odgovornost za originalnost i sadržaj
svojih radova.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution has included in its portfolio a large selection of new
materials and innovative technologies, developed from the middle of the last century
to the present.
The use of robots helps to conquer outer space and ocean depths, clearing the
terrain after the earthquake, extinguishing forest fires, caring for people with special
needs.
Nanorobots allow the introduction of new nanomedicine methods.
New innovative materials (composites, metalceramics, superalloys, light-emitting
cement, pollution-absorbing bricks, smart polyamides) are changing the automotive
and construction industries and are also being used in many fields of medicine
(implantable metals and ceramics).
A powerful innovation potential in the development of nanobiomaterials enables the
successful synthesis of biological and pharmaceutical products.
The rapid development of immunotherapy, vaccines, bio-pharmacy, stem cell applic-
ation opens new opportunities for successful treatment of the most serious diseases,
including COVID-19.
3D printing enables the production of parts for machines, toys, making organs for
transplantation in medicine.
As predicted by Klaus Shwabe, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will realize the
applicability of many innovative technologies and new sciences methods in order to
successfully combine physical, chemical, digital and biological worlds.
These worlds connect many interdisciplinary sciences, first of all Life sciences:
Biochemistry, Biogeochemistry and Computer sciences.
The need to diversify the technology portfolio in different industrial applications requires
a combination of compatible technologies and methods: nanotechnology and biotechn-
ology, biogeochemical methods and biotechnology, nanotechnology and biocomputing.
Biotechnologies and nanotechnologies create the foundation for the development of
bioengineering.
Life sciences (Bio sciences) play very important role in wide spheres:
Biochemistry – numerous researches of chemical and essential biocomponents.
Biogeochemistry – monitoring of water and soil composition with the purpose of
determination of deficient microelements and prevention of viral diseases by
supplements use (Se, Zn, Mg, K, Mn).
Biotechnology - technology of drugs, supplements and vaccines manufacturing.
Bioengineering - manufacturing of drugs and vaccines.
Immunotherapy - application of vaccines and monoclonal cells.
Environmental health – the science and practice of preventing human injury and illness
with monitoring the factors in the environment that affect human health (air, water and
soil quality).
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The present information systems have entered in all spheres of life. The development of
digital technologies opens up a huge range of opportunities in scientific research.
Digitalization involves the following actions: constant real-time monitoring of the processes
under study, recording in real time and transmitting this data to the center, extracting
knowledge (expert that, including predicative knowledge), transmitting the obtained expert
data to subscribers. The range of subscribers-recipients can be very wide - from a single
coordination and analytical center of the country to a mass subscriber of an individualized
service for managing his rescue in the event of emergencies. Obtaining this information in
real time is necessary to remove uncertainty in decision - making, especially in critical
situations. As our experiments and studies have shown, in order to implement this actual
task, it is necessary to have an ICT specialist and a specialist in the selection or development
of adequate measuring equipment as part of any field expedition. The start of digital
transformation of ecological and biogeochemical research was launched in 2014. At the
initiative of the author of this report, an interdisciplinary team began to form in Moscow, which
for the first time raised the question of the need to supplement traditional biogeochemical,
including field, studies with adequate measuring equipment and a system for transmitting the
obtained data in real time to the center. Currently, our team has already acquired the status
of an international one and unites scientists from various scientific institutions in Russia,
Kyrgyzstan and Serbia. Currently, the Russian Academy of Sciences "has created the
UniHUB technology platform, which provides the ability to create various web services from
the infrastructure level to the application level in the concept of "cloud computing" and
integrate these services within a single web environment. joint operation educational,
research and production activities. The platform is implemented in the data processing center
of the Russian Academy of Sciences and several web-laboratories (in particular, the
laboratories of continuum mechanics and system programming operate on its basis). In our
opinion, this platform is ideally suited for the tasks of the environmental and biogeochemical
research. The use of the UniHUB technology platform for solving problems in the field of
natural and other sciences significantly accelerates the process of digital transformation of
biogeochemical research and creates a truly wide range for the development of
interdisciplinary research. In order to fit into the process of digital transformation, researchers
need to clearly determine in advance what types of measuring equipment are needed (the
parameters of this equipment) and the conditions for continuous monitoring, and what are the
requirements for the ICS that provides automated transmission of measured information. And
this data should be transmitted to a single platform by specialization.
Thus, the digital transformation of biogeochemical and ecological research takes on a state-
owned sound and will require adjustments to the staffing of scientific organizations
conducting biogeochemical research. That is, the requirements for the measurements to be
carried out should change, since in addition to the "subject matter" scientists, a specialist in
digital transformation should be included in the composition of the expedition and field teams.
Health is understood as a state of the body in which physiological processes usually occur
normally in the absence of illness or malaise. There is a concept of individual health and
population health. The health level of the population is expressed in terms of morbidity and
mortality, and average life expectancy. Morbidity, survival, and mortality depend on the
immunity of the population. The health of the population and the immunity of the population
depends on many factors: environmental, social and economic. One of the most significant
environmental factors is the biogeochemical living conditions of the population. The COVID-
19 pandemic has swept the world. However, the number of reported cases of infected of the
SARS-CoV it differs significantly in different countries. From the statistics for February 28,
2021, it follows that the number of infected people per 1 million varies from single digits, for
example, Laos (6), Tanzania (8) to hundreds of thousands, for example, Montenegro
(120,000), Andorra (140,000). There is evidence that there is a correlation between the
selenium and zinc content of the population and the incidence of COVID-19. The territory of
Moldova can be classified as a biogeochemical province with an optimal content of selenium
in the environment. In Pridnestrovie, there are data on the increased content of selenium in
the body of animals and humans. But there is not enough zinc in the ecosystems of
Moldova. According to our data, there are low concentrations of zinc in animal and human
biomaterials. The number of infected people in Moldova is 1 million more (46,044) than in
neighboring Ukraine (30,943) and Russia (29,088), but closer to these figures in Romania
(41,874). If we compare the number of deaths to the number of infected people, these
indicators for Moldova (2.1), Russia (2.0) and Ukraine (1.9) will do have near-values. The
provision of the population with vital elements, such as selenium and zinc, is certainly an
important condition and indicator of the health of the population. However, the health of the
population and the immunity of the population are also strongly influenced by other factors,
such as the presence of persistent organic pollutants in the environment, such as pesticides.
Moldova is a state with a developed agriculture, and in Soviet times, pesticides were
imported to this territory in quantities that overcame the needs. Of the eight organochlorine
pesticides banned by the Stockholm Convention (in 2001), only one endrin was not used in
Moldova. After the ban on the use of DDT-pesticides in 1978, more than 600 tons of this
hazardous pollutant remained in Moldova. All persistent organic pollutants are very stable in
the environment and cause a number of diseases, primarily weakening the immunity of the
population. Projects for reducing the risks from obsolete pesticides have been implemented
in Moldova starting in recent decades, when the obsolete stocks were taken out of the
country for incineration and the hazardous substances, such as soils, construction materials
isolated to prevent access to them. The mass use of organochlorine pesticides in Moldova
has significantly affected the health of the population. Thus, even though the people of
Moldova is provided with the vital element selenium, the incidence is significantly higher
than in regions with selenium deficiency. For the normal functioning of living organisms, the
ratio of vital elements and the absence of dangerous pollutants is essential. It remains
important to identify the ratio of biogenic elements in the human body, which increases the
health of the population and the body's resistance to infectious diseases.
The global economy is facing a strong negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the consequences of which will only be more visible in the coming period. Analyzes of
economic indicators from the beginning of 2020 confirm the concerns for the
sustainability of entire national economies, and especially for certain economic
sectors. Economic trends caused by the influence COVID-19 is significantly different
from the period of the global economic crisis in 2008. The main differences relate to
the level and intensity of the impact on production, trade and services due to limited
demand in different markets. The pandemic has affected the multiple reduction of
revenues in the tourism sector, catering, as well as the sector of organization of
sports and art events. In contrast, positive impacts have been reported on e-
commerce, as well as the pharmaceutical industry, the protective and medical
equipment industry, and the chemical industry.
The impact of the pandemic is not unequivocal on different continents, countries and
regions. The focus of the research will be on the analysis of the economic impact on
all continents and the most important regions. The economies of the Middle East and
North Africa depend heavily on oil and gas exports. The pandemic affected the
demand for oil, which led to a drop in the price of crude oil per barrel. It is estimated
that the decline in Australia's GDP is greater than 15%, which puts before the
creators of the macroeconomic policy of that country the requirements for the
application of interventionist measures in order to mitigate the consequences on the
labor market, consumption and investments. In the United States, the effects of the
crisis have particularly affected the small business sector, which employs about half
of the workers in the private sector, as their incomes have fallen by more than 20%.
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean were hit by a pandemic at the time
of the lowest economic growth (0.2% in the period 2010-2019) since World War II.
The economies of these countries are also significantly affected by the economic
slowdown caused by the pandemic in the United States, and the recovery of tourism
will depend on how and when the borders around the world will be opened.
The assessment of the impact of the pandemic in Asia, due to its size and differences
in the structure of economies, cannot be sublimated, but it is necessary to partially
observe the impact by countries and regions. In countries that have experienced a
pandemic from the position of the fastest growing economies, a sharp slowdown is
noticeable (China, India), and advanced economies are experiencing a significant
decline (Japan and South Korea), while the greatest negative impact is shown in
developing countries, especially those that rely on exports and tourism. COVID-19
has also led to high GDP declines in the European Union, with the presence of
significant regional variations, compared to an average GDP decline of 6.44%,
according to Eurostat.
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After three industrial revolutions, we are witnessing the fourth, which is "a fusion of
technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological
spheres." Each of the industrial revolutions, due to technological progress, led to a
change in life and all other forms of activity that has become so far. From the
discovery of fire to the conquest of the universe, innovation has always been a step
forward in the social and scientific evolution of man, from a frightened ancestor who
explained everything around him with myth and religion, to a science so accelerated
today that its progress is unpredictable. The name Industry 4.0 originated in Germany
about ten years ago, when it was noticed that the level of innovation is high, but that
digitalization and networking do not follow this trend to a sufficient extent.
One of the key changes related to further steps in the fourth industrial revolution is
the expectation that further economic development will no longer depend on natural
resources, which humanity, encouraged by previous technological progress, has
been relentlessly consuming.
From economic colonialism based on the exploitation of mineral resources, through
the race to attract "chimneys", to the race for innovative advantages, the world has
reached incredible speed, while previous industrial revolutions took about a hundred
years, this one took half the time. However, the connection caused by globalization
and other modern trends bring with it other challenges. The increase in the number of
invasive species due to global trade (unintentional introduction of plant and animal
species into other habitats), leads to the loss of biodiversity and extinction of certain
species, which is one of the greatest modern challenges of nature protection. Great
natural disasters, global warming, and especially pandemics, will direct the epoch
before us, and the task of innovators and inventors is how to respond to these
challenges in the most painless way and at the lowest possible price. Inventors
throughout history have often drawn their innovation out of necessity (e.g., to stop the
spread of disease due to poor sanitation in the midle-19th century, the need for a new
sewage system emerged), and the unusually rapid invention of vaccines gave hope
that the challenges ahead would boost for inventors. The world is accelerating, and
innovation is the fuel of that acceleration (in application of innovative technologies,
specialy).
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Nakon tri industrijske revolucije, svedočimo četvrtoj koja je „fuzija tehnologija koje
brišu granice između fizičkog, digitalnog i biološkog“.(prema mišljenju Klausa Švabe).
Svaka od industrijskih revolucija je usled tehnološkog napretka dovela do promene
života i svih drugih oblika delatnosti koji su do tada postajali. Od pronalaska vatre do
osvajanja vasione, inovacije su uvek bile korak napred u društvenoj i naučnoj evoluciji
čoveka, od uplašenog pretka koji je sve oko sebe objašnjavao mitami i religijom, do
nauke koja je danas toliko ubrzana da je njen napredak nepredvidiv. Naziv Industrija
4.0 je nastao u Nemačkoj pre desetak godina kada je i uočeno da je nivo
inovativnosti visok, ali da digitalizacija i umrežavanje taj trend ne prate u dovoljnoj
meri.
Jedna od ključnih promena koja se odnosi na dalje korake u četvrtoj industrijskoj
revoluciji je očekivanje da dalji privredni razvoj neće više zavisiti od prirodnih resursa,
koje je čovečanstvo podstaknuto prethodnim tehnološkim napretkom nemilice trošilo.
Od privrednog kolonijalizma zasnovanog na eksploataciji rudnih bogatstava, preko
trke u privlačenju svih prirodnih resursa, do trke za inovacionim prednostima, svet je
stigao neverovatnom brzinom. Dok je za prethodne industrijske revolucije bilo
potrebno oko sto godina, do ove se došlo za upola manje vremena. Međutim,
povezivanje izazvano globalizacijom i drugi savremeni trendovi nose sa sobom i
druge izazove. Porast broja invanzivnih vrsta usled globalne trgovine (nenamernim
unošenjem biljnih i životinjskih vrsta u druga staništa), dovodi do gubitka
biodiverziteta i izumiranja određenih vrsta, što je jedan od najvećih savremenih
izazova zaštite prirode. Velike i visokofrekventne elementarne nepogode, globalno
zagrevanje, a posebno pandemije, usmeravaće našu epohu, a zadatak inovatora i
pronalazača je kako da čovečanstvo na najbezbolniji način i uz najmanju moguću
cenu odgovori tim izazovima. Pronalazači su svoju inovativnost kroz istoriju često
crpeli iz potrebe (npr. kako bi se zaustavilo širenje bolesti usled loših sanitarnih
uslova sredinom XIX veka, ukazala se potreba za novim kanalizacionim sistemom),
neuobičajeno brz pronalazak vakcina protiv COVID-19 uliva nadu, da će i predstojeći
izazovi biti podstrek za pronalazače. Svet se ubrzava u svom razvoju, a inovacije su
gorivo tog ubrzanja, pogotovu u primeni inovativnih tehnologija.
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The pandemic caused by the Covid-19 , declared in 2020 by the World Health
Organization, has a very big impact on tourist traffic, like in the Republic of Serbia
and around the world. It used to be inconceivable that one virus could paralyze the
world, but we are witnessing the Lockdown of many countries which has led to a
drastic reduction in tourism revenues, like in the Republic of Serbia and around the
world. The authors in the paper research the impact of Covid-19 on tourist traffic in
the Republic of Serbia. In order to draw adequate conclusions, the data used in the
paper are the official data of the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as the
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS). The time series used in the paper
include data relating to the period from 2019 to 2020. All data used from 2019 to 2020
in the paper are monthly. A comparison of data related to the period from December
2019 to December 2020 was made.
The authors started from the available data available at the Statistical Office of the
Republic of Serbia and gave an overview of tourist arrivals and overnight stays in the
Republic of Serbia, in the period December 2019-December 2020. Also, they gave an
overview of the arrivals and overnight stays of foreign tourists in the Republic of
Serbia, by the countries they come from, in the period December 2019-December
2020. In addition to the aforementioned data, they also presented the number of
overnight stays of domestic and foreign tourists in the Republic of Serbia, in the
observed period.
Based on the data presented in the paper, the authors came to the conclusion that
Covid-19 influenced the decrease in the number of foreign tourists, and on the other
hand, it influenced the increase of domestic tourists in the Republic of Serbia.
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The pandemic COVID-19 which started in 2019 has a dramatic influence on the
global economic activity – disrupting of industrial production, decrease of
merchandise trade and services, derailing economic growth, financial market
volatility, shrinking of the global supply chains, limiting the traveling and last but not
least, reduction of income of people and rising insecurity. The slowdown of the world
economy has a direct impact on the sustainable development and reaching the goals
of the Agenda 2030.
The pandemic presents both an enormous challenge and new opportunities, it may
affect positively or delay the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). In order to recover from this crisis stronger and launch a new path towards
economic revival the international organizations have undertaken a number of
measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The UN has mobilized the full
capacity of the UN system through its 131 country teams serving 162 countries and
territories, to support national authorities in developing public health preparedness
and response plans to the COVID-19 crisis. The UN estimates that “a multilateral
response of about 10% of global GDP will be needed”. The economic policy of the
governments of the affected countries was directed to mitigation of the negative
effects and adoption of fiscal and monetary stimuli. The EU and the US have already
announced tremendous financial packages to help the economies of their countries,
and many other developed nations are following similar steps. The governments of
many countries undertook unpopular measures which appeared to be “the new
normality”. However, developing countries may not afford financial stimuli due to their
very high debt levels. Rich and poor, the pandemic has forced all the people to
reconsider almost every aspect of their life.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on
sustainable development. It examines its implications in a global economic context
and answers the question whether it is a threat in reaching the SDGs. The attention is
focused on the response of the UN and the measures for combating the pandemic.
The authors assign priority to the key messages from the Financing for Sustainable
Development Report 2020 of the UN and the targeted areas and actions to promote
stability. The opportunities and mechanisms for a green recovery of the economy
have been discussed. An emphasis is put on the EU Green Deal as a roadmap to
sustainable development. The paper has a standard structure, the methodology is
based on desk research, i.e. a survey of specialized literature, papers and documents
of the UN, UNDP, UNIDO, OECD, EC, as well as quantitative evaluation of statistical
information and analysis of the current world trends.
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Ključne reči: COVID-19, održivi razvoj, ciljevi održivog razvoja, Zeleni sporazum,
zelena obnova ekonomije.
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European Center for Peace and Development, UN University for Peace, Belgrade, Serbia
The appearance and presence of the COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily imposed changes
in all segments of human life globally. Restrictive and preventive measures have multiplied
affected sports. However, in order for sports activities and sporting events not to be abolished,
sports organizations had to respond quickly to this challenge and find solutions and recom-
mendations for their maintenance in accordance with the situation in the world. The pyramidal
hierarchy of world sports organizations in terms of importance leads to the fact that the
Olympic Movement as a phenomenon consists of the International Olympic Committee,
International sports organizations and National Olympic Committees. Although the Internat-
ional Olympic Committee's primary responsibility is to oversee the organization of the Olympic
Games, the role and importance of this sports organization is much broader and more
important for sport, guided by the fundamental principles of Olympism - from promoting ethics
and good governance in sports, educating young people through sports, competitions without
violence, to support the improvement of the position of women in sports, the fight against
doping, measures to protect the health of athletes, etc. The global functioning of sports
activities and sporting events requires coordinated cooperation of all entities of the Olympic
Movement in accordance with their competencies. Each branch international sports
association is responsible for verifying the achieved qualification norms of athletes in their
sport. This is important due to the more harmonized application of preventive measures for the
protection of athletes during the organization and holding of sports events.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizing of the Olympic Games in Tokyo was
postponed for this year (2021), although it will take place under the name Tokyo 2020, a large
number of questions have arisen regarding the organizational part of holding the largest
sporting event in the world. The Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Games in agreement with
the International Olympic Committee confirmed this year's Olympic Games, although the
results of last year's survey conducted among Japanese citizens to express their views on the
Tokyo Olympic Games showed that over 70% of them were against Games. Certainly, these
Olympic Games will be specific due to the holding during the COVID-19 pandemic and the
numerous accompanying protocols that are inevitable for the safety of the health of the
athletes themselves and other sports workers. Starting from the fact that over two hundred
National Olympic Committees are members of the International Olympic Committee, the
question of the activities of the National Olympic committees arose, which led to the subject of
work related to the engagement of National Olympic Committees in order to protect athletes
who qualified for the Olympic games in Tokyo as well as their coaches and other
accompanying sports workers. As the approach to solving the problem of the COVID-19
pandemic differs from country to country, the aim of the paper was to determine the extent to
which the National Olympic Committees were engaged to implement measures to protect the
health of athletes based on transparent data.
The results can be indicators of the weakness of National Olympic Committees that should be
more engaged in the segment of protection of their athletes or poor transparency of data,
which may result in insufficient information of other athletes because in accordance with the
principles of the International Olympic Committee, the role of National Olympic Committees
also refers to the education of athletes, in this case, to health education.
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The first and second industrial revolutions were focused on mechanization and automation of the
production process, and the third and fourth industrial revolutions were related to new knowledge in
the field of technique and technology and their application in the widest range of activities with as
many users as possible. As knowledge and its application increased with exponential growth, so the
time between each subsequent industrial revolution shortened, and achievements in the
technological field have the characteristics of a quantum leap. However, the essence of the
Industrial Revolution 4.0 is not in the set of new technologies, but in the integral transition to
completely new systems. Changes within the Industrial Revolution 4.0 lead to maximum robotization
in a large number of areas where the role of man is declining.
When it comes to the COVID-9 pandemic, it is an epidemic of global character that is accompanied
by huge economic costs, and the consequences cover all layers of society, regardless of the level of
income or social origin and position. In the new economic theory, the characteristics of events that
have these and similar characteristics are described as the “Black Swan” and “Gray Rhino”
phenomena. All areas of life, health, social, economic, political and educational systems have
changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All levels of education, primary, secondary and tertiary,
had to adapt to social distancing. However, the education system had to continue. Thanks to the
achievements of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, distance educational work has continued.
E-learning is one form of distance learning. In order for this type of learning to be possible, massive
internet coverage is necessary, a technology that is at a high level and is widely available. The
advantages of this type of education lie in the independence of space and time, the place and
tempo of learning, so the savings in time and costs are great. At the same time, it is possible to
educate a large number of pupils or students, which cannot be realized in classical teaching in a
limited space. This means that the costs related to the lecturers and the space are lower than they
would be if the classes took place in the classical way. All this leads to better vertical integration
between the education system and the labor market.
In this process of education, participants are separated by space and time, and it is necessary to
have two-way communication that facilitates education. Distance education requires the support of a
Learning Management System (LMS). It is about managing learning through a system of
standardized components for learning through a web portal or on the basis of an information system
that the educational institution already has. Interestingly, the 4th point of sustainable development in
the Education Agenda 2030 (World Educators Forum 2030) has already assumed more intensive
forms of education through strengthening and differentiating distance education.
Information tools that were available to teachers and students in the educational process are:
Microsoft Teams, Viber, ZOOM, e-mail, Google classroom, WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype and other
tools. In May 2020, the Institute for the Advancement of Education and Upbringing started a survey
on the success of the realization of distance education in specific epidemiological conditions in
Serbia. The results of this survey, which included an extremely extensive sample, showed that the
most used tools in education were: 1. Viber, 2. Google classroom, 3. e-mail, etc. Regardless of the
fact that lecturers and listeners encountered certain problems during the realization of the process,
great advantages were noticed thanks to the flexibility in learning through distance education. This
form of education was mostly the first time for educators and listeners to encounter this form of
teaching process. Given that the future lies in greater participation in distance learning, one of the
recommendations is to raise the digital competencies of lecturers and students.
Keywords: Industrial Revolution 4.0, pandemic, COVID-19, distance education, e-learning.
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Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are new functional polymers with pre-designed
molecular selectivity. Synthesis of MIP is performed using a template added into a
polymer matrix. After that, the template is removed, leaving cavities and active
binding sites. A template could be a target compound, its fragment or a molecule
similar to the target molecule by its size, shape and functional groups (dummy
template). In this way, the molecularly imprinted polymers can be bonded to original
templates, as well as related template molecules. Due to their robustness, long-term
stability, high selectivity, reproducibility, and cost-effectiveness, they are suitable for a
wide range of applications such as chemical and biological sensors, solid-phase
extraction, selective carriers for various types of chromatography, artificial receptors
for drug testing, and human viral pathogens detection. Because of continuous
evolution and fast virus mutation, there is a need for technologies that would evolve
as fast. So far, MIP has been used for the detection of influenza virus, dengue virus,
and human immunodeficiency virus. Detection of different subtypes of influenza virus
(H5N1, H5N3, H1N1, H1N3, and H6N1) is obtained using a quartz sensor QCM
coated with MIP based on methacrylate and N-vinylpyrrolidone. To detect the dengue
virus, a MIP has been developed to recognize the non-structural protein NS1 found in
the virus itself. Linear 15-mer peptides derived from NS1 protein of Japanese
encephalitis are used as a template (Thr-Glu-Leu-Arg-Tir-Ser-Trp-Lis-Thr-Trp-Gli-Lis-
Ala-Lis-Met) based on dengue NS1 virus epitope mapping to antibody D2/8-1.
Dopamine is used as a functional monomer for the synthesis of MIP for HIV
detection, while a synthetic peptide with 35 amino acid residues similar to the amino
acid sequence on the glycoprotein HIV-1 gp41 is used as a template. Based on
previous research of similar viruses, this type of polymer is found to have a potential
for coronavirus detection. A specific coronavirus aptamer would be used as a
template, while the monomers would be acrylate-based.
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This paper aims to show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the usual common
ways in which international trade is conducted and international economic and
financial relations are established. The COVID-19 epidemic surprised the world and
significantly disrupted the usual way of functioning of the international market and
relations between national economies, erasing some of the most important postulates
that some countries advocated until yesterday, and in the new conditions completely
abandon them and critically violate them. The consequences of a pandemic on
international trade have short-term and long-term components and they are extremely
unpredictable. Similar to any other sudden and unannounced change, different
national economies and their economic entities reacted in, at that time, the best ways
and not all achieved the expected effects. Some economic activities are more
threaten, while some have experienced growth and development. Thus, in the new
conditions, a significant volume of trade from traditional ways of execution, moved to
the Internet. The disruptions that have occurred have significantly disrupted existing
supply chains, disrupted their optimized trajectories, and led to chain reactions as
well as price disruptions. The effects on economic developments and on GDP are still
being considered and attempts are being made to find parallels with some events
from the past. Some paradigms, such as globalism, which until recently were firmly
believed, are now illuminated on the other side and are undergoing significant re-
examination. The regionalization of business and the security it provides, threaten the
idea of globalism, despite the higher costs that are generated. Due to new
circumstances, transactions between related parties, as specific forms of business,
are in front of new challenges and models of cooperation, so the reporting of transfer
pricing will suffer significant adjustments compared to previous practice, because it
should provide a quality and valid basis for concluding fulfillment of the “out of arm’s
length” principle. Also, the current determinants of international capital movements
are experiencing significant changes, there are new motives that cause cross-border
investments. The traditional principles according to which capital knows no national
borders in search of a higher profit rate are being re-examined in front of new motives
for international capital movements. In the conditions of a pandemic, when the
borders of the countries are closed, the high profit rate loses its primacy over
business security, continuity of production and continuity in supply and sale, even if
lower returns on capital were achieved in business conditions at the regional level.
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Ovaj rad ima za cilj da prikaže uticaj COVID-19 pandemije na dosadašnje uobičajene
načine na koje se obavljaju međunarodna trgovanja i uspostavljaju međunarodni
ekonomski i finansijski odnosi. Epidemija COVID-19 iznenadila je svet i u značajnoj
meri poremetila dosadašnji uobičajeni način funkcionisanja međunarodnog tržišta i
odnosa između nacionalnih ekonomija brišući po neke od do juče najznačajnijih
postulata za koje su se neke zemlje zalagale, a u novim uslovima potpuno odustaju
od njih i kritički ih krše. Posledice koje ima pandemija na međunarodnu trgovinu imaju
svoju kratkoročnu i dugoročnu komponentu i izrazito su nepredvidive. Kao i kod
svake nagle i nenajavljene promene, različite nacionalne ekonomije i njihovi privredni
subjekti su reagovali na, u tom trenutku, najbolji načini i nisu svi postigli očekivane
efekte. Neke privredne delatnosti su više ugrožene, dok su pojedine doživele rast i
razvitak. Tako se u novim uslovima značajan obim trgovine iz tradicionalnih načina
odvijanja, preselio na internet. Poremećaji koji su se dogodili su u značajnoj meri
poremetili dosadašnje lance snabdevanja, poremetile njihove optimizovane putanje i
dovele do lančanih reakcija kao i cenovnih poremećaja. Efekti na kretanja u
privredama i na BDP se još uvek sagledavaju i pokušavaju se pronaći paralele sa
nekim događajima iz prošlosti. Neke paradigme, poput globalizma, u koje se do
nedavno čvrsto verovalo sada su osvetljene i sa druge strane i doživljavaju velika
preispitivanja. Regionalizacija poslovanja i sigurnost koju ona pruža ugrožavaju ideju
globalizma, uprkos višim troškovima koji se generišu. Usled novih okolnosti,
transakcije između povezanih privrednih društava, kao specifični oblici poslovanja
stavljaju pred sebe nove izazove i modele saradnje, tako da će i izveštavanje o
transfernim cenama pretrpeti značajna prilagođavanja u odnosu na dosadašnju
praksu, jer treba da obezbedi kvalitetnu i validnu osnovu za zaključivanje o
ispunjenosti principa „van dohvata ruke“. Takođe, dosadašnje determinante
međunarodnog kretanja kapitala doživljavaju značajne izmene i pojavljuju se novi
motivi koji utiču na prekogranično investiranje. Tradicionalni principi po kojima kapital
ne poznaje nacionalne granice u potrazi za višom profitnom stopom se preispituju
pred novim motivima međunarodnog kretanja kapitala. U uslovima pandemije kada
se granice država zatvaraju visoka profitna stopa gubi primat nad sigurnošću
poslovanja, održanja proizvodnje i kontinuiteta u nabavci i plasmanu, pa makar bili
postignuti manji prinosi na kapital u uslovima poslovanja na regionalnom nivou.
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This article can serve as a basis for future research on the topic by identifying and
highlighting the key findings as well as summarizing the earliest evidence available.
The dominant expectation was that the epidemiological crisis would end in a short
period of time, that the economic conjuncture would experience a sharp decline at the
beginning, but also pronounced growth thereafter (the economic cycle graph curve in
the shape of letter V). In the baseline scenario, the actual Guarantee Scheme format
fully corresponded to its purpose. However, the epidemiological crisis has continued
and there is a need for reengineering the analysed state-guarantee model.
It is assumed that the current format of the National Guarantee Scheme leaves room
for improvement. In the first place, there should be a simultaneous, flexible approach
of banks and companies to the modelling of future loan obligations, depending on the
market outlook. In the second place, the state can expand its role in terms of
increasing its guarantee potential and extending the guarantee period. The future
format should eliminate a potential liquidity blow to companies in the sector of agro-
organic production after the expiry of the grace period and, besides being cautiously
calibrated, it should include an adequate development component.
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Acknowledgement: The research presented in this paper was done with the
financial support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological
Development of the Republic of Serbia, within the funding of the scientific research
work at the University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty in Bor, according to the contract
with registration number 451-03-9/2021-14/ 200131.
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Section 1
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Sekcija 1
BIOGEOHEMIJA I
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Dr. Yuriy Kovalsky1, Prof. Dr. Nina Gradova2, Prof. Dr. Vadim Ermakov1
1Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, RAS, Moscow, Russia
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Biogeochemical studies of Moldova have acquired a versatile character, and they cover
soil-geochemical, landscape-geochemical, ecological-geochemical, and medical-
geographical studies. The normal functioning of any organism depends on the
content and ratio of chemical elements in it. There is an opinion that if there is little of
any biogenic element in soils, then there is little of it in plants, soils, animals, and
humans. In many cases, this is the case. However, there are cases when the content
of a biogenic element in the soil does not reflect the availability of this element to
living organisms. An example of this is the systematic biogeochemical studies on the
content of selenium in the components of the environment of Moldova. Thus, in the
soils of Moldova, selenium (Se) concentrations are small (average 246 μg/kg), and in
the steppe region there are deficient concentrations (100 μg/kg). In plants, the
selenium content is optimal (from 80 to 166 μg/kg). A sensitive Se indicator is fungi,
for example, champignon (Agaricus bisporus), which in the conditions of Moldova
accumulate Se in the range of 1980-24920 μg/kg of dry matter with the maximum
accumulation of trace elements in the floodplain. Se accumulates intensively in
walnut fruits (on average 258±64.2 μg/kg) throughout the territory of Moldova.
An important link in the migration of Se along food chains and an integral bioindicator
of chemical elements in ecosystems are bees and their waste products. In the
biogeochemical conditions of the Dniester Valley, Se accumulates in the body of
honey bees in the range of 308-1234 μg/kg (on average 667 μg/kg), perga-214-312
μg/kg (on average 249 μg/kg), propolis 99-257 μg/kg (on average 142 μg/kg),
polyflora honey-72-149 μg/kg (on average 109 μg/kg), reflecting the high availability
of Se in the food chains of ecosystems. Favorable biogeochemical conditions for Se
migration provide a high Se status of wild fauna on the territory of Moldova. Thus, the
Se content varies in the muscle tissue of wild boar in the range of 373-394 μg/kg,
hare-155-228 μg/kg, birds-89-1158 μg/kg. The Se status of the population of
Pridnestrovie is quite high, the concentration of Se in the blood serum is in the range
of 76-254 μg /l with an average value of 146 μg/l.
The high Se status of the population of the Dniester Valley reflects the favorable
biogeochemical conditions of Se migration along the food chains of ecosystems,
which ensures optimal accumulation of trace elements in cereals and its high content
in the muscle tissues of animals and fish. A similar trend is observed for the
accumulation of iron by animals in Moldova in conditions of its low gross content in
soils.
Thus, as a result of a systematic approach to biogeochemical studies, it turned out
that the total content of an element in the soil does not always reflect the availability
of this element to plants growing in a given territory, animals and humans.
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Life is a divine gift and it is impossible to foresee its content after us.
The fourth industrial revolution is considered as one of the stages of the evolution of
society and the biosphere as a whole. It reflects not only new forms of interaction
between man and nature, but also changes in living matter, biosphere energy, and the
state of sustainable development. The development of the modern biosphere is
associated with technogenesis and is accompanied by the fast formation of the
technosphere. using a new materials and information technologies. Given the
interaction between the biosphere and the technosphere, the irreplaceability of natural
resources, the concept of biodiversity and sustainable development, there is a need to
create a new planetary economy and a strategy for the development of society. People
are constantly faced with adverse factors, including natural and man-made disasters,
mass diseases of the endocrine and viral nature. as a result of high population density
and the manifestation of unforeseen pandemics.
At the same time, the adaptation of physiological functions and the genome, as a rule,
lags behind the human activity caused by intelligence and reason. And biological
diversity as the differentiation of living matter at all levels of its manifestation - one of the
main signs of the organization of the biosphere and its sustainable development, is
shrinking.
Technogenesis as a planetary phenomenon is accompanied by a sharp change in the
taxons of the biosphere, their structure and the vital activity of organisms, and the
reactions of organisms become unpredictable. In most cases, society faces with
problems of life. This causes disruption of the connections between organisms and
activation of ultramicroorganisms and viruses. The present biosphere is undergoing a
state of adaptation (the stage of correction of man-made activity and the beginning of
the emergence of reasonable resource-saving noosphere technologies). In this case,
the state of adaptation is considered as homeostasis of the biosphere and the principle
of adequacy of the materials and technologies used to the productivity and resources of
the biosphere is of crucial importance. The significance of this principle is most fully
reflected in biogeochemistry and ecology when studying the cycles of chemical
elements. Therefore, it is important to unite the economic spheres of society, control the
resources of the biosphere, preserve its resistance to natural and man-made disasters
using a green economy and a global information network of computer technologies and
digitalization now.
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Prof. Dr. Vadim Ermakov, Dr. Vladimir Safonov, Dr. Sergey Tyutikov,
Dr. Fedor Golubev, Uliana Gulyaeva, Valentina Danilova
Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, RAS, Moscow, Russia
The study deals with the assessment of biogenic migration of molybdenum and other
trace elements in ore and background conditions. The purpose of this study was to
determine the specific features of copper and/or molybdenum accumulation rates in
animals against the background of various tungsten and rhenium content levels in the
environment and animal feeds, as well as possible metals incorporation into
xanthineoxidase-xanthinedehydrogenase of cow milk. The field biogeochemical
studies were performed in summer 2012, 2018, and 2020 in ore landscapes of W-Mo
deposits (Tyrnyauz) and background areas of the North Caucasus with the selection
of breeds, soils, natural water, plants, animal blood, and dairy products. For
comparison, dairy products from the Moscow region were also examined. It was
established that metals accumulated not only in soils but also in pasture plants. High
content of molybdenum in the blood of cows in ore regions accompanied by a sharp
decrease in the concentration of copper was noted. The concentration of studied
metals in buttermilk in ore regions increased by 5–10 times in comparison with the
control zone. When studying W-Mo ore landscapes of the North Caucasus
(Tyrnyauz), the tungsten and rhenium were found to be capable of incorporation into
the xanthine enzyme fractions (oxidase) in animals. This fact was discovered for the
first time. In the case of an increase in the content of molybdenum and/or tungsten
(rhenium) in the environment, the migration of the latter metals is significantly
enhanced in ore conditions.
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Purpose of the work: to reveal the imbalance in a complex of bioelements, s.a. calcium,
potassium, zinc, copper, iron, selenium, chromium, manganese, sulfur, lead, cadmium,
mercury for individuals with increased body mass index. The database (individuals from
Grodno and the Grodno region) of the laboratory of physical and chemical methods for
studying environmental objects was used for the study. The method of X-ray fluorescence
analysis was used to determine the composition of bioelements in the hair. A
questionnaire was completed in order to assess the full characteristics of nutrition. As a
result of the research, using the method of X-ray fluorescence analysis was pioneered
shown as a method for balance monitoring of macro- and microelements for the
individuals of 18-30 years, both men and women with different body mass index. Results
of the study using the method of X-ray fluorescence analysis of hair of both groups men
and women of 18-30 years with an increased body mass index BMI = 25-30 were
obtained. Hundred individuals from the city of Grodno and the Grodno region have
participated in the study. Disorders in the balance of zinc, calcium, iron, potassium and
copper were shown with a relation to the body mass index. Widely consumed processed
food (bread) with various biological complexes of algae and medicinal plants has been
developed along with a preventive measure to combat overweight among different groups
of population.
According to the World Health Organization, about 30% of the world's population suffer
from overweight, i.e., about 1.7 billion people. In Western Europe, the number of people
suffering from overweight and obesity has been calculated as 25% of women and up to
20% of men. The USA has the highest number in the obesity prevalence: overweight is
diagnosed for almost 60% of the population and for 27% of them obesity has been
confirmed. About 30% of population in their active age (i.e., one of three) are overweight
and 25% of them are obese in Russia and Belarus. These metabolic disorders manifested
in 35% of cases among women between 30 and 60 years old. The obesity epidemic is
expected to increase and the number of overweight patients could double in the next two
decades. The World Health Organization pays close attention to bioelements’ deficits and
their impact on public health.
Conclusions: In presented study, the possibility of using the method of X-ray
fluorescence analysis was pioneered shown as a diagnostic method for monitoring the
balance of macro- and microelements in the body for both groups of men and women at
the age of 18-30 years old with different body mass index.
In the group of women with overweight, analytical reviewing of the obtained data showed
destructive in the accumulation of related trace elements in the body, which leads to
dysfunctional microelementosis and further more to pathological processes in metabolic
activity.
In the group of men with overweight, the accumulation of heavy metals increased and the
connections between essential elements were destroyed.
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The present study was performed in 2019-2020 on the territory of tailing dump of Novotroitsk
gold-arsenic deposit (Plast, Chelyabinsk Region) and the reference areas (Demarino vil. and
riv. Kabanka, >15 km from the tailing dump) and focused on the content of arsenic (As) in
the dump soil and its accumulation in the tissues of plants and animals. The obtained
probes of soil and subsoil and 4 bored wells were studied. Besides, the samples of the
above surface and below the surface of Stipa L., umbelliferous, Carex L, fur, and organ
tissue of T. europaea were collected from the tailing dump and reference areas. The results
of the measurements were obtained from three parallel samplings using a mass
spectrometer Nexion 300D and the method inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
The processing of the data was performed using software Statistica 13.5 (Statsoft Inc.). The
results of the chemical analysis showed that the content of toxic microelement significantly
exceeds the maximum allowable concentration (MAC) for soils established by the hygienic
requirements of GN. 2.1.7.2041-06 and GN2.1.7.2042-06 (RF). The concentration of As in
the probes obtained from the surface level was 1962.6±628.2 mg/kg, which was 981 times
higher than MAC (20. Mg/kg). In the probes taken 0-18 m deep, it was 2572±229.9 mg/kg,
which was 1286 times higher than MAC. A very high content of As in the soil indicates
severe pollution of the territory with the products emitted by the mine-milling plants, which is
hazardous for the nearby biocenose and the city population. The main pathway of As
accumulated in the plants that grow in the man-name mineral formations is the root system.
The results of the probes of the plant tissues showed that the accumulation of As by living
organisms of the tailing dump is quite active. The highest concentration of As was detected
in the roots of Stipa L (121.0 mg/kg) and the lowest – in the roots of umbelliferous (11.53
mg/kg). According to the data provided by Kabata-Pendias and Pendias (1989), the
concentration of As in plants that grow on the unpolluted territories ranges from 0.0009 to
1.5 mg/kg of the dry mass. In the probes taken from the dumps, these levels exceed the
norm by 7.7 – 80.7 times. The concentration in the probes taken from the reference areas
exceeds the norm by 5.0 – 100.8 times. T. europaea was chosen as a representative of the
animal world because it is widespread and typical for the studied territory. It was established
that the levels of As in the fur samples (212.75 ± 24.11 mg/kg) obtained from animals that
lived in the tailing dump were ten times higher than in the samples of tissues. As for the
organs, As primarily deposited in the liver (6.57 ± 0.32 mg/kg), then, in the descending
order, in the muscles (4.97 ± 0.68 mg/kg), and kidneys (4.71 ± 0.43 mg/kg). The content of
As in all the analyzed biological samples obtained from animals from the tailing dump of the
Novotroitsk mine-mill significantly increased its content in the tissues and fur of animals from
the reference area in Demarino village and Kabanki river (p<0.01). Thus, the levels of As in
the liver exceeded the mean in the reference are by 273.9 times, in the kidneys – by 181.3
times, in the muscles – by 198.9 times, and in the fur – by 238.8 times. Based on the
obtained results and taking into account the negative influence of As compounds on living
organisms, it is recommended to develop a complex of measures on the elimination of the
consequences of pollution and to perform recultivation of the territories of the Novotroitsk
tailing dump.
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Cobalt is a vital element for humans and animals. Cobalt enters the human body with
food. The biological role of cobalt is associated with its inclusion in the vitamin B12
molecule – cobalamin. Cobalt increases iron absorption and hemoglobin synthesis.
The process of hematopoiesis in humans and animals can be carried out only with
the normal interaction of cobalt and iron. Vitamin B12 effectively affects the
metabolism, primarily the synthesis of proteins. In the last century, there was a lack of
cobalt in the body of animals in Moldova and the disease acobaltosis in animals. In
the biogeochemical conditions of Moldova, the cobalt in the soils is greater than the
clark of the soils. Low concentrations of mobile cobalt in the soils were noted.
However, very high concentrations of cobalt were found in the ash of humic acids. In
the ecological conditions of Moldova, plants of the families Solanaceae, Vitaceae,
and Brassicaceae accumulate cobalt well. Studies on the cobalt content in the
environment of Moldova were conducted about 50 years ago. Now researchers pay a
lot of attention to the elements of pollutants, so cobalt has not been studied in the
Dniester Valley in recent decades. We studied the cobalt content in the wool of goats
and cows in the Dniester Valley. On this territory there are steppe and forest-steppe
areas. So, we analyzed animals’ hair from these two areas. Before describing our
results, it is worth noting the ranges of normal concentrations of cobalt in the wool of
cows of conditionally background territories according to the literature data: from 0.01
to 0.08 mg/kg. The average concentrations of cobalt in the wool of animals of the
Dniester Valley are as follows: cows in the steppe region 0.23 mg/kg, and in the
forest-steppe 0.08 mg/kg; goats in the steppe region 0.08 mg/kg, and in the forest-
steppe 0.1 mg/kg. The content of cobalt in the hair of people living in the steppe
region of the Dniester Valley according to preliminary data is 0.12 mg/kg. The
average cobalt content in the claws of domestic chickens and chickens raised in
poultry farms was the same 0.17 mg/kg. When considering the content of other
chemical elements in the claws of domestic chickens and chickens raised in poultry
farms, significant differences were often observed. It is worth noting that in the soil-
forming rocks and soils of the Dniester valley, an increased background of cobalt is
observed, in contrast to the interfluve. Thus, it can be noted that the Dniester Valley
has favorable biogeochemical conditions for the accumulation of cobalt by animals.
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The studies of different varieties of bakery products (which are produced in the city of
Grodno and the Grodno region) for the content of essential elements have been carried
out using X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF).
The method of X-ray fluorescence analysis according to certified in RB techniques of
MVN. MN 3272-2009 was used as a basis. XRF is widely used for quantitative and
qualitative analysis of environmental objects due to its versatility and the ability to perform
multi-element analysis. The XRF method allows analyzing samples of very small volume
and low mass (up to 0.1 g), as well as performing repeated measurements. The limits of
measurement error (p=0.95) according to this method are ± 30.0 %. The estimation of
measurement errors set in accordance with the MVN is carried out automatically during
the measurement by means of the software of the X-ray energy spectrometer ElvaX SER-
01.
The Council of Ministers adopted the concept N252 in the field of national food security of
the Republic of Belarus in 2004. These principles are laid down when using fat-and-oil
products in the form of mayonnaise, sauces, spreads (Patent No. 20040203, 2006),
biocorrectors using yeast enriched with selenium, iron and other microelements (Patent
No. 20050714, 2006). Modern technologies for processing plant raw materials allow
preserving all the active ingredients in the complex. Algae (fucus, kelp, spirulina) and
secondary food raw materials are of particular interest. All this allows making new types of
products using the traditional basis to increase the adaptive capabilities of the human
body in the conditions of environmental inadaptation.
The aim of the work is to show the possibility of enriching mass-produced products
(bread) in the conditions of environmental inadaptation.
It is shown that the secondary raw materials of oilseeds (flakes) are rich in potassium,
calcium, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, and sulfur, which is a promising raw material for
obtaining functional food products.
Mass-produced products in the form of bakery products can be fortified with secondary
raw materials according to developed recipes based on oilseed flakes; they contain
copper 12.25 times more than those, which are available on the market today, 1.9 times
more iron, and 23.9 times more zinc.
The proposed functional food products are balanced in composition and allow covering
from 30 % of the daily human need for bioelements.
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In the basin of the Ardon River, there is the Unalskaya depression, which is
characterized by a low annual precipitation (372 mm / year), the presence of a dry
period, as a result of which it has features of aridity. A feature of its vegetation is the
strong sparseness of its constituent phytocenoses and the predominance of drought-
enduring plants in their flora. From 800m above sea level there is a strip of mountain-
steppe and mountain-drought-enduring plants. The main variant of mountain steppes
is communities with a predominance of sagebrush Artemisia austriaca, A.
chamaemelifolia, etc. Cenoses with Salvia canescens are formed on gently sloping
areas. Upland drought-enduring plants are represented by thornpads formed by the
cushion astragalus - Astragalus denudatus Steven and phryganoid communities. The
dynamics of the plants cover is determined by geomorphological and anthropogenic
factors. Due to anthropogenic pressure on the plant population, a biomorphological
analysis of the flora in the area of the tailing dump was carried out. Biomorphological
analysis characterizes the adaptive potential of plant biomorphs to habitat in various
environmental conditions. Flora is represented mainly by hemicryptophytes (61%),
followed by cryptophytes (30.2%) - rhizome, bulbous and tuberous plants. The last
place is occupied by therophytes (4.8%) - annuals that endure unfavorable conditions
in the form of seeds. The last place is occupied by therophytes (4.8%) – annual
plants that endure unfavorable conditions in the form of seeds. The phanerophytes
(7.66%) and hamephites (7.36%) are in an intermediate position. Taxonomic analysis
of the flora showed that plants in the studied areas belong to 36 families. Plants of the
families are dominant: Compositae, Fabaceae, Labiatae, and in some areas also
Caryophyllaceae. It has been established that the number of growing plant species is
reduced on landscapes contaminated with lead and arsenic. The total number of
species in the contaminated areas did not exceed 25, and in the background areas it
reached 49 species per 100 m2. Inhibition of plant growth and development
(chlorosis, necrosis, leaf rolling) was also observed.
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been the cause of a global pandemic due to its high
infectivity, but there is no agreement on the exact model of its transmission. In that
regard, the possibility arises of mathematically modelling its propagation through the
air in order to acquire data about the nature of its transmission.
AERMOD is a system that is used for the modelling of atmospheric dispersion of
gases and particulate matter. It has been developed by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Meteorological Society
(AMS). It contains several modules which are able to predict the movement and
concentration of a wide range of different particles taking into account
thermodynamic, meteorological and geometric factors. It is mostly used for the
modelling of dispersion of particles and polluting gases from industrial plants, but it is
entirely applicable on smaller-scale systems.
In this paper, the methodology and results of AERMOD simulated atmospheric
dispersion of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were analyzed. The SARS-CoV-2 virus can be
represented as a particle of a certain diameter. Different models of dispersion are
acquired through variation of input parameters – the height of the particle source, the
size of the particles and the effect of air flow. These parameters, together with
ambient temperature, mass flow, the cross section of the source and the emission
speed are used as input data for the AERMET module and finally for AERMOD. As a
result of this process, the spatial distribution of the concentration of the viral
particulate matter in the surrounding air is obtained.
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The aim of the work is to study the possibility of using crops as phytoextractors or
phytostabilizers in conditions of soil pollution with heavy metals.
Up to 25% of the territory of the Republic of Belarus is contaminated with heavy
metals, radionuclides and, as a result, is excluded from agricultural circulation. It is
shown that technical colza (Brassica napus) as the most promising crop for cultivation
in the Republic is not afraid of soils contaminated with radionuclides and heavy
metals. According to preliminary data, the land previously withdrawn from agricultural
circulation can potentially be used as land for growing raw materials used in the
production of biofuels, in particular, based on technical colza. In addition, the
Republic will be able to obtain significant economic benefits, since the production
capacities of Belarus will be sufficient not only for the “closure” of domestic
consumption, but also for the potential export of surplus biofuels to the EU countries.
The possibility of using the method of X-ray fluorescence analysis to assess the
content and migration of heavy metals of various degrees of danger in a soil-plant
system has been shown.
It has been established that cadmium, manganese, tin and strontium accumulate
most intensively in the phytomass of industrial colza; cadmium, tin, zinc accumulate
in the flax phytomass.
Based on the data obtained, it can be assumed that the degree of danger of the soil,
depending on the nature of its pollution with heavy metals, is reduced by 1.3 – 1.6
times after growing flax, by 1.2 – 3.1 times after growing colza. Moreover, the
phytostabilizing properties of technical colza are manifested to a greater extent with
the initially high values of the total soil pollution index.
It has been shown that when growing industrial crops, metals are intensively
absorbed and accumulate in the aboveground and underground organs of plants,
which significantly reduces the level of risk of soil pollution. The removal of chemical
elements from the soil with industrial crops (colza, flax) contributes to its self-
cleaning.
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The emergency caused by the COVID-19 has led to a reduction in air pollution in many
parts of the world. Research indicates that depending on the degree of restriction of socio-
economic activities, but also the type of pollutants, different outcomes are recorded - from
a significant improvement in air quality to symbolic reductions in pollutant emissions. This
paper presents several significant polluters in the year of the pandemic and performed a
comparative analysis concerning the average values from the previous five - year period.
The research covered two cities in the region of Southeast Europe - Belgrade and
Sarajevo. The results indicate a decrease in the concentration of nitrogen oxides and
suspended PM10 particles, as well as an increase in the concentration of certain
pollutants such as carbon monoxide and ozone. The results testify that air quality, in
addition to restrictions on movement due to the pandemic, was also influenced by other
sources, primarily the type of fuel for households heating and industrial plants.
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Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor, Zeleni bulevar 35, 19210 Bor, Serbia
The paper presents the results of treatment of technogenic raw materials by the
leaching process in order to valorize economically valuable metals Cu, Zn and In and
minimize the negative impact of leached residue on the environment. First, the
sample was homogenized, and then granulometric, XRD and chemical analysis of the
jarosite sample was done. The leaching agents used in experiments were HCl, HNO 3,
NaCl and H2SO4. Investigations have shown that the most acceptable method for the
treatment of jarosite is leaching of jarosite using sulfuric acid, where the best leaching
of Cu, Zn and In was obtained, namely 93.76%, 91.64 and 97.59%, respectively.
Institut za rudarstvo i metalurgiju Bor, Zeleni bulevar 35, 19210 Bor, Srbija
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Enzyme activity analysis, i.e., catalase and dehydrogenase activity analysis was used
at control of recultivation process for mechanically disturbed soils in the impacted
ecosystems of a gas production company in the Taz peninsula (The Yamalo-Nenets
autonomous district, north of West Siberia, Russia). Regeneration of a vegetable
cover as self-restoration of the disturbed soils was diagnosed by the catalase activity
analysis, and efficiency of peat addition to disturbed soils recultivation was diagnosed
by the dehydrogenase activity analysis.
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Section 2
Sekcija 2
EKONOMSKA ODRŽIVOST I
ZAŠTITA ŽIVOTNE SREDINE
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In the era of global technological transition, the socio-political and legally verified
implementation of ICT becomes an imperative for the survival of civilizations, countries
and peoples. The state is interested in innovations, as they provide the economy and the
population with digital services and services necessary for biosphere and socio-cultural
development. Before the onset of the covid pandemic, many politicians believed that a
balance had been achieved between the interests of global IT companies, which allowed
them to receive super-profits on the territory of sovereign states, with the help of ICTs.
However, the pandemic has clearly shown that the above balance can be easily upset.
When designing, IT companies laid down the possibility of external unauthorized
interference in the internal life of sovereign countries, the state, giving permission for the
introduction of ICT, does not provide for these threats. The second year of the pandemic
showed, using the example of the United States, Russia, China, Turkey, the hidden
dangerous opportunities of global IT companies, which lead to the destabilization of social
and economic life and threats to infringement of the sovereignty of the state.
In this regard, in the scientific community, in particular, within the framework of the IX
Moscow Legal Week, a discussion about the expediency of introducing state control over
the implementation and operation of information technologies in the Russian Federation
was launched. In the course of these discussions, the authors proposed a project to
create an adequate tool - a three-step procedure for assigning the letter of the State
Standard of the Russian Federation only to those IT companies that voluntarily and
consciously provide for a procedure for the state's operational intervention in their work if it
is necessary to stop the destructive impact on the social, economic and political life of the
country. In accordance with the historically established division of institutional functions in
the system of relations between society, the state and business, and in order to ensure
sustainable and safe development at this stage of civilization development, it is advisable
for IT giants to carry out their activities to make a profit under the control of the state.
Each state can and should create its own instruments for maintaining the balance of
interests, based on its technological readiness and economic capabilities. But the
pandemic has shown that mass information and ICT in the era of globalization can be
used to carry out large-scale destructive manipulation operations, which, like world wars
and social revolutions, can lead to colossal human and material losses. In these
conditions, interdisciplinary research becomes crucial, in which, at the boundaries of
technical, political, legal, medical sciences, researchers have the opportunity from
different angles to create a reliable picture of a complex interdependent world, to give
recommendations for minimizing material, spiritual, socio-political, racial, gender and other
disparities, creating a balance of interests of the state and global ICT business.
Keywords: global technological transition, ICT, global IT companies, COVID-19 pandemic.
Supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (KFBR) within the framework of
scientific project No. 20-011-00749.
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Prof. dr. Elena Salomatina1, Academician of NAS RA, prof. dr. William Saryan2
1PSU T.G. Shevchenko, Tiraspol, Transnistria, Moldova
2FSUE NIIR, Moscow, Russian Federation
Due to human and material losses (existing and potential) increasing on a non-linear
scale, the level of risk in the near future may reach unacceptably high values and
make serious adjustments to the economic development of any country. This
conclusion is associated not only with the Covid-19 pandemic, the in-creased
frequency of emergencies of natural and man-made origin, but also with the loss of
human adaptive capabilities when interacting with the environment.
To reduce risk indicators, it is necessary to ensure real-time management of the
behavior of each person in the emergency area. The solution to this problem is
complicated by the formation of a hyperconnected world, in which any interaction,
especially informational, in addition to positive aspects, can cause a num-ber of
negative side effects. Under these conditions, the rational management of various
processes that operate on different temporal, spatial, organizational scales, becomes
important.
Advances in information, telecommunications and networking technologies are
leading to the emergence of new large-scale intelligent environments: smart grids,
cyber-physical systems, smart cities. The need to combine multiple systems in an
intelligent collaboration environment is becoming a standard requirement.
In the area of emergency response, services are delivered by a system of largely
independent and pre-existing systems. Its individual components are hierarchically
linked and interact with each other through a network. Other parts of the system work
autonomously and interact informally, and the possibility of adding new systems is
also provided. Such a system can be considered as a System of Systems (SoS). In
this model, 3 levels can be distinguished: the lower one contains systems belonging
to the same infrastructure; individual infrastructures interact at the middle level at the
highest level is the global system-systems. An SoS is defined as an interconnected
collection of multiple, heterogeneous, distributed systems that collectively can cause
emergent behavior, where each system is a process or set of processes.
The existing networks do not allow to meet the new needs for innovative services to
the required ex-tent. They cannot simultaneously take into account the growth of data
volumes, the complexity of the generated data and guarantee the necessary
bandwidth, reliability and adaptability. Operators face a lack of flexibility in
communication networks, an increase in their complexity and an increase in the cost
of their operation. The network requires a more advanced network management
system.
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The driving force behind the new wave of intelligent systems is the convergence of
the digital infra-structure of 5G communication networks, the Internet of Things (IoT),
and artificial intelligence technologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the
communications industry and empowering operators to manage their networks in a
more organic and cost-effective manner. The integration of smart devices with
artificial intelligence makes devices smart. The integration of various machine
learning algorithms into smart devices helps to make smarter predictions. For
emergencies, even without knowing the nature and timing of the emergency, raising
awareness of the possibility of an unexpected event will reduce the likelihood of
crossing the “critical threshold”.
5G technologies and future B5G / 6G are needed to support smart devices. AI can
analyze huge amounts of data generated from multiple sources. It can be used to
optimize various functions such as fault monitoring and user tracking on a wireless
network. AI-powered resource management mechanisms enable smarter and more
dynamic network decisions.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, internet of things, smart grids, smart cities, multiple
systems, emergency management.
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In a critical situation, the most important condition for salvation is the correct
organization and coordination of the actions of people and the means of rendering
assistance. An effective solution to the problem requires up-to-date monitoring of
forecasting the development of emergency situations, localization and condition of
subscribers and the environment, and an effective communication system. In this
article, using the example of an emergency - fire, it will be shown how to organize full
compliance of the facility expert part with emergency standards. The individualized
service for managing the rescue of subscribers (IUSA) is a mass information service
that should reduce the increased human and material losses from emergencies of
natural and man-made origin. The IUSA system consists of three-level interconnected
object, regional and global components of monitoring and expert systems that make
up expert systems. Since we are talking about saving people, it is very important to
reveal the system of administration of the IUSA. The key point in this case is to
determine how the facilities comply with the warning and monitoring systems adopted
by the standards and specifications of the Ministry of Emergencies.
The proposed IUSA system, meeting all the requirements of standards and
recommendations for safety in emergency situations, expands its capabilities by
instantly alerting subscribers. By adding instant localization of the subscriber, escape
routes are calculated not statically, but taking into account the real and predicted
situation.
The use of local (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) localization systems allows you to accurately
determine the position of subscribers inside the facility. Localization systems begin to
work only at the time of an emergency. This allows protect it from hacking and comply
with individual privacy standards.
Global navigation systems (GLONASS, GPS) are used to localize subscribers outside
buildings. Notification in regional and global systems is made only in the area falling
under the emergency situation, taking into account the notification of subscribers who
may get into the emergency area.
Thus, by adding instant localization of the subscriber, evacuation routes are
calculated not statically, but taking into account the real situation.
The system for assessing the physical condition of the IUSA subscriber makes it
possible to assess the ability to self-evacuation. If necessary, make a decision on
third-party assistance from the rescuers.
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Since its founding until today, the European Union has been a leader in international
protection in the field of environmental protection. There are three important factors
that have influenced the EU's dominant position in environmental protection. The first
refers to the respect of international agreements and conventions that have
conditioned the emergence of international environmental norms within the United
Nations, as well as the development of awareness that the environment is a common
good of humanity that requires coordinated and effective protection measures. The
second factor is woven into the primary law of the Union, where environmental
protection is high on the list of priorities and related to the economic and social
development of the Union and its regions. A third no less important factor is the
constant development of environmental protection mechanisms by adopting detailed,
elaborated and related guidelines within the framework of EU environmental
strategies.
The European Green Deal is one of the strategies that revises and ambitiously sets
deadlines for the realization of environmental goals in accordance with the principle of
sustainable development. With the adoption of the strategy in December 2019, the
aim is to transform the society within the EU into a just and prosperous society with a
modern, resource efficient and competitive economy in which there will be no net
greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 and in which economic growth is not associated
with resource use. This goal should be achieved not only by harmonization between
Member States but also by active implementation and realization of public policies in
the field of: 1) EU climate actions for 2030 and 2050, 2) clean and secure energy
supply, 3) mobilization of industry for establishing clean and circular economy, 4)
construction and renovation in the construction sector with efficient use of energy and
resources, 5) faster transition to sustainable and smart mobility, 6) "from field to
table": a fair and healthy food system that is environmentally friendly, 7) preservation
and restoration of ecosystems and biological diversity, and 8) achieving zero pollution
rates for non-toxic environment. To this end, the Green Plan envisages the inclusion
of sustainability in all EU policies.
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Kjučne reči: zeleni plan, održivi razvoj, čista energija, pametna mobilnost, klimatska
akcija.
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Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy – INEP is an authorized legal entity for
measuring the content of radionuclides in drinking water, food, animal feed, mineral
fertilizers, medicines, general purpose items, construction material, ores, primary
metal products, mineral raw materials, secondary raw materials and other goods. In
the first half of 2020 in INEP were analyzed 1821samples (1299 food, 4 feed, 51
items of general use, 120 mineral fertilizers and 347 others), which is 57% more than
in 2019. This speaks in favor of the fact, that the population of Serbia in first peak of
COVID-19 was provided with consumer goods despite the pandemic, unlike many
countries in Europe where scarcity was recorded.
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The period of one year from the official declaration of the pandemic is long enough to
be able to report certain conclusions about its impact. The impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on life on our Planet is fascinating, social relations (quarantine measures,
physical distancing, etc.), economic decline, collapse of many trade, financial and
commodity channels, elimination of a huge number of jobs, etc.) have not only a
strong impact on social and societal movements but also on the environment. The
impact of the pandemic on air, water and soil pollution so far is strong and it is argued
that the anthropogenic factor is crucial to the state of the environment.
Ključne reči: COVID-19, ekološki otisak, antropogeni faktor, voda, zemljište, vazduh,
životna sredina, zagađenje.
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The recent changes in the world’s economy, society and the environment are so large
that the past is no longer a reliable guide to the future. Climate change illustrates this
the most, and, during the last year (2020), the whole world and each person faced a
crisis with harm consequences for life. Also, global uncertainty and challenges have
not been seen since the Second World War. Although the coronavirus (COVID-19)
has caused a lot of suffering to many families in Serbia and around the world, it has
led to some unforeseen positive phenomena such as, for instance, a clear blue sky in
densely populated urban areas, and, an unprecedented degree of innovation and
solidarity. As modern societies tend to recover their health systems, one can also
accelerate progress toward sustainable development. There are good examples,
starting from e-commerce to the general phenomenon of working from home with the
help of technology and the organization of distance learning.
In order to identify and find out new solutions, we need firstly to understand the
impact of the pandemic on the people, institutions, businesses and the environment.
This crisis leaves a deep footprint and consequences on the economy of many
devastated countries. We have come to a situation where we live in a time in which
not only natural disasters, but also health crises appear as a rule, and, the impacts of
these unpredicted events are long-lasting; it is difficult to rebuild the economy in a
short period of time. The initial assumption of this paper is that these problems have
not decreased; in fact, they will increase. This paper deals with the data analysis of
the Covid-19 pandemic in Serbia, highlighting adopted measures to overcome this
health and economic crisis.
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The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the effects and consequences of the
pandemic COVID-19 on the leading economies of the world, as well as in Serbia. The
pandemic has its dramatic implications for economic growth and development which
have reflected on the reduction of GDP on a global level. The huge impact of the
pandemic due to quarantine measures and state closures, is evident in all sectors of
the economy and particularly in the international business activity. The key concept of
the analysis is that the virus is as ‘contagious’ economically, as it is medically. On one
side, it is a result of globalization, on the other, it reframes it and requires a strong
institutional retreat. Desk research is based on the available external and internal
resources. The results of the analysis clearly indicate that economic measures have
significantly mitigated the effects of the pandemic so that in the third quarter of 2020,
the world's largest economies China, the European Union and the United States, are
recording economic recovery, but also provoke a decisive move to green economy
and sustainable development.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the global health crisis, has strongly
threatened global economic growth and development. Today, in the second year of
the pandemic, Serbia has been hit hard by the fourth wave, extending the crisis and
uncertainty. The length and depth of the economic consequences that await us, as
well as the duration of the economic recovery, are still great unknown. The question
inevitably arises, what are the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in
terms of development, growth or decline, on a small, open and dependent economy
such as Serbia? Despite the pandemic, in order to achieve the planned economic
development, Serbia maintains continuity and its commitment to key national
priorities - increasing public investment through capital investments in the health
system, transport, energy and communal infrastructure. Considering that the goal of
economic development is to create conditions for expanding the material base of the
entiry society in order to ensure social welfare, this paper is dedicated to the analysis
of economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the case of the Republic of
Serbia. The paper presents the priorities economic development of Serbia, its
attempts to maintain the development strategy despite pandemic conditions, as well
as preparation for the future challenges in order to improve the economic perspective
and preservation of the economic activity. Also, relevant macroeconomic indicators
were researched and presented, as measures of the current state of the economy
affected by the pandemic, together with proposals for faster economic development
of Serbia in the post-pandemic period.
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"From farm to fork" is a new strategy of the European Union envisaged by the Green
Plan, which establishes new mechanisms for improving food production within the
agricultural policy in a way that reduces: air, water and soil pollution, losses in
biodiversity, negative impacts on climate change and excessive consumption of
natural resources. The strategy envisages, despite the different levels of development
of the member states, the adoption of national strategic plans for agricultural
development which will be based on the criteria of reducing the impact of food
production on climate change and environmental protection. They should lead to the
application of sustainable practices and practices in the field of agriculture,
agroecology, agroforestry and setting stricter standards for animal welfare. The
application of the standards from the Strategy in food production must be based on
the successful implementation of measures in the field of climate and environmental
protection, including the management and storage of carbon dioxide in the soil, as
well as the management of nutrients to improve water quality. The link between food
production and ecology must include a significant reduction in the use of chemical
pesticides, fertilizers and antibiotics.
The ultimate goal of the symbiosis of food production and ecology is the production of
healthy food and its availability to all citizens. In the realization of that goal, the
circular economy has an important place, which should reduce the negative impact of
the food sector and retail on the environment by actively acting in the areas of
transport, storage, packaging and food waste.
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„Od polja do stola“ (From farm to fork) je nova strategija Evropske unije predviđena
Zelenim planom, kojom se uspostavljaju novi mehanizmi za unapredjenje
proizvodnje hrane u okviru poljoprivredne politike na način koji omogućava
smanjenje: zagađenja vazduha, vode i zemljišta, gubitaka u biodiverzitetu, negativnih
uticaja na klimatske promene i prekomerne potrošnje prirodnih resursa. Strategijom
se predviđa, i pored različitog nivo razvijenosti država članica, donošenje nacionalnih
strateških planova za poljoprivredni razvoj koji će biti zasnovani na kriterijumima
smanjenja uticaja proizvodnje hrane na klimatske promene i zaštitu životne sredine.
Oni bi trebalo da dovedu do primene održivog postupanja u praksi u oblasti
poljoprivrede, agroekologije, agrošumarstva i postavljanju strožih standarda za
dobrobit životinja. Primena standarda iz Strategije u proizvodnji hrane mora se
zasnivati na uspešnu primenu mera iz oblasti klime i zaštite životne sredine
uključujući upravljanje i skladištenje u tlu ugljendioksida, kao i upravljanje hranjivim
materijama radi poboljšanja kvaliteta vode. Veza proizvodnje hrane i ekologojije mora
da ukljući i značajno smanjenje upotrebe hemiskih pesticida, đubriva i antibiotika.
Krajnji cilj simbioze proizvodnje hrane i ekologije je proizvodnja zdrave hrane i njena
dostupnost svim građanima. U realizaciji tog cilja značajno mesto ima i cirkularna
privreda koja treba da smanji negativni uticaj prehrambenog sektora i maloprodaje
na životnu sredinu aktivnim delovanjem u oblastima prevoza, skladištenja, pakovanja
i rasipanja hrane.
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Making their strategies and business plans is not the world's biggest companies could
not imagine that it will at some point be faced with a pandemic, which will, with such
potential, be able to call into question the survival of their business. The current
pandemic corona virus is to the fore the question of resistance organizations to
distortions in the market and creating a separate plan for maintaining business
continuity and enhanced analysis of market risks proved to be a useful instrument,
which allows management to assess the level of risk and vulnerability of the
organization, and to develop effective risk system and contingency plans. The aim of
the authors of this paper is to, through the analysis of available literature and practical
experience, point out the basic purpose of this instrument, aimed at establishing risk
profiles for the organization and determining the level of vulnerability to a pandemic
from the aspect of its impact on people (lives of employees and their families),
processes (company business), profit (revenue generation) and partnerships
(business-friendly environment). Bearing in mind that the development of a business
continuity plan in the first phase involves the assessment and development of a risk
matrix, and in the second phase includes a six-step process for designing their own
business continuity plans, the work structure includes these two units, as well as
conclusions be useful advice to managers on how to respond to current pandemic
challenges.
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Faculty of Business Studies and Law, Jurija Gagarina 149a, Belgrade, Serbia
The Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented in its global reach and impact, presenting
dire challenges in the world’s economies and its direct and indirect effects in the
interconnected global economy. Spreading at an alarming rate, infecting millions and
bringing almost all economic activity to a standstill, countries have imposed strict
restrictions on movement to stop the spread of the virus. As health and human costs
rise, economic damage is already evident and represents the greatest economic
shock the world has experienced in decades. This article focuses on the economic
impact of Covid-19. He describes the impact of the pandemic on the global economy
through which it is linked to trade and investment, and its slowdown and restrictions
put pressure, creating global economic consequences, looking briefly at the Republic
of Serbia, and the impact on employment, global economic growth and global trade.
as an inflow of foreign direct investment and how it will affect the further global
development of the economy. This pandemic of COVID-19 affected the production
and service sector, catering, travel, health, retail, banks, hotels, real estate,
education, health, IT, recreation, media and others. Economic stress has begun and
will grow rapidly. While locking and social distancing on the one hand result in a loss
of productivity, on the other hand they cause a sharp drop in demand for products
and services by consumers in the market, leading to a collapse in economic activity.
However, locking and social distancing are the only cost-effective tools to prevent the
spread of COVID-19. There is a high degree of uncertainty regarding COVID-19,
whose pandemic affects economic performance, sustainability criteria, and
development processes. The analysis of its growth in the countries clearly shows that
its development leads to crises. Reducing GDP rates is detrimental to health,
education, and industrial progress globally. COVID-19 affects socio-economic
opportunities due to declining global GDP, declining capital flows, fewer investment
opportunities and reduced turnover. Many countries are struggling to stop the spread
of the Covid-19 epidemic, while avoiding a dramatic drop in economic activity.
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University “Union - Nikola Tesla”, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, Belgrade, Serbia
E-commerce today represents an unavoidable sales channel for all areas of the
economy. Its dynamic development and the reached sales volume caused worry in
regard to the impact on the environment. In order to understand this impact, it is
crucial to analyse and fully understand the key segments in the supply chain:
packaging, transport, returns, and waste. Research conducted up to now confirms
that e-commerce is a more viable than shopping in the traditional stores. Moreover, it
is certain that this way of sale brings numerous advantages. However, it is important
to know its less neglectable effects so that they could be managed.
An encouraging fact is that consumers are becoming increasingly aware and that
they are paying more attention to, and trusting those sellers which show a high
ecological awareness throughout their logistics and other activities. The increasing
incorporation of conscious consumers in the creation of processes, and allowing them
to choose and create their buying and delivery options, leads to a higher level of
sustainability of this increasingly important retail channel. On the other hand, this puts
pressure on the producers and traders to create more ecologically acceptable
business models, thereby reducing or even overturning the negative ecological
impact.
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Univerzitet “Union - Nikola Tesla”, Fakultet za poslovne studije i pravo, Beograd, Srbija
Ohrabruje činjenica da potrošači postaju sve svesniji i da sve više pažnje i poverenja
poklanjaju trgovcima koji svoje logističke i druge aktivosti sprovode pokazujući visok
nivo ekološke svesti. Sve intenzivnije uključivanje svesnih potrošača u kreiranje
procesa, omogućavajući im da biraju i kreiraju opcije kupovine i isporuke proizvoda,
vodi do višeg nivoa održivosti ovog, sve važnijeg, kanala maloprodaje. Sa druge
strane ovo stvara pritisak na same proizvođače i trgovce da kreiraju upravo ekološki
prihvatljivije modele poslovanja i time smanje, ili čak i preokrenu negativan ekološki
uticaj.
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The cause of the current crisis is a specific, non-economic factor and that is why it is
very difficult to draw parallels with those from the recent past and their effects on the
labor market. The pandemic COVID-19 has seriously shaken the Serbian economy
and called into question the sustainability of a large number of companies and jobs.
Increasing the unemployment rate is a specific feature of any crisis. However, this is
atypical in many ways. Therefore, the focus of all future strategies, policies and
measures must be economic recovery and building a stable and crisis-flexible
economy. Outbreaks and incredibly rapid spread of the disease have caused the
closure of cities, even national economies, which has had a negative impact on
economic prosperity and employment. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact
of the COVID-19 on economic development, stability and (un)employment in the
world and in the Republic of Serbia. The research was conducted on the basis of a
comparative analysis of the values of individual indicators of economic development
in the period before and after the pandemic COVID-19 on data collected through
surveys in companies, semi-structured interviews with key interlocutors and the
Republic Bureau of Statistics. The authors point out the consequences of the
pandemic impact on indicators of economic development and employment indicators
and suggest measures that need to be taken in order to overcome the negative
consequences of the crisis.
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The stability of natural ecosystems is ensured by the circulation of matter and energy in
them. At the same time, the removal of matter and energy outside of ecosystems is
insignificant. This leads to the preservation of the relative stability of the organic mass in
such ecosystems. In agroecosystems, along with the harvest, a significant part of the
substance and energy is withdrawn from the biological cycle, which leads to a loss of their
stability. To maintain a stable state of agroecosystems, a person must compensate for the
lost amount of matter and energy by applying fertilizers to them and using various agricul-
tural techniques. From the point of view of the circular economy, in order to preserve the
productivity of agroecosystems, it is necessary to fully compensate for the losses that
occurred in the process of agricultural production. To increase the productivity of agroeco-
systems, the compensation costs must exceed the amount of lost matter and energy. When
solving these problems, it is necessary to control the organic mass of agroecosystems. The
complexity of this problem is due to the annual change in the agroecosystem of agricultural
crops with different yields. To assess the productivity of agroecosystems, the author prop-
osed a dimensionless coefficient – "normalized yield", which is represented as:
݇ ൌ ҧ , (1)
where Ci is the yield of the i-th crop for a particular year, C is the average yield of the i-th
crop for the period under review. This dimensionless indicator allows you to compare the
productivity of the agroecosystem for an agricultural crop for a particular year with its
average yield in the agroecosystem for the period under review. In addition, this coefficient
allows you to calculate the integral yield as the arithmetic mean of the normalized yields for
several crops:
σ
݇ை ൌ , (2)
where ki is the normalized yield of the i-th crop, n is the number of crops under considerat-
ion. This approach makes it possible to estimate in comparable units the productivity of land
occupied in different years for different agricultural crops. The change in the normalized
yield over time allows us to study the dynamics of the productivity of agroecosystems,
determine the trends of its development and assess the impact of various factors on the
productivity of agroecosystems. To assess the impact on the productivity of the agroeco-
system of the chemicals introduced into it, the chemical load factor was used. This indicator
is the ratio of the amount of chemical that entered the agroecosystem for a year to the area
of this agroecosystem. The sum of the partial coefficients for different chemicals is an indic-
ator of the total chemical load on the agroecosystem. For agroecosystems located in the
Dniester River valley, the correlation coefficient between the total chemical load and the
integral yield was 0.6 with a statistical significance level of 0.01. This indicates a significant
impact on the productivity of agroecosystems and other factors, especially moisture.
However, the complete rejection of fertilizers leads after 5 years to a sharp decrease in the
productivity of agroecosystems due to land depletion. At the same time, there are fluctu-
ations in the integral yield, depending mainly on the amount of precipitation.
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The corona virus pandemic has huge social, economic and political consequences. It
is already being marked as a turning point in modern human history and will cause a
change in the way of life we have known for the last few decades. Apart from being
one of the biggest crises in terms of shock, scope and depth, the pandemic caused
unprecedented problems in the health system globally, because it is until mid-
September 2020, more than 30 million people became ill and more than 950
thousand people died. The pandemic caused supply chains to be disrupted,
production to cease, factories to be closed, workers to be laid off, demand and
customer interest to decline. The economic impact of the pandemic is evident in
many sectors, from service industries (tourism, hospitality, retail, education), to
manufacturing (cars, textiles, construction, consumer electronics). World experts
predict a serious decline in GDP in 2020, and pessimistic forecasts are that the state
of the global economy will not improve until 2022. The longer period of the pandemic
has negative consequences on the goals of sustainable development from the 2030
Agenda, because their implementation has been delayed. However, it seems that the
biggest problem facing the world is the increase in the amount of medical waste,
generated after the use of protective equipment.
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The use of renewable energy sources has a key role in improving agricultural
production. This production is mostly represented within family farms, where the
dominant role is played by small and medium agricultural farms. In this regard, the
strategic goal of each country is to preserve biodiversity, which creates favorable
conditions for the improvement and enhancement of biodiversity. Therefore, the
consciousness of agricultural producers is beginning to change through the so-called
implementation of sustainable agricultural production systems, among which a
significant place is occupied by biomass and biogas. The oldest renewable energy
source used by man is biomass, which is a product of various products of flora and
fauna. These are biodegradable parts of products, waste or residues from agriculture,
as well as parts of forest, industrial and municipal waste. By improving the production
technology on agricultural farms, the so-called by anaerobic digestion of biomass,
biogas was obtained. The use of biomass and biogas should have a stimulating and
developmental character in the changed market conditions, which contributes to
increasing the intensity of production on agricultural farms. The emphasis is on the
permanent transfer of knowledge and the development of human resources, which
would contribute to the further modernization of renewable technologies, which would
be used in the production of renewable energy sources.
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Marko Todić
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will have numerous unforeseeable
consequences for the world economy and the economy of the Republic of Serbia.
How the Serbian economy and companies will "spread" the pandemic is completely
uncertain. The conducted research considers several key aspects of the problems
faced by small and medium enterprises in the Republic of Serbia in the conditions of
crisis. The pandemic caused by the COVID-19, in addition to affecting people's lives
and health, also has a devastating effect on the company's business on a global and
national level. The aim of this paper is to determine in what way and to what extent
the COVID-19 has affected the business of the companies and what are the biggest
challenges and problems they face. The basic hypothesis from which we start is: The
current pandemic has caused a significant drop in profits and affected the way small
and medium enterprises operate in the Republic of Serbia.
The analysis in the paper will be performed using scientific literature, publications and
survey research. Based on the conducted analysis, conclusions will be drawn by the
method of synthesis and comparison. The research is expected to show that the
pandemic caused by the COVID-19 has a negative impact on companies, their
finances and business, while the most affected are small companies - especially
those with up to 10 employees.
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Promene životnog stila tokom pandemije COVID 19 sve više podstiču razmišljanje o
izgradnji održivijih pametnih gradova. Neophodno je stvoriti platforme za gradove koji
će izdržati brzi razvoj našeg okruženja. Razvoj pametnih gradova sastoji se u
stvaranju ili poboljšanju usluga za građane iskorišćavanjem mogućnosti digitalnih
ekosistema. Iako se istraživanja o pametnim gradovima sprovode skoro tri decenije,
uloga preduzetništva i inovacija u razvoju koncepta pametnog grada nije dovoljno
istražena. Pametan grad je preduzetnički grad. Između preduzetništva i pametnih
gradova postoji dvosmerni odnos. Pre svega, preduzetnici pokreću tehnološke
inovacije koje pomažu gradovima da prođu kroz socio-tehničku tranziciju i postanu
pametni gradovi. Tada tehnologije usvojene u gradovima generišu podatke koji zatim
pomažu kompanijama da istraže nove mogućnosti. Uprkos potencijalu ove
dvosmerne veze, ova veza je manje istražena. Ovaj rad ima za cilj da utvrdi ulogu
preduzetništva i inovacija u razvoju koncepta pametnog grada primenom
trapezoidnog Fazi Analitičkog Hijerarhijskog Procesa (FAHP) rangiranjem ključnih
pokazatelja povezanih sa razvojem pametnog grada.
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The "modern" crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has left and leaves unforeseeable
consequences on a global level. It is a well-known fact that this pandemic, in addition to the
greatest health impact, initiated and caused the most serious economic crisis since the
Second World War, a crisis almost five times more destructive than the one from 2008.
The first to be hit by the COVID-19 pandemic were health systems. The reason for that is a
significant number of infected people who were in need for medical care. In conditions of
organizational chaos, in stressful circumstances characterized by a lack of accurate
information, crisis management becomes an important factor of the responsible health care
management. Crisis management is the name for all types of activities aimed at dealing with
the system in a state of emergency: prevention, mitigation, response and recovery.
Effective crisis management implies readiness to respond to such crisis situations.
Assessing and recognizing existing capacities is essential for crisis management because
total capacities determine the readiness of a system in crisis for an adequate response.
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The shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the economy points out that
numerous factors on a global level can be characterized as triggers of the economic
recession, and among these factors, special attention is paid today to human health.
In the circumstances of the pandemic, the waste management sector faces a number
of challenges. This is especially true for those involved in the collection, sorting,
disposal and treatment of medical waste. Medical waste is a potential source of
infection, so it is necessary to safely and appropriately collect, transport, process and
temporarily or permanently dispose of it. The amount of medical waste (MW) has
increased significantly since the beginning of the pandemic, with this category
covering all types of waste from clinics, hospitals, laboratories and institutions
operating within the health system. The aim of this paper is to point out the
importance of medical waste management, because it poses a great risk to the
environment, but also to the health of persons involved in the waste management
sector. The authors of the paper tried to analyze the situation, to compare it with the
available research that was conducted in the world and in the Republic of Serbia in
the period before the beginning and during the pandemic.
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Šok koji je pandemija virusa COVID-19 izazvala u ekonomiji ističe da se brojni faktori
na globalnom nivou mogu okarakterisati kao okidači ekonomske recesije, a među
ovim faktorima posebna pažnja se danas posvećuje zdravlju ljudi. U okolnostima
pandemije sektor upravljanja otpadom suočava se sa brojnim izazovima. To se
posebno odnosi na one koji se bave prikupljanjem, razvrstavanjem, zbrinjavanjem i
tretmanom medicinskog otpada. Medicinski otpad predstavlja potencijalni izvor
infekcije, zato je neophodno da se bezbedno i na odgovarajući način sakupi,
transportuje, preradi i privremeno ili konačno odloži. Količina medicinskog otpada
(MO) se znatno povećala od početka pandemije, pri čemu ova kategorija obuhvata
sve vrste otpada iz klinika, bolnica, laboratorija i ustanova koje posluju u okviru
zdravstvenog sistema. Cilj rada je da se ukaže na značaj upravljanja medicinskim
otpadom, jer on predstavlja veliki rizik po životnu sredinu, ali i po zdravlje osoba
uključenih u sektor upravljanja otpadom. Autori u radu su nastojali da analiziraju
stanje, izvrše komparaciju sa dostupnim istraživanjima koja su sprovedena u svetu i u
Republici Srbiji u periodu pre početka i u toku same pandemije.
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Defining suitable car concepts for a rational ecological resolving is set as an imperative in the
product development phase yet. The idea is to incorporate the appropriate ecological
solutions of the product into design conceptions so that the product (after withdrawal from
usage) can be rationally, efficiently and effectively decomposed at the level of monolithic
structures and materials, with possible partial revitalization of the car parts or recycling of
components. Larger groups of parts (assemblies, elements, components) with the same type
of materials use less number of different standard procedures, technologies and processes.
So, good models need to be developed of assessment and evaluation regarding the conditi-
on of the product (at the end of the resource) should be developed so that it can be reliably
assessed that the car is no longer suitable for cost-effective improvements and upgrading in
order to preserve or improve its performances, ie. to prolong its life cycle. This paper consid-
ers particularly the aspects of rational integration because of the effective decomposition of of
a car after withdrawal from use for the sake of full quality ecological resolving according to the
3R model (Reduce-Reuse-Recycle) for the ELV (End of Life Vehicles).
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In terms of fashion, the unsustainability of the current linear model is evident on the
planet of limited resources with a deep-rooted practice of rapid production,
consumption, and disposal of clothing. A multidimensional trend that dominates the
fashion industry today, encourages authors to deal with this phenomenon. In this
paper, the intention of the author is to study and analyze the state of the fashion
industry that permeates all aspects of human society. In this context, the paper aims
to investigate how the application of the circular model in the fashion industry can
contribute to achieving the goals of sustainable development. Observed from the
ecological, economic and social aspect, the negative influences of the linear model of
the fashion industry are becoming more and more transparent. The transition to a
circular model of the fashion industry implies a transition to a completely new,
sustainable approach, which requires a strong systematic commitment of all market
participants. The available research findings on this topic enabled the authors to
analyze the role and attitude of consumers towards fashion. Demystifying consumers,
as decision bearers in the process of purchasing, using and disposing of clothing,
indicates that they are crucial in the transition from the linear to the circular fashion
industry. In the time of pandemic of unprecedented proportions, caused by the
COVID-19 virus, a special challenge of ensuring the sustainability of the fashion
industry is to point out the importance and inevitability of its reform.
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The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused urgent mobilization at the national,
regional and international level with drastic measures, including quarantine and restricted
movement measures, as well as the closure of borders. Although it is primarily a major health
crisis with devastating social effects, its impact on the economy is also disastrous. There has
been a reduction in economic activity globally. Consumption and production are lowering.
Exports are also declining, while unemployment is rising since people lose their jobs. One of
the sectors significantly affected by the pandemic is entrepreneurship, small and medium
enterprises (SMEs). In such business conditions, in order to survive and cope with the
existing crisis, small and medium enterprises need a very capable management and
entrepreneurs who will apply new management models in business. Managers need
knowledge and skills in the field of risk management, organizational change management, as
well as human resource management in order to refocus their business strategies and ensure
survival in the market.
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Previous studies have shown that climate change takes on a gender dimension and that the
status of women is less favourable than that of men due to unequal access to the basic
commodities, such as land, water, energy, finance, information, and technology. The studies
also indicate that the status of women who work in climate-dependent fields, such as
agriculture and tourism, is even less favourable. In addition to the extended negative impact
of climate change, women have been exposed to new forms of pandemic-related pressures
over the last twelve months. The results of previous studies indicate that every pandemic so
far has produced gender-dividing effects but also that the policy creators seemingly have not
given much attention to this aspect of pandemics. This paper discusses the gender
dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular how it has affected female farmers,
without disregarding the unfavourable status of women in other fields of activity. In the
authors’ opinion, female farmers are at a distinct disadvantage because exposure to the dual
pressure (climate change and the pandemic) negatively impacts not only their everyday life
but also their already limited capacity to adapt to climate change.
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Circular economy is a regenerative economic and business model that positively affects all
types of capital: social, natural, financial and human. The main goal of using a circular
economy is the regeneration of devastated natural resources, retention of raw materials in
use and extended product life, by applying a certain design that allows products not to
become waste at the end of their life and contribute to pollution. The paper analyzes the
company KNIToMANIA, which is an example of support for sustainable development of
Serbia through the concept of circular economy. KNIToMANIA is an idea that combines
traditional knitting creativity authentic to these spaces and ecological utility. The driving force
is the desire to combine the environmental and social elements in order to contribute to
raising awareness of the problems that exist within the community through products and
workshops. Namely, KNIToMANIE's task is to achieve self-sustainability in order for this
company to continuously develop. The products are crocheted from used plastic bags, and
they are made of produces by the elderly, which thus directly contribute to the protection of
the environment.
Keywords: circular economy, sustainable development, small and medium enterprises
(SME) sector, waste management.
Cirkularna ekonomija je regenerativni privredni i poslovni model koji pozitivno utiče na sve
vrste kapitala: društveni, prirodni, finansijski i ljudski. Osnovni cilj upotrebe cirkularne
ekonomije je regeneracija devastiranih prirodnih resursa, zadržavanje sirovina u upotrebi i
produženi životni vek proizvoda, primenom određenog dizajna koji omogućava da na kraju
životnog veka proizvodi ne postaju otpad i doprinose zagađenju. U radu je analizirano
preduzeće KNIToMANIA koje je primer podrške održivom razvoju Srbije kroz koncept
cirkularne ekonomije. KNIToMANIA je ideja koja spaja tradicionalnu kreativnost pletenja
autentičnu za ove prostore i ekološku korisnost. Pokretačka niz jeste želja da se spoje ekološki
i socijalni element kako bi se preko proizvoda i radionica doprinelo podizanju svesti o
problemima koji postoje u okviru zajednice. Naime, zadatak KNIToMANIE je postizanje
samoodrživosti kako bi se ovo preduzeće kontinuirano razvijalo. Proizvodi se heklaju od
iskorišćenih plastičnih kesa, a izrađuju ih, ili proizvode, starije osobe koje time direktno
doprinose zaštiti životne sredine.
Ključne reči: cirkularna ekonomija, održivi razvoj, sektor malih i srednjih preduzeća (MSP),
upravljanje otpadom.
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Serbia has technically useable wind potential of a range between 8 and 15 GW. In
Serbia, there are potentially convenient locations for the construction of wind
generators. These are the eastern parts of Serbia – Stara Planina (the Balkan
Mountains), Vlasina, Ozren, Rtanj, Deli Jovan, Crni Vrh, etc. In these regions, there
are locations whose average wind speed is over 6m/s. This area covers around 2000
km2 and in future, around 2000 MW of installed wind generator power can be
constructed here. Zlatibor, Žabljak, Bjelasica, Kopaonik, Divčibare are mountainous
areas where measurements might determine the suitable locations for the
construction of wind generators. The Pannonian basin north of the Danube is also
rich in wind. This area covers around 2000 km 2 and is suitable for the construction of
wind generators because the road infrastructure is solid, an electric network exists,
large centres of electricity consumption are nearby and similar.
Serbia has a total of ten wind farms which are connected to the electricity generation
system (“Devreč I”, “Kula”, “La Pičolina”, “Malibunar”, “Alibunar”, “Kitka”, “Kovačica”,
“Košava I”, “Čibuk I”, “Plandište I”). The first park was constructed on the Pešter
plateau, in the municipality of Tutin in 2011. The largest wind farm “Čibuk I” is located
in the village of Mramorak near the town of Kovin, and its capacity is 158 MW. The
total power of all the wind farms in Serbia is 430 MW.
The legislation in Serbia is currently being developed in a more positive direction. In
the past couple of decades, key laws and draft laws which define and develop
sustainable development, environmental protection, as well as the creation of a better
and “greener” Serbia. All this goes in favour of using renewable energy sources,
among them wind energy.
Keywords: renewable energy sources, wind energy, košava, severac, wind gener-
ators.
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U Srbiji se upotreba bilo koje vrste obnovljivih izvora minimalno ili uopšte ne koristi
uprkos dobrom potencijalu za razvoj u ovom smeru. Izgradnja postrojenja za
upotrebu obnovljive energije je skupa, ali bi se napredak ogledao i na ekonomskom
planu, naročito za dugoročniji vremenski period.
Teritorija Srbije je vrlo specifična po svojoj geografskoj površini jer obuhvata planinski
deo Srbije, ravnicu Vojvodine i ima veliki broj reka. Ovakav geografski položaj
poseduje potencijal za korišćenje snage vetra. Najznačajniji vetrovi u Srbiji su
košava, severac, moravac, južni vetar i jugozapadni vetar. Najznačajniji vetrovi u
Vojvodini su košava, istočni, severozapadni, zapadni i severni vetar. Potencijal snage
vetra je veliki zbog košave i severca koji su dva bitna faktora koji oblikuju klimu na
našim prostorima. Košava je jugoistočni vetar koji duva sa Karpata, a na našim
prostorima se oseća do Niša na jugu, Subotice na severu i Šida na zapadu. Prema
do sada zabeleženim podacima, udari ovog vetra su najjači na ulazu u Đerdapsku
klisuru. Donosi suvo i hladno vreme i ima veliki uticaj na zapadnu klimu. Na području
Srbije prisutan je i vetar poznat kao severac. Reč je o hladnom vetru koji kod nas
stiže sa severa iz Mađarske, pa duva preko Panonske nizije i Vojvodine.
Vetrogeneratori (vetroelektrane) su vrsta elektrana koje koriste energiju vetra.
Vetrogeneratori se sastoje iz noseće konstrukcije u obliku stuba, vetroturbine,
generatora električne energije, dela koji reguliše brzinu obrtanja generatora i izlazni
napon vetrogeneratora i priključka na neki sistem za akumulisanje energije ili na
električnu mrežu.
Srbija ima tehnički iskoristiv vetropotencijal u rasponu od 8 do 15 GW. U Srbiji
postoje potencijalno pogodne lokacije za izgradnju vetrogeneratora. To su istočni
delovi Srbije – Stara Planina, Vlasina, Ozren, Rtanj, Deli Jovan, Crni Vrh, itd. U ovim
regionima postoje lokacije čija je srednja brzina vetra preko 6 m/s. Ova oblast pokriva
oko 2000 km2 i u budućnosti bi se moglo izgraditi oko 2000 MW instalirane snage
vetrogeneratora. Zlatibor, Žabljak, Bjelasica, Kopaonik, Divčibare su planinska
područja gde bi se merenjem mogle utvrditi pogodne lokacije za izgradnju
vetrogeneratora. Panonska nizija severno od Dunava, takođe je bogata vetrom. Ova
oblast pokriva oko 2000 km2 i pogodna je za izgradnju vetrogeneratora jer je solidna
putna infrastruktura, postoji električna mreža, blizina velikih centara potrošnje
električne energije i slično.
Srbija ima ukupno deset vetroparkova koji su priključeni na sistem proizvodnje
električne energije („Devreč I“, „Kula“, „La Pičolina“, „Malibunar“, „Alibunar“, „Kitka“,
„Kovačica“, „Košava I“, „Čibuk I“, „Plandište I“). Prvi park je izgrađen na Pešteru, u
opštini Tutin, 2011. godine. Najveći vetropark je „Čibuk I“, nalazi se u mestu
Mramorak kod Kovina, a kapacitet mu je 158 MW. Ukupna snaga svih vetroelektrana
u Srbiji je 430 MW.
Trenutno stanje u zakonodavstvu u Srbiji je počelo da se razvija u pozitivnijem smeru.
U proteklih par decenija su uvedeni ključni zakoni i nacrti zakona kojima se definiše i
unapređuje održivi razvoj, zaštita životne sredine, kao i stvaranje bolje i „zelenije“
Srbije. Sve to ide u prilog korišćenja obnovljivih izvora energije, između ostalog i
energije vetra.
Ključne reči: obnovljivi izvori energije, energija vetra, košava, severac, vetrogenera-
tori.
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Modern ecological trend and requirements for pollution prevention and environmental
protection related to metallic, non-metallic and energy mineral raw materials, require special
attention in the part with the analysis of geoecological factors of economic evaluation of
geological exploration results in a particular exploration area. Economic evaluation as a
complex system of factors and sets of indicators is characterized by different degrees of detail
and reliability in different stages of exploration, knowledge and determination of the
characteristics of the explored mineral raw materials. Multistage exploration and study of
mineral resources, among other things, stems from the economic need to ensure a safer
outcome of investments and reduce the associated risks specific to the mineral sector and the
mineral economy. The exploration of each mineral deposit is carried out according to certain
principles, among which is the principle of gradualness. Due to the practical application of this
principle, the process of geological exploration is divided into several operations and stages.
Going from the initial to the final stages of exploration, the degree of knowledge and study of
the geological object of exploration increases and eventually results in the definition of the ore
deposit as the final economic object of mineral valorization.
The economic evaluation of mineral deposits, in accordance with the gradual realization of
geological exploration, is also characterized by the application of the principle of gradualness.
This gradualness means that the evaluation does not wait for the completion of all geological
exploration, but the economic evaluation is performed at the end of each stage of geological
exploration. This means carrying out an economic evaluation, in the most complete process
exploration form, at the end of the following stages: (a) regional metallogenetic studies; (b)
prospective exploration; (c) previous exploration; (d) detailed exploration; and (e) exploitation
exploration. Economic evaluation, whose structural elements are a system of factors and sets
of indicators, will have different degrees of detail and reliability at the end of different stages of
exploration. Among the mentioned factors, a particularly important place is occupied by
geoecological factors, whose level of detail of knowledge, determination and definition
increases with the progress of the stage of geological exploration. In the initial stages, the
introduction, processing and presentation of individual indicators of economic evaluation,
which are mostly of a natural character, and which are related to certain factors of economic
evaluation, which includes geoecological factors, dominate. Conducting geological exploration
through each subsequent stage, enables the collection of additional and more detailed data,
which relate to the subject deposit and the characteristics of the mineral raw material from the
ecological aspect. In this way, from the initial geoecological characteristics and basic definition
of the geoecological type of minerals, ores and deposits, through the continuation of
exploration and economic evaluation, geoecological characteristics are studied in several
stages through the impact of mineral raw materials and their treatment on environmental
media, then planning pollution prevention measures, sustainable use of the mineral raw
materials, defining environmental costs, their inclusion in the cost burden of the reserve unit, to
consider their impact on the balance of mineral reserves of the deposit and their commercial
profitability. In that way, the geoecological aspects, which are especially important in the
modern conditions of the functioning of the mineral sector and the mineral economy of Serbia,
are most fully known and studied at certain stages.
Keywords: geoecological factors, economic evaluation, mineral economy, mineral sector.
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Savremeni ekološki trend i zahtevi za prevencijom zagađenja i zaštitom životne sredine vezani
za metalične, nemetalične i energetske mineralne sirovine, nalažu posebnu pažnju u delu sa
analizom geoekoloških faktora ekonomske ocene rezultata geoloških istraživanja na
određenom istražnom području. Ekonomsku ocenu kao složeni sistem faktora i setova
pokazatelja odlikuje različit stepen detaljnosti i pouzdanosti u različitim stadijumima
istraživanja, upoznavanja i utvrđivanja karakteristika istraživanih mineralnih sirovina.
Višestadijumsko istraživanje i proučavanje mineralnih resursa, između ostalog, proističe iz
ekonomske potrebe obezbeđenja sigurnijeg rezultata investicionih ulaganja i smanjenja
pratećih rizika specifičnih za mineralni sektor i mineralnu ekonomiju. Istraživanje svakog
mineralnog ležišta odvija se prema određenim principima, među kojima je princip postupnosti.
Radi praktične primene ovog principa proces geoloških istraživanja se deli na više operacija i
stadijuma. Idući od početnih ka završnim stadijumima istraživanja raste stepen poznavanja i
proučenosti geološkog objekta istraživanja i na kraju rezultira definisanjem rudnog ležišta kao
konačnog ekonomskog objekta tržišne valorizacije mineralne sirovine.
Ekonomsku ocenu ležišta mineralnih sirovina, shodno postepenoj realizaciji geoloških
istraživanja, takođe odlikuje primena principa postupnosti. Ova postupnost znači da se za
ocenu ne čeka završetak svih geoloških istraživanja, već se ekonomska ocena vrši na kraju
svakog od stadijuma geoloških istraživanja. Navedeno znači vršenje ekonomske ocene, u
najpotpunijem procesno istraživačkom obliku, na kraju sledećih stadijuma: (a) regionalnih
metalogenetskih proučavanja; (b) prospekcijskih istraživanja; (c) prethodnih istraživanja; (d)
detaljnih istraživanja; i (e) eksploatacionih istraživanja. Ekonomska ocena, čiji su strukturni
elementi sistem faktora i setovi pokazatelja, na kraju različitih stadijuma istraživanja imaće
različit stepen detaljnosti i pouzdanosti. Među navedenim faktorima posebno značajno mesto
zauzimaju geoekološki faktori, čiji stepen detaljnosti poznavanja, utvrđivanja i definisanja sa
napredovanjem stadijuma geoloških istraživanja raste. U početnim stadijumima dominira
upoznavanje, obrada i prikaz pojedinačnih pokazatelja ekonomske ocene, koji pretežno imaju
naturalni karakter, a koji su vezani za određene faktore ekonomske ocene, što obuhvata i
geoekološke faktore. Sprovođenje geoloških istraživanja kroz svaki naredni stadijum,
omogućuje prikupljanje dodatnh i detaljnijih podataka, koji se odnose na predmetno ležište i
karakteristike mineralne sirovine sa ekološkog aspekta. Na taj način se od početnih
geoekoloških karakteristika i bazičnog definisanja geoekološkog tipa minerala, rude i ležišta,
kroz nastavak istraživanja i ekonomske ocene višestadijumski proučavaju geoekološke
karakteristike preko uticaja mineralnih sirovina i njihovog tretiranja na medijume životne
sredine, zatim planiranja mera prevencije zagađenja, održivog korišćenja predmetnih
mineralnih sirovina, definisanja ekoloških troškova, njihovog uključivanja u troškovno
opterećenje jedinice rezervi, do sagledavanja njihovog uticaja na bilansnost mineralnih rezervi
predmetnog ležišta i njihovu komercijalnu profitabilnost. Na taj način se najpotpunije po
pojedinim stadijumima upoznaju i proučavaju geoekološki aspekti, koji su naročito važni u
savremenim uslovima funkcionisanja mineralnog sektora i mineralne ekonomije Srbije.
Ključne reči: geoekološki faktori, ekonomska ocena, mineralna ekonomija, mineralni sektor.
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Scientific Veterinary Institute of Serbia, Auto put br. 3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Pesticides are omnipresent in our environment. They are applied to prevent, destroy
or control a large variety of pests ranging from insects to weeds. There are more than
a thousand different pesticides on the market that have different applications.
However, significant amounts of pesticide residues can also end up in food, water
and soil. Preparation and analysis of samples for the presence of pesticides in all
environmental matrices has always been a challenge. In today's society, the need to
expand food production to feed an increasing number of the population has led to the
increased use of a multitude of toxic pesticides in all countries of the world. Analysts
have had to keep up with techniques to measure low levels of these pesticides,
sometimes used indiscriminately for a wide variety of crops, including those for which
they were not intended. Therefore, great attention has been paid to the methods for
the analysis of pesticide traces, especially to the stages of adequate preparation, for
which the most important thing is to be fast, simple and efficient. The revolutionary
QuEChERS method was introduced in 2003 for the analysis of pesticide residues in
fruits and vegetables by Michelangelo Anastassiades. The technique of QuEChERS
(quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) has become one of the main
challenges and the basis for modifications and improvements of multiresidual,
multiclass pesticide analysis. Various new materials for the mentioned modern
method of preparation, which are being improved every day, enable great reliability in
the determination of pesticides.
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Naučni institut za veterinarstvo Srbije, Auto put br. 3, 11000 Beograd, Srbija
Ključne reči: rezidui pesticida, priprema uzoraka, QuEChERS metoda, novi materijali.
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In this paper, the basic functions of security management are viewed as assessing
security threats, challenges and risks, taking measures to eliminate dangers, and
establishing an organization that will be able to protect against all forms of
environmental threats. The aim of this paper is to determine the relationship between
the concepts of security management, environmental protection and sustainable
development. This goal has a theoretical and practical approach. There is a growing
awareness in the world that preserving environment is a civilizational obligation of
humanity. It was finally realized that for the survival of future generations one needs
to have a different attitude towards environment. In that sense, preservation of
environment - as a medium of birth, existence and development of people, animals
and plants - is an unavoidable factor of internal stability and security of a country. The
paper discusses the system of environmental protection, which consists of measures,
conditions and instruments for sustainable management, preservation of natural
balance, integrity, diversity and quality of natural values and conditions for survival of
all living beings, as well as prevention, control, reduction and recovery of all forms of
environmental pollution. The Law on Environmental Protection was also analyzed,
with an emphasis on the set of natural and created values whose complex
interrelationships make up the environment, i.e. space and living conditions, and the
quality of environment, which is the state of the environment expressed by physical,
chemical, biological, aesthetic and other indicators. Although environmental
protection is primarily an internal problem of every country and nation, pollution is
becoming an increasingly global problem today because radiation, biological or
chemical contamination, polluted air, rivers and seas, depleted ozone layer, etc. know
no borders.
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Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been met with surprise and unpreparedness,
although there are obvious signals that the virus, which originated in China, will
spread across the planet. The question that cares is whether life will ever be the
same again, after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11,
2020. All hopes are focused on mass immunization and the expectation that vaccines
will be resistant to new strains of the virus. COVID-19 has the following
characteristics: rarity in appearance, extremely high impact and significance, there is
a possibility of retrospective predictability. In modern literature, this phenomenon is
known as "Black Swan".
All three pillars that make the essence of sustainable development, which as a
concept began to lose importance, have undergone some kind of change, and over
time, this concept, which insists on the importance of economy and ecology, has
gained in importance, again. The impact of COVID-19 cannot be seen as a health,
economic, financial or social problem alone. Its actions as well as its consequences
are interdisciplinary.
The paradox is that the environment has experienced positive and negative
consequences due to the pandemic. If it is a matter of negative consequences, it is
about new, additional quantities of various waste, which have not endangered the
environment to such an extent so far. First of all, these are masks for the daily
protection of the population from the spread of the infection. These masks should be
changed several times a day, which affects the increase in the quantity of this type of
waste. These types of masks are made of plastic elements and are difficult to
decompose naturally and they are resistant to liquids. Most of this waste does not
end up in sanitary but in ordinary landfills, but in rivers and seas. Another problem is
plastic bottles that contain various liquids for disinfecting the skin, then rubber gloves
and various medical waste that is not treated in the way that is necessary before the
final destruction. A majority of medical waste of all kinds ends up in the environment.
The social problem is activities that have direct contact with a large number of people,
but also activities that are in intensive contact with medical waste, those that collect
garbage and deal with cleaning. A completely new problem is the consequences of
social distance, which will only be felt, because it is already evident that social
distance negatively affects the mental health of the population.
As it was pointed out, the pandemic had positive consequences, but only on the
environment. They concern the reduction of pollution, less intensity of the energy
sector because the economy, transport, i.e. the entire industry, has reduced or
changed the way it works. Then, biodiversity recovered, the seas and oceans were
purified, GHG emissions were reduced, and even the Earth's cooling was observed in
the short term (April 2020). After a long time, a significant reduction in the amount of
nitrogen dioxide PM2.5 particles in the air was observed. The question is whether
these positive effects can be prolonged after the pandemic.
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If the reduction of economic activity at the global level has had such positive
consequences for the environment, then it is necessary to establish forms of
economic production as soon as possible, which is characterized by a reduction in
the use of fossil fuels. The whole economy should be based on low-carbon
production. The economic channels through which COVID-19 affected with its domino
effect are in order: reduction of production and consumption of products and services,
shocks in the financial markets, decline in the real economy and imbalances in the
supply chain of consumers. This did not reflect well on foreign direct investment,
which recorded a declining trend compared to the previous year. All tertiary activities
are in an extremely difficult position. Special consequences are recorded in the
activities of tourism, passenger transport, restaurants and activities related to the
above.
To slow or stop this process, the governments of many countries have intervened.
Numerous documents have been adopted and regulations have been changed in
order to alleviate economic problems. During 2020, the governments of many
countries created monetary, fiscal and other financial measures and then adopted
accompanying policies to stop and mitigate the decline in economic activity
indicators.
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At a global level, tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the twenty-first century.
The development of tourism is mainly followed by overall economic and social progress, and
as a rule depends on numerous factors beyond its direct control. This especially refers to
international tourism, which shows great sensitivity to changes on the international market
and can be a result of economic and non-economic turbulences. In 2020, due to the COVID
19 pandemics, numerous limitations were imposed related to people’s mobility which led to
significant decline in international tourism.
This paper provides a review of effects of the COVID 19 pandemics in 2020 in comparison
to the previous period. The results of research show dramatic decrease of tourists’ mobility,
amounting 73.9% on a global level, which led to numerous negative effects of international
tourism on many national economies. The contribution of the paper includes suggestions for
decrease of such negative impacts on tourism of a country, which can be partly eliminated
by stimulating the development of domestic tourism.
Turizam predstavlja jednu od najbrže rastućih privrednih grana tokom XXI veka na
globalnom nivou. Razvoj turizma umnogome prati sveukupan ekonomski i društveni razvoj i
po pravilu zavisi od brojnih faktora koji su izvan njegove direktne kontrole. To se naročito
odnosi na međunarodni turizam, koji pokazuje veliku osetljivost na promene na
međunarodnom tržištu, koje mogu biti rezultat ekonomskih i neekonomskih turbulencija.
Tokom 2020.godine, usled pandemije COVID-19, u najvećem broju zemalja uvedena su
brojna ograničenja u pogledu kretanja ljudi, koja su dovela do značajnog pada
međunarodnog turizma.
U ovom radu je dat pregled efekata pandemije COVID-19 na rezultate međunarodnog
turizma u 2020.godini u odnosu na prethodni period. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju
dramatičan pad kretanja turista od 73,9% na globalnom nivou, što je dovelo do brojnih
negativnih efekata međunarodnog turizma po mnoge nacionalne ekonomije. Doprinos rada
se ogleda u pokušaju davanja konkretnih predloga za ublažavanje ovakvih negativnih
tendencija po turizam jedne zemlje, koji se može delimično otkloniti stimulisanjem razvoja
domaćeg turizma.
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The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can hardly be compared to any previous
crisis. The pandemic has changed the world we know overnight. The primary goal on a
global level has become the fight to preserve human life and health. The consequences
of that struggle were felt by the economy and the population around the world. Tourism
was no exception. At the very beginning of the pandemic, the United Nations World
Tourism Organization published an estimate that international tourism is expected to
have between 60 and 80% turnover in 2020 compared to 2019. Data from the
beginning of 2021 indicate that, unfortunately, they were right. All tourism sectors are
equally affected, including ecotourism. However, the movement restriction, ie travel, as
well as the reduction of economic activities have a positive effect on the conservation of
biodiversity and the reduction of pollution, which in the context of ecotourism can and
should be the backbone of its future development. The aggravating circumstance is that
we still do not know in what way this will end and what consequences it will have on
society. Making certain projections and plans for the post-covid period is still ungrateful,
but what can already be determined are certain principles on which the future
development of ecotourism would be based.
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Tourism has had an extremely favorable growth trend in the past few decades, although it
has constantly faced crises that have affected its development. Since the beginning of the
21st century, tourism has been affected by several significant crises that have caused a
decline in tourism turnover and revenue in the global tourism market. The greatest negative
effects were achieved under the influence of the health crisis caused by the presence of the
SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic can be seen as a health, environmental, economic and social
crisis and is directly related to the development of sustainable tourism and environmental
issues. After more than a year of a pandemic that has affected all aspects of our lives, the
question arises as to what travel will look like in the coming period?
The aim of this paper is to define, ie identify the socio-economic consequences caused by
the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with special reference to the development and
expansion of ecotourism, i.e. can ecotourism as a paradigm of sustainable development
save tourism in the post-COVID era?
Turizam je u proteklih nekoliko decenija imao izuzetno povoljnu tendenciju rasta, iako se
neprekidno suočavao sa krizama koje su uticale na njegov razvoj. Od početka XXI veka,
turistička delatnost je bila pod uticajem nekoliko značajnih kriza koje su prouzrokovale pad
turističkog prometa i prihoda na svetskom turističkom tržištu. Najveći negativni efekti
ostvareni su pod uticaje zdravstvene krize izazvane prisustvom virusa SARS-CoV-2 i
COVID-19 pandemije.
Pandemija virusa COVID-19 može se posmatrati kao zdravstvena, ekološka, ekonomska i
socijalna kriza i direktno je povezana sa razvojem održivog turizma i pitanjima zaštite
životne sredine. Posle više od godinu dana pandemije koja je uticala na sve aspekte našeg
života, nameće se pitanje kako će izgledati putovanja u narednom periodu?
Cilj ovog rada jeste da se definišu, odnosno identifikuju društveno-ekonomske posledice
izazvane prisustvom virusa SARS-CoV-2 sa posebnim osvrtom na razvoj i ekspaniziju
ekoturizma, tj. da li ekoturizam kao paradigma održivog razvoja može spasiti turizam u post-
COVID eri?
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Ključne reči: ekoturizam, globalni trendovi u turizmu, održivi turizam, zeleni turizam,
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The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the modern society in numerous ways, having
dramatic, far-reaching effects on people’s lives, and economies. Tourism is one of the
most affected sectors, experiencing the greatest impacts of the pandemic. However,
we need to analyse the extent of these impacts, the measures the Government has
taken to lessen these impacts, as well as the ways to overcome the effects of the
pandemic, and recover from the current crisis. Moreover, in order to strengthen the
sustainability and resilience of the tourism sector, two research questions should be
addressed. The first refers to key factors which could make the sector elastic enough
to bounce back after the COVID-19 crisis, and the second one refers to the ways the
tourism sector could use this crisis as an opportunity to take a more sustainable form.
This study discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism in the Zlatibor mountain
area in Serbia. In addition, the study observes the effects of the Government
initiatives and incentives created to promote the domestic tourism (ecotourism), and
mitigate the impact of the pandemic. The purpose of the study is to analyse the
current situation of ecotourism in Serbia and gain a better insight into this this type of
tourism, so as to provide the findings for its further recovery.
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In the recent past, there have been many initiatives that prevent the negative
consequences of tourism on the environment. Mass, which is the basic characteristic
of tourism, inevitably has a certain impact on economic, socio-cultural and natural
resources. In this sense, there has been the emergence of ecotourism, a selective
form of tourism based on natural values, focused on the learning experience,
ecological and socio-cultural sustainable development. The basic idea of sustainable
tourism development is to properly start the development of an economy that is not
harmful to the environment and is socially acceptable. Nowadays, marked by the
Covid-19 virus pandemic, tourism generally faces many challenges, and one of them
is the development of ecotourism. Namely, what characterizes tourism in the previous
year is the fact that the number of domestic tourists has significantly increased in
localities throughout the Republic of Serbia, since travel to other countries is
significantly limited. The sudden increase of tourists leads to the devastation of
certain resources, which does not fulfill the basic postulates of ecotourism. The aim of
this paper is to show how it is possible to develop ecotourism in the era of the Covid-
19 pandemic through the example of good practice. The case study of Lake Palić will
provide an insight into possible solutions to this problem.
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Wellness can be defined as engaging in activities, choices and lifestyles that lead to general
health. General health has its six dimensions: physical, mental, social, emotional, spiritual
health and natural environment. Continuous efforts are made to develop and maintain all
dimensions of general health. The work aims to explore the role of environmental factors in
wellness following the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the analysis of literature, the results of
the research were obtained. As many as 80% of the causes of our chronic diseases come
from our environment. The environment that affects our health consists of a natural, health
system and socio-economic system through the way we lead. The remaining 20% of factors
depend on genetic factors. They can also be initiated by the impact of environmental factors
and lead to the emergence of chronic diseases that our ancestors did not have. By making
healthy decisions, we can greatly influence the reduction of chronic and mental illnesses.
Measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have affected our living space to the level of
housing. Wellness needs to find answers and preserve our health in preparation for the
restoration of life after the end of the pandemic.
Wellnes možemo definisati kao bavljenje aktivnostima, izborima i načinom života koji
dovode do opšteg zdravlja. Opšte zdravlje ima svojih šest dimenzija: fizičko, mentalno,
socijalno, emocionalno, duhovno zdravlje i prirodno okruženje. Ostvaruje se kontinuiranim
naporima da se razvijaju i održavaju sve dimenzije opšteg zdravlja. Cilj rada je da se istraže
uloge ekoloških faktora u wellnes-u posle pandemije Covid-19. Kroz analizu literature
dobijeni su rezultati istraživanja. Čak 80% uzroka naših hroničnih bolesti dolazi iz naše
okoline. Okruženje koje utiče na naše zdravlje sastoji se od prirodnog, zdravstvenog sistema
i socio-ekonomskog sistema kroz način života koji vodimo. Preostalih 20% faktora zavise od
genetskih faktora. Oni takođe mogu biti inicirani negativnim uticajem faktora okoline i dovesti
do pojave hroničnih bolesti koje naši preci nisu imali. Donošenjem zdravih odluka možemo u
velikoj meri da utičemo na smanjenje hroničnih i mentalnih bolesti. Mere za suzbijanje
pandemije Covid-19 uticale su na to da se naš životni prostor svede na nivo stambenog
prostora. Wellness treba da pronađe odgovore i sačuva naše zdravlje radi pripreme se za
obnovu života po završetku pandemije.
Ključne reči: wellness, opšte zdravlje, Covid 19 pandemija, faktori okruženja, životni stil.
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4Faculty of Sports and Physical Education Leposavić, University of Pristina, Serbia
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sports, sports events and consequently sports
tourism were stopped for the first time in the history of mankind in the way we have
known it until today. Due to the risk of infection, social distancing was introduced in
order to protect society and reduce the infection rate, so that sports events are held
without spectators in the arenas. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to
urgent mobilization at the national, regional and international levels with drastic
measures, including quarantine and restricted movement measures, as well as the
closure of borders. Maintaining social distance can hardly be maintained while
watching or playing sports, as most sports involve contact and travel.
Sports tourism as a multi-billion-dollar industry has been hit hard. Most sporting
events were canceled or postponed during the peak of the pandemic due to
measures to combat COVID-19 around the world, such as travel bans and airport
closures. Many sports organizations went bankrupt and were left in financial trouble.
Some athletes have lost their source of income. The lack of spectators at sports
competitions has also affected some sporting events affected by the current
pandemic situation, such as the postponed Tokyo Olympics, football league matches,
golf, cricket, marathons, rugby and tennis. The management of the tourism sector, as
well as the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, with the application of
recommended security measures, is trying to find a solution for their maintenance,
bearing in mind that a huge amount of money was invested in Tokyo for the Olympic
Games minimizing losses.
Covid-19 has imposed a situation where it is necessary to consider and establish
future alternative intervention measures for similar pandemics and other disasters in
all areas, including sports tourism. Although the application of extraordinary security
measures is in force in a large number of countries, including Serbia, sports tourism
is realizing its full potential in the segment of mountain tourism, because it is obvious
that only sports activities in nature are considered safer for an individual's health. The
perspective of sustainable development of sports tourism should most likely be
sought in the potentials of sports tourism in nature in the desire to represent a
solution to the economic crisis of tourism itself.
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Sport, sportski događaji i posledično sportski turizam su zbog pandemije COVID -19
po prvi put u istoriji čovečanstva zaustavljeni na način kako smo ga poznavali do
danas. Zbog rizika od infekcije uvedeno je socijalno distanciranje radi zaštite društva i
smanjenja stope zaraze, tako da se sportski događaji održavaju bez gledaoca u
arenama. Širenje pandemije COVID-19 je dovela do hitne mobilizacije na
nacionalnom, regionalnom i međunarodnom nivou sa drastičnim merama, uključujući
mere karantina i ograničenog kretanja, kao i zatvaranje granica. Držanje socijalne
distance se teško može održati tokom gledanja ili bavljenja sportom, jer većina
sportskih grana podrazumeva kontakt i putovanja.
Sportski turizam kao privredna grana vredna više milijardi dolara teško je pogođena.
Većina sportskih događaja otkazana je ili odložena tokom vrhunca pandemije zbog
mera suzbijanja COVID -19 širom sveta, kao što su zabrane putovanja i zatvaranje
aerodroma. Mnoge sportske organizacije su bankrotirale i prepuštena finansijskoj
nevolji. Pojedini sportisti su izgubili izvor prihoda. Nedostatak publike na sportskim
nadmetanjima je takođe uticao da su pojedini sportski događaji pogođeni aktuelnom
pandemijskom situacijom, poput odloženih Olimpijskih igara u Tokiu, mečeva
fudbalske lige, golfa, kriketa, maratona, ragbija i tenisa. Menadžment turističkog
sektora, kao i Organizacionog odbora Olimpijskih igara, uz primenu preporučenih
bezbedonosnih mera, pokušava da iznađe rešenje za njihovo održavanje imajući u
vidu da je u Tokio uložen ogroman novac u svrhu održavanja Olimpijskih igara, kako
bi se povratio deo uloženog novca, odnosno smanjili gubici.
COVID-19 je nametnuo situaciju gde je neophodno da se razmotre i uspostave
buduće alternativne mere intervencije za slične pandemije i druge katastrofe u svim
oblastima, pa tako i u oblasti sportskog turizma. Iako je u velikom broju država, pa i u
Srbiji na snazi primena vanrednih bezbedonosnih mera, sportski turizam svoj puni
potencijal ostvaruje u segmentu planinskog turizma, jer očigledno je da se jedino
sportske aktivnosti u prirodi smatraju bezbednijim po zdravlje pojedinca. Perspektivu
održivog razvoja sportskog turizma najverovatnije treba tražiti u potencijalima
sportskog turizma u prirodi u želji da predstavljaju rešenje za ekonomsku krizu samog
turizma.
Ključne reči: sport, sportski događaj, sportski turizam, COVID-19, održivi razvoj.
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Having in mind the growing importance and role that ICT have in improving the
quality of the tourist offer, it is very important that employees in the tourism industry
constantly monitor the trends of change in this area and to continuously train and
improve in this technological sphere.
The aim of research is to point out the importance and possibilities of applying
information and communication technologies (ICT) in tourism enterprises as a factor
in improving quality the tourist offer.
This paper is part of a research project of the MPNTR RS, no. 046001.
Imajući u vidu sve veći značaj i ulogu koju IKT imaju u poboljšanju kvaliteta turističke
ponude, veoma je važno da zaposleni u turističkoj industriji neprestano prate
trendove promena u ovoj oblasti i da kontinuirano treniraju i usavršavaju se u ovoj
tehnološkoj sferi.
Cilj istraživanja je da se ukaže na značaj i mogućnosti primene informaciono-
komunikacionih tehnologija (IKT) u turističkim preduzećima kao faktora za
poboljšanje kvaliteta turističke ponude.
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The paper analyses the concept of green economy in the case of Iceland, as well as
its importance for the development of tourism sector in this country. Over the past few
years, researchers have been keeping a close eye on the determinants that have
driven the rapid development of tourism in Iceland, with a growth rate that was the
highest in Europe in 2017. Many studies have shown that the main motive for
international tourists to visit Iceland were the nature and the landscape, which speaks
in favour of the great importance of nature-based tourism. In order to demonstrate its
significance, the paper analyses the tourism contribution to Icelandic economy and
presents recent findings about its effects on country’s employment and other
industries.
U radu se analizira koncept zelene ekonomije u slučaju Islanda, kao i njegov značaj
za razvoj turističkog sektora u ovoj zemlji. Tokom poslednjih nekoliko godina,
istraživači su pažljivo pratili determinante koje su pokretale brzi razvoj turizma na
Islandu, sa stopom rasta koja je bila najviša u Evropi u 2017. Mnoga istraživanja su
pokazala da su glavni motivi za međunarodne turiste koji su posetili Island bil priroda i
pejzaž, što govori u prilog velikog značaju turizma baziranog na prirodi. Da bi se
demonstrirao značaj turizma, rad analizira njegov doprinos islandskoj ekonomiji i
predstavlja nedavna saznanja o efektima turizma na zapošljavanje u zemlji i na druge
industrije.
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The increase in ecotourism popularity at a global level, during the last several decades, one
can attribute to the increased human concern for the environment; in particular, the state of
natural resources. This type of thematic tourism has become more important in tourist
industry world-wide. It has been known, for a long time, that rail is the most appropriate type
of transportation in terms of enevironmental protection, and, it can significantly contribute to
the development of ecotourism in vast rural and borderlands. For developing countries, like
Serbia, ecotourism is an opportunity for accelerating economic development of rural areas
without disturbance in their original enevironment. The aim of this paper is to assess current
conditions and formulate measures to faster development of ecotourism in Eastern Serbia,
based on larger share of rail in tourist travels to destinations in this area. It is shown, based
on conducted analysis, that the revival of rail transportation could allow a better use of
natural, cultural and histroical potential for faster development of ecotourism in this area.
Keywords: ecotourism, railway tourism, Eastern Serbia, natural values, rail infrastructure
revitalization.
Rast popularnosti ekoturizma na globalnom planu, tokom minulih nekoliko decenija, može
se pripisati većoj zabrinutosti ljudi za stanje životne sredine; posebno sa stanovišta zaštite
prirodnih resursa. Ovaj vid tematskog turizma postaje sve značajniji u turističkoj industriji
širom sveta. Poznato je da železnica, s druge strane, najpogodnije sredstvo prevoza sa
stanovišta zaštite životne sredine, te da može značajno doprineti razvoju turizma u
prostranim ruralnim i pograničnim krajevima. Za zemlje u razvoju, poput Srbije, ekoturizam
je mogućnost za ubrzanje razvoja ovakvih oblasti bez poremećaja u životnoj sredini. Cilj
istraživanja u ovom radu je procena postojećeg stanja i iznalaženje mera za razvoj
ekoturizma u istočnoj Srbiji, zasnovanom na većem učešću železnice u kretanjima turista
prema turističkim destinacijama u ovoj oblasti. Na osnovu izložene analize je pokazano da bi
ponovno uspostavljanje železničkog saobraćaja moglo omogućiti bolje iskorišćenje prirodnih
i kulturno-istorijskih potencijala u razvoju ekoturizma u ovoj oblasti.
Ključne reči: ekoturizam, železnički prevoz, istočna Srbija, prirodne vrednosti, revitalizacija
železničke infrastrukture.
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Modern, demanding touristic trends indicate that more and more people are turning to a
healthy lifestyle and returning to nature. This fact represents a significant development
opportunity for unutilized potential of rural areas of Serbia. Stara Planina, as an area like
this, has ascending evolving trend in tourism in recent years. This is supported by data on
the growth of tourist traffic and state capital investments in this area. Having in mind rural
tourism potential, there is a great possibility for development in this area, especially today,
during the global pandemic, when the demand for healthy and preserved natural
environments is constantly increasing. In order to Stara Planina become recognizable as a
healthy tourism destination, it is necessary to emphasize the significance of its rural tourist
potential. Consequently, the article points out the possibilities of exploiting the natural
potential of Stara Planina, as well as the importance of applying marketing activities in order
to improve the tourist potential of this area.
Savremeni trendovi turističke tražnje ukazuju da se sve više ljudi okreće zdravom načinu
života i povratku prirodi. Ta činjenica predstavlja značajnu razvojnu šansu za neiskorišćene
potencijale u ruralnim područjima Srbije. Stara planina, kao jedno takvo područje, nalazi se
poslednjih godina na uzlaznoj liniji turističkog razvoja. U prilog tome govore podaci o porastu
turističkog prometa i kapitalnim ulaganjima države na ovom prostoru. Imajući u vidu izvorne
turističke potencijale, mogućnosti za razvoj turizma na ovom području su velike, što posebno
dolazi do izražaja danas, u vreme svetske pandemije, kada se konstantno povećava tražnja
za zdravim i očuvanim prirodnim sredinama. Da bi Stara planina postala prepoznatljiva kao
zdrava turistička destinacija neophodno je posebno istaći značaj njenog izvornog turističkog
potencijala. Shodno tome, u radu se ukazuje na mogućnosti iskorišćavanja prirodnih
potencijala Stare planine, kao i na značaj primene marketing aktivnosti u cilju unapređenja
turističkog potencijala ovog područja.
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Due to a significant drop in tourist demand, limited movement of people, closing the borders
of many states, airlines began to cancel and reduce the number of flights, and the frequency
of land traffic is also significantly reduced. The closure of hotels, travel agencies, and catering
facilities has caused great economic damage to cities, countries and companies around the
world, from which the recovery process will be extremely long. However, a comparative
analysis of studies and reports during the period of COVID-19, in the period from February to
June 2020, the positive impact of the pandemic on the environment and sustainable
development has been noticed. In countries such as China, Italy, Serbia, the improvement
and quality of the air is dominant, as well as water, flora and fauna, that are recovering from
pollution. The quantities of waste, excessive hunting and fishing, and disturbance of nature’s
harmony have been reduced.
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity for critical reflection in terms
of the positive impact that the pandemic has had on the preservation of the environment,
which is one of the main tasks of sustainable development.
Usled velikog pada turističke tražnje, ograničenog kretanja ljudi, zatvaranja granica mnogih
država, aviokompanije su počele da ukidaju i smanjuju broj letova, a takođe je i frekvencija
kopnenog saobraćaja značajno smanjena. Zatvaranje hotela, turističkih agencija i
ugostiteljskih objekata donelo je veliku ekonomsku štetu gradovima, zemljama i kompanijama
širom sveta, od koje će proces oporavka biti izuzetno dug. Međutim, uporednom analizom
studija i izveštaja tokom perioda COVID-19, u periodu od februara do juna 2020. godine,
primećen je pozitivan uticaj pandemije na životnu sredinu i održivi razvoj. U zemljama poput
Kine, Italije, Srbije evidentno je poboljšanje kvaliteta vazduha, vode, očuvanosti flore i faune
koje se oporavljaju od zagađenja. Smanjene su količine otpada, prekomerni lov i ribolov i
narušavanje harmonije u prirodnim sistemima.
Kriza izazvana pandemijom COVID-19 prilika je za kritičko promišljanje u smislu pozitivnog
uticaja koji je pandemija imala na očuvanje životne sredine, što je jedan od glavnih zadataka
održivog razvoja.
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It is in the nature of every human to consume the food that nature has given him in
the immediate environment. Organically produced food represents an exceptional
potential for the development of various specific forms of tourism, especially
ecotourism. Modern tourists who have developed awareness of the ecological
environment are less and less willing to consume food that is not produced in a
health-safe way. If we look at the different effects of the pandemic on the entire
population, it can be clearly concluded how important the health of each individual is,
which can be preserved or enhanced by consuming quality and safe food. The aim of
this paper is to point on the improvement and mass production and representation of
organic gastronomic products in the development of ecotourism, which represent a
significant potential in both the agricultural and tourism sectors.
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Mihajlo Stanković
National Conservation Movement, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
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A total of about 1,200 species of invertebrates have been recorded in the Zasavica
reserve so far, of which rare, endangered, endemic and new species are important
from the aspect of science and profession. From the aspect of the profession, the
presence of the so-called "living fossils" (Lepidurus apus, Triops cancriformis,
Chirocephalus brevipalpis), 540 million years old, is significant, as well as colonies of
Spongillia lacuster and some underground amphipods that indicate pure unpolluted
water. Entomofauna makes up the largest part of registered invertebrates, among
which there are rare, endemic and significant species. A large number of invertebrate
species in the reserve are on the European Red List or are on the list of priority
species Habitat of the EU Directive or on the list of priority species for Natura 2000.
As we can see the invertebrate fauna of the reserve is very rich in species. of
microscopic dimensions, living in water or on and in soil. All species are important
from the aspect of science and profession, while tourists are little or almost unknown.
Certainly, visitors are often attracted by insects of bright (vivid) colors or large bodies.
Insects are certainly the most famous group of invertebrates that most visitors
recognize at least to the group to which they belong if not to the species itself, while
other invertebrates tourists recognize only to a certain group of organisms such as
spiders, snails, shellfish, earthworms, leeches, crabs, etc. the number of those who
can recognize them up to the rank of the genus or species of these groups. Out of 20
species of fish in the Zasavica watercourse, 6 are endangered species, and the most
important inhabitant is Umbra krameri, for which Zasavica is one of the three habitats
in Serbia. The most interesting species for tourists-fishermen are Esox lucius, Tinca
tinca, Carassius carasius, Carassius auratus and others. The ornithofauna of the
reserve has 216 bird species and for some bird species Zasavica is one of the few
remaining nesting habitats in NW Macva and is located on the migration corridor.
With the realization of some projects, some extinct species have returned (white-
tailed eagle, black kite, swan humpback, buckthorn, etc.). Birds are very common
objects of observation in nature and attract the attention of visitors. Whether it is a
walk or a voyage around the reserve, birds are something we will always see, and on
average, 20-30 different species of birds can be seen daily. Many small, tiny singers
go unnoticed while large ones become objects of observation. The most frequently
observed species by visitors in the reserve are Fulica atra, Ardea cinerea, Nycticorax
nycticorax, Buteo buteo, Haliaetus albicila, Circus aeruginosus, Ardea purpurea,
Ciconia ciconia and others. Of the 65 mammal species in Zasavica, 5 are
endangered in Europe. Theriofauna of the reserve, even if it is rich in species, is
interesting for visitors: two species of Lutra lutra and Castor fiber, which are nocturnal
and difficult to see. Precisely through one such way of getting to know Zasavica, such
as hiking in nature, photo safaris, birdwatching, sightseeing of water reserves with a
well-designed program, the idea of protecting such ecosystems can be affirmed.
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Mihajlo Stanković
Pokret gorana, Sremska Mitrovica, Srbija
Ekoturizam je danas sve atraktivniji vid turističkog kretanja, otvara nove destinacije
potrebne savremenom turisti. Da bi postigao određeni cilj potrebno je da postoji
saradnja između prostornih planera, konzervatora-zaštitara, turizmologa i društva u
celini. Specijalni rezervat prirode Zasavica je jedan od 98 rezervata u Srbiji. Pod
zaštitom države je od 1997. godine i članica je EUROPARC federacije, Ramsarsko je
područje i uvršćen je u IPA, IBA, PBA Međunarodno značajna područja. Razvoj
održivog turizma na Zasavici uz pravilno sprovođenje može biti višestruko koristan sa
ekonomske strane a sa druge strane i konzervaciono opravdan jer ne ugrožava
specijski i ekosistemski diverzitet rezervata. Održivi turizam može u edukativnom
smislu ukazivati na značaj zaštitene prirode i tako širiti ekološku ideju koja postaje
sve aktuelnija. Dosadašnja istraživanja rezervata pokazuju da je konstatovano oko
650 vrsta algi, 300 vrsta makromiceta, 680 vrsta biljaka, preko 1200 vrsta
invertebrata (i to Insecta (Heteroptera 218, Curculionidae 98, Carabidae 72,
Lepidoptera 69, Orthoptera 47, Odonata 47, Adephaga 47, Formicide 31,
Cerambycidae 30, Coccinelidae 17, Hymenoptera 11, Diptera 10, Chrysomelidae 8,
sa 6 vrsta imamo kod Fam.Cicadelidae i Scarabaeidae, Cetonidae 5, Tenebrionidae
4, po 3 vrste imamo kod Fam. Symphita, Staphylionidae, Meloidae, Melolonthidae i
Cantharidae, a po 2 vrste imamo kod Fam. Histeridae, Lucanidae, Lampiridae i kod
reda Dermoptera, dok po 1 vrsta imamo kod Fam Buprestidae, Silvanidae,
Pyrochroidae, Mecoptera, Mantoidea i Cleridae). Aranidae 104, Anelidae
(Hidudinidae 5, Lumbricidae 20), Hidroacarine 3, Molusca (Gastropoda 37, Bivalvia 3,
Stylommatophora - Arionoide 3), Crustacea sa zooplanktonom 210, Myriapoda 17,
Nematomorpha 1, Opiliones 3) itd, riba 20 vrsta, ptica 216 vrsta i sisara 65 vrsta. Od
ukupno 300 vrsta makromiceta prisutno je šest vrsta gljiva(Agaricus xanthodermus,
Amanita phalloides, Hericium erinaceum, Meripilus giganteus, Phallus impudicus i
Geastrum nanum) koje se nalaze na Evropskoj crvenoj listi Gljive svojim oblikom,
veličinom i bojom privlače posetioce, poput rodova Geastrum sp., Morchella sp.,
Xylaria sp., Auricularia sp., Coprinus sp., Ganoderma sp.,Verpa sp., Peziza sp.,
Polyporus sp., Ramaria sp., Scleroderma sp.,i dr. Flora rezervata ukupno broji 680
vrsta među konstatovanim vrstama imamo retkih, ugroženih i reliktnih vrsta.
Najznačajniji nalaz u flori rezervata je biljka Aldrovanda vesiculosa nađena 2005.
godine za koju je Zasavica za sad jedino dokazano stanište u Srbiji. Za većinu
posetilaca ove navedene vrste su manje poznate ili gotovo nepoznate, tako da ono
što posetioci prepoznaju i čemu se dive su Nuphar luteum, Nymphaea alba,
Phragmites communis, Iris sp., i mnoge druge kosmopolitske vrste koje prepoznaju
do roda (npr. vrba, topola, hrast, detelina, brest, ljubičica, šipak-divlja ruža, jasen
hajdučka trava, mlečika, nana,.....).
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Bojan Živadinović
University Singidunum, Belgrade, Serbia
People and their daily needs are changing the world. Tourism, with its constituent
parts – including dining at a destination and the increasing frequency of eating out
with the locals – has led to a rapid increase in the number of restaurants in the world.
Traditional restaurants have become some of the largest consumers of resources
(electricity, water), but at the same time, significant pollutants (wastewater,
emissions, etc.). An alternative to these restaurants are eco-restaurants, the number
of which is growing worldwide. There are few restaurants of this type in Serbia. The
aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of the need for sustainable
development in the restaurant industry. Consequently, positive environmental
practices and rational use of resources in the world should be implemented in the
restaurant business in Serbia.
Bojan Živadinović
Univerzitet Singidunum, Beograd, Srbija
Ključne reči: održivi turizam, eko-restorani, organska hrana, zaštita životne sredine,
zeleni turista.
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the current research regarding the effects of
coronavirus pandemic on ecotourism and particularly the wildlife tourism, in order to
provide a significant cognitive basis that can be used for further studies. Literature
review is applied as the most dominant scientific method in the paper. It was based on
research studies dealing with different positive and negative effects in ecotourism that
are directly or indirectly caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The main arguments in
favour of positive impact of pandemic in tourism sector are concerning the
environmental consequences that came as a result of limitations in human contacts and
industrial activities. However, the majority of researchers recognised negative effects in
ecotourism and wildlife protection, caused by reductions in income and employment.
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We are witnessing a time when the COVID-19 pandemic with its presence affects the
daily life of an individual, and thus sports as an activity that people are engaged in.
However, although many authors have dealt with the issue of COVID-19 from the
aspect of sports, having in mind the fact that sport is a complex phenomenon, a lot of
space is left for further research on their connection, ie the impact of COVID-19 on
sport. In this exploratory research, given that it takes place in the current pandemic, in
real time, a descriptive, mostly qualitative and critical analysis of the content of publicly
available, official and published data and scientific papers was applied, which could
clearly achieve the formulated goal of research. The topic is unquestionable and is
dictated by the reality in which we live. The subject of this research relates to the impact
of COVID-19 on the future of sport, its sustainable development, ie. recovery. The aim
of the research is a comprehensive understanding of the problems and dimensions of
the current pandemic COVID-19 in the function of sustainable development of sports.
Starting from the subject and goal of the research, research questions were defined,
and the results of the research indicate that the perspective of school and top sports is
at a worrying level with the efforts of line associations, while the segment of recreational
sports can be maintained at the same level with reorientation and focus to engage in
outdoor activities. So far, it has not been noticed that sports development strategies
have been redefined. A number of decrees, recommendations, etc. have been passed
which states that at this moment, COVID-19 is still being considered, as a transient
problem, where after the end of the pandemic, it would return to the already existing
strategies of development and sustainability.
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Vojkan Bižić
Marketing in the sport of children with special needs gives a particularly challenging task
to anyone who wants to research this topic, whether it be economists, ecologists,
defectologists, professors of physical culture and many other researchers. This is a
particular challenge for economics professionals to show the connection between
marketing, especially sports marketing and encouraging children with special needs to
acquire knowledge about the importance of environmental protection for their livelihood,
work and sports through their sports activities. The aim of the paper is to point out the
possible application of marketing in sports in the youngest population. The results of the
paper answer the question of how diverse integrated marketing channels of
communication can contribute to the fact that such a specific population engages in sports
today and develops an ecological world about the importance of the environment for
sports.
Keywords: sports, marketing in sports, children with special needs, ecology, environ-
mental protection
.
Vojkan Bižić
Marketing u sportu dece sa posebnim potrebama, daje posebno izazovan zadatak pred
svakoga ko želi da se bavi istraživanjem ove teme bilo da se radi o ekonomistima,
ekolozima, defektolozima, profesorima fizičke kulture kao i mnogim drugim istraživačima.
Ovo je poseban izazov za stučnjake ekonomske struke, da pokažu vezu marektinga,
posebno marketinga u sportu i podsticanja dece sa posebnim potrebama da kroz
bavljenje sportskim aktivnostima stiču znanja o značaju očuvanja životne sredine za
njihov život, rad i bavljenje sportom. Cilj rada je da se ukaže na moguću primenu
marketinga u sportu kod najmlađe populacije. Rezultati rada daju odgovor na pitanje kako
raznovrsni integrisani marketinški kanali komunicranja mogu da doprinesu da se i ovako
specifična populacija bavi sportom danas i razvije ekološku svet o značaju životne sredine
za bavljenje sportom.
Ključne reči: sport, marketing u sportu, deca sa posebnim potrebama, ekologija, zaštita
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Section 4
FINANCIAL ASPECTS
Sekcija 4
FINANSIJSKI ASPEKT
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Ass. Prof. Dr. Mašan Ercegović1, Ass. Prof. Dr. Dragan Živković2
1MB University, Belgrade, Serbia
2ALFA BK University, Belgrade, Serbia
"No man is an island” (Don, 1624). It is not necessary to be a scientist and conclude
by analogy that it is not a single state, also, COVID-19 unquestionably confirmed it. It
is only necessary that "those who decide" respect that. Covid-19, some say, has
accelerated, others that has revealed, the economic collapse of the world economy
based on the concept of neoliberal capitalism and marked the beginning of the end of
the era of globalism. Wrong.
Economic imbalances in the world economy, especially in the area of financial debts,
both public and private, generated primarily by an unprecedented amount of dollars
from the primary emission, and then also of euros, all under the guise of an economic
measure called - quantitative easing, then enormous disproportion in the distribution
income between income from capital and income from labor, inadequate fiscal policy
in the field of income in favor of the rich, open war in the field of energy supply, etc.
confirms that everything was clear and well known even before the appearance of
covid-19. This, after all, can be easily deduced from the fact that the chairman of the
WEF (World Economic Forum), Klaus Schwab, announced the annual theme for
2021 in his address on June 3 last year: "The Great Reset", which promotes entering
on the stage of the global agenda. to restructure the world economy in line with the
interests of big business.
From this, it is logicaally concluded that Covid-19 served only as a fig leaf to impose
new world rules and economic measures in accordance with the interests and needs
of large, primarily financial corporations, which should implement a new digital
economy called "Industrial Revolution 4.0". based on information technology, artificial
intelligence, robotics, renewable energy sources, minimum universal income, etc.,
generally high technologies and thus again ensure the dominance of the same
"players" on a global level. Small states and small economies are and will be in a
particularly unfavorable situation, so the importance of the quality and scope of
economic policies, especially the management of public finances, is extremely
important.
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„Ni jedan čovek nije ostrvo“ (Don, 1624). Nije neophodno biti naučnik pa zaključiti po
analogiji da to nije ni jedna država, takodje, COVID-19 je to neupitno razrešio.
Neophodno je samo da, „oni koji odlučuju“ to i uvaže. Covid-19 je, kažu neki ubrzao,
drugi opet, razotkrio, ekonomski kolaps svetske privrede zasnovane na konceptu
neoliberalnog kapitalizma i označio početak kraja ere globalizma. Pogrešno.
Ekonomski disbalansi svetske ekonomije, posebno u oblasti finansijskih dugova kako
javnih tako i privatnih, generisanih pre svega nezapamćenom količinom dolara iz
primarne emisije, a potom isto tako i evra, sve pod plaštom ekonomske mere
nazvane - kvantitativno popuštanje, zatim,enormna disproporcija u raspodeli
ostvarenog dohotka izmedju prihoda od kapitala i prihoda od rada, neadekvatna
fiskalna politika u oblasti dohodaka u korist bogatih, otvoreni rat u oblasti
snabdevanja energentima i sl. potvrdjuje da je sve bilo belodano jasno i poznato i pre
pojave COVID-19. To se, uostalom, može lako zaključiti iz činjenice da je
predsedavajući WEF-a (Svetskog ekonomskog foruma) Klaus Švab već trećeg juna
prošle godine u svom obraćanju najavio godišnju temu za 2021: „Veliki reset“, kojom
se promoviše stupanje na scenu globalne agende za restrukturisanje svetske
ekonomije u skladu sa interesima krupnog kapitala.
Iz ovoga se, prirodno zaključuje da je Covid-19, poslužio samo kao smokvin list za
nametanje novih svetskih pravila i ekonomskih mera u skladu interesima i potrebama
krupnog, prevashodno finansijskog kapitala, koje treba da implementiraju novu
digitalnu ekonomiju nazvanu „industrijska revolucija 4.0“, zasnovanu na informacionoj
tehnologiji,veštačkoj intelegenciji, robotizaciji, obnovljivim izvorima energije,
minimalnom univerzalnom dohotku, generalno visokim tehnologijama i tako iznova
obezbedi dominaciju istih „igrača“ na globalnom nivou.
Male države i male ekonomije su i biće u posebno nepovoljnoj situaciji, pa je značaj
kvaliteta i obuhvata ekonomske politike, posebno menadžmenta javnim finansijama
od izuzetne važnosti.
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Financial globalization has been proceeding at a rapid pace in recent years. Several
industrial trends and market conditions have shaped the strategic direction and the
need to digitize services in the financial sector. Greater demand for products and
solutions and an increasingly complex economic system mean that financial
institutions must offer a wider range of investment strategies and instruments. So
what does digitalization mean in financial services? And how should financial
institutions deal with building an optimal digital landscape?
Financial companies are thinking of doing more than just responding to regulatory
reform and investing in digital capabilities as a sustainable solution to meet strategic
initiatives. While traditional revenue streams strive to remain profitable, financial
companies are turning to digitalization, not only as a means to increase profitability
and business efficiency, but also as a platform for developing additional products and
services with a high degree of automation. These market trends are based on a
paradigm shift in analytics from an approach based on a real-time self-service
analysis model, implying that information is always current and available, especially in
the areas of customer service and engagement, cross-selling, fraud detection and
risk management.
In the banking industry, technologies break down barriers and open doors for new
financial service providers. Many banks recognize this inevitability. But what does
building a truly digital bank mean? Banks need to understand what the digital
revolution means to them based on their specific strategy and willingness to compete
in the digital arena. Their efforts must be strategic in order to achieve the desired
business goals with available capital and within an acceptable time frame.
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In the past few years a technological revolution has been in process with the growth
of digitalized markets. The digital era followed by the fourth industrial revolution, as
well as the current COVID-19 pandemic, led to the rapid spread of digital
technologies in all spheres of life and business.
The accounting industry needs to change because of digital technologies, just like
other industries. Some examples of digital tools are: new accounting software,
network solutions or cloud accounting, blockchain, big data, etc. Digitalization will
affect the development of accounting profession. Accountants should be ready for
automation and that requires specific and new knowledge and skills of account-
tants. The aim of this paper is to analyze and systematize the key challenges that
digitalization brings for the accounting profession. Research is based on the review
of relevant and available professional and academic literature.
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Ključne reči: zaštita životne sredine, izveštavanje, regulativa, ekološki uticaji, ekološke
performanse.
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"Green finances" mainly refer to the process of respecting environmental and social
aspects when making investment decisions, which leads to increased investment in
long-term and sustainable activities and thus economic growth and development of
the business environment in accordance with global nomenclatures of global
sustainable development. Specifically, environmental considerations relate to climate
change mitigation and adaptation, and more broadly to the environment and
associated risks (e.g., natural disasters). Social considerations can address issues of
inequality, inclusiveness, labor relations, investment in human capital and
communities.
The management of public and private institutions, including governance structures,
employee relations and executive compensation, plays a fundamental role in
ensuring that social and environmental aspects are included in the decision-making
process.
In this paper, we empirically analyze the relationship between financialization and
sustainable environment through the relationship between investment and economic
growth, starting from the experiences of post-transition countries to the analysis of
regulations by which the EU organizes European integration processes and
implements its new "green financial policy".We use a panel regression model for
empirical analysis.
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A business whose sole goal is to make a profit without caring about society, the
environment, and stakeholders can not be sustainable in the long run. For this reason, an
increasing number of companies are incorporating the concept of corporate social
responsibility into their business strategies. Among them, the notable place belongs to the
NIS group.
The traditional financial reporting system, which is mainly based on quantitative
information, is not able to adequately respond to the information requirements of
stakeholders when it comes to information on socially responsible and sustainable
business operations of companies. Growing awareness of the need to preserve the
environment and address social issues is putting pressure on companies to increase their
responsibility to the environment and improve the quality of sustainable development.
Poslovanje čiji je jedini cilj sticanje profita bez brige o društvu, okolini i stejkholderima, ne
može biti dugoročno održivo. Iz tog razloga sve veći broj kompanija u svoje poslovne
strategije inkorporira koncept korporativne društvene odgovornosti. Među njima zapaženo
mesto pripada NIS grupi.
Tradicionalni sistem finansijskog izveštavanja, koji se pretežno zasniva na kvantitativnim
informacijama, nije u mogućnosti da na adekvatan način odgovori na informacione
zahteve stejkholdera kada su u pitanju informacije o društveno odgovornom i održivom
poslovanju kompanija. Rastuća svest o potrebi očuvanja životne sredine i rešavanju
socijalnih pitanja stvara pritisak na kompanije da povećaju svoju odgovornost prema
okruženju i unaprede kvalitet izveštavanja o održivom razvoju. Svrha ovog rada je da
istraži vezu između izveštavanja o zaštiti životne sredine i održivog razvoja.
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Climate change and environmental degradation are threats to the survival of Europe
and the world. Food production is mostly affected by such challenges, and, at the
same time, it is an existential need of the entire human race, spatially everywhere,
and temporally, always. In addition, the food sector is an essential part of the process
of environmental protection and of building a chain of circular economy. Rural areas
will play a vital role in achieving green transitions. The volume of the EU-27
agricultural industry is shown by the fact that it created gross value added in 2019,
slightly less than the GDP of Greece. Based on the state of the environmental
infrastructure in the Republic of Serbia, it is estimated that the total costs, for fulfilling
all the “acquis communautaire" in this area, will be around 10.6 billion euros for the
period until 2030. Allocations for environmental protection in Serbia do not exceed
0.25% of GDP per year, while most strategic documents were adopted 15 years ago,
which shows how poor the situation is in this area. A significant part of the activities to
meet the requirements of the negotiating chapter 27 must be played with the process
of "greening" food production. That is why huge financial resources are needed,
which Serbia does not have at its disposal. The EU has developed a Common
Agricultural Policy for the period 2021-2027 in which the emphasis is on the
development of rural areas and structural changes necessary for the implementation
of the European Green Agreement (Green deal). Rural areas will play a vital role in
achieving green transitions. This can be done by turning climate and environmental
challenges into opportunities, making the transition fair and inclusive for all. The EU
will continue to provide significant support to Serbia through the IPARD program,
intended to strengthen the competitiveness of the food production and processing
sector, and to help adjust to EU standards in the areas of high hygiene, food safety,
veterinary and environmental protection, and diversify of rural economies. The paper
presents financial and other indicators of the situation in agriculture in Serbia and
looks at Serbia’s place among the surrounding countries. The possibilities of
financing "green food production" from national and European funds are analyzed
and models are given for more efficient use of EU funds and for easier
accomplishment of goals that should achieve the realization of project ideas, which
the EU sets for its grants.
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Sekcija 5
PRAVNI I DRUŠTVENO-EKONOMSKI
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The principle of equal access to justice immanently implies the unquestionable right
of everyone to equal protection of their own rights in proceedings before courts or
other judicial bodies. This principle is also included in the European Convention for
the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter:
Convention), ratified in Serbia in 2004, as well as in the current Constitution of the
Republic of Serbia. In Article 14 of the Convention it is stipulated that the enjoyment
of the rights and freedoms provided for in the Convention shall be ensured without
discrimination on any grounds, such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political
or other opinion, national or social origin, affiliation with a social minority, property,
birth, or other status. Exceptionally, under exceptional circumstances, derogation is
allowed in time of war or other public emergency threatening the survival of the
nation, in which case each High Contracting Party may take measures derogating
from its obligations under the Convention to the extent strictly required by the
exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with its
other obligations under international law (Article 15, paragraph 1 of the Convention).
The non-discrimination is explicitly prescribed by the provision of Article 21 of the
Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. Before the Constitution and the law, everyone
is equal and, accordingly, everyone is entitled to equal legal protection, without
discrimination. Any discrimination, direct or indirect, on any grounds, in particular on
the grounds of race, sex, nationality, social origin, birth, religion, political or other
opinion, property, culture, language, age and mental or physical disability, is
prohibited. In this regard, equal protection of rights before courts and other state
bodies, holders of public authority and bodies of the autonomous province and local
self-government units is guaranteed (Article 36, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Serbia).
Generally speaking, the principle of equal access to justice is twofold: everyone,
without exception, has access to justice under equal conditions in order to protect
their rights, and everyone should have equal procedural treatment in appropriate
proceedings. In other words, the judicial authorities have an obligation to ensure that
everyone who addresses them as competent authorities has an equal position in the
proceedings, so that the principle of equal access to justice is given its realistic
confirmation. For the full application of the principle of equal access to justice, in
addition to the normative ones, it is necessary to meet the real conditions. Socio-
economic and health conditions are non-legal elements that may affect the principle
of equal access to justice. In addition to positive impacts (such as improving access
to justice for socially and economically vulnerable groups by exempting them from the
obligation to pay court fees, etc.), negative impacts are also possible that may
compromise the principle of equal access to justice.
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The World Health Organization has declared a pandemic - Covid-19, which affects
the lives of many people around the planet. We are facing a global health and social
crisis. In all countries of the world, the executive has prescribed programs of
economic and tax measures to reduce the economic and social consequences of
pandemics caused by coronavirus. The consequences that this crisis has on the way
people and organizations function are still incalculable, we know that there are major
disturbances in all spheres of life, and on a global level. However, this crisis can also
be an opportunity to learn from it and make positive changes for the future. At the
time of the sudden appearance of pandemic COVID-19, the OECD Secretariat issued
recommendations with the aim of providing assistance to tax administrations. The
recommendations do not contain specific measures, they already define the goals
that tax administrations should achieve. As we stated, the World Health Organization
declared a pandemic of Covid - 19, and after that a state of emergency was
introduced in Serbia. The government has taken a number of measures to control the
spread of the virus and to reduce the effects of the corona virus. In addition to
economic measures, the Republic of Serbia has adopted financial measures,
measures to protect the population from pandemics and tax measures. The Tax
Administration has implemented all measures and actions prescribed by laws and
acts of the RS Government adopted during the state of emergency, primarily those
activities that are most fiscally generous, as well as those activities that facilitate
business taxpayers in a state of emergency in terms of liquidity and other aspects.
business. It was important to ensure the continuity of business of critical functions, as
well as to provide conditions of protection for employees, all the time during the
coronary virus pandemic.
Keywords: tax policy, tax administration, public administration, pandemic COVID 19,
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The presence of corona virus illustrates one of the most significant changes in the
modern environment and it is likely that it would cause consequences in economic,
social and other civic implication. Some of them are already visible in the trade
sector. The economic consequences which are reflected in the closure of a large
number of stores, layoffs, reduction of wages, shortening of working hours, declining
demand for goods, at some point, put in the shadow the initiative of business
companies to act in line with the concept of sustainable development. On the other
hand, the crisis caused by the corona virus pandemic has a significant impact on
consumers, their habits, expectations and shopping opportunities. In view of the fact
that consumers are significantly interested in socially responsible companies, the aim
of this research is to determine consumers’ stance towards social responsibility of
trade companies during the corona virus’ pandemic. For the realization of the
research and in order to collect necessary data, the unique questionnaire was
constructed.
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In the last year, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a call for envronmental protection
has not vanished. It is a well-known fact that communication represents an effective
tool for encouraging the public to engage in various practices of environmental
management. Among different communication tools, the press seems to be an
important channel for distributing information dealing with the environment. The
objective of this study is to explore the news coverage of environmental issues in
Serbian influential daily newspapers: Politika and Danas. In order to carry out this
research task, a mixed methodological approach was applied, by using both the
qualitative and quantitavie methods. Primary data were gathered through content
analysis. The obtained results show that press has demonstated its power to spread
ideas and encourage readers’ awareness of pressing issues. In the investigated
period, press reflected the diversity of environmental issues objectively, honestly and
from multi-faced approach, acting often as a critical channel – focusing on
weaknesses and alternative solutions. The ways of representation of environmental
issues in these three newspapers were different significantly in terms: first of all,
extent of coverage, types of environmental issues, level of prominence, and critial
view of goverments’ efforts in environmental policy shaping. It is obvious that Politika,
the oldest Serbian newspaper, stands out due to its long-lasting commitment to
environmental themes.
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The COVID-19 virus pandemic has caused an unprecedented global crisis. The world
and international organizations, as well as all national governments, are united in
their capacities, targeting the three important segments most affected by the crisis:
health care, humanitarian activities and the socio-economic response. Health is
without a doubt in the first place, and health systems have been given priority in the
fight against the pandemic. On their backs, health systems around the world have
taken on the most important role in fighting the virus. The same situation is in Serbia,
where health workers have been on the front line of defense for more than a year,
saving lives and treating the sick. The crisis, on the other hand, has created a sense
of responsibility and care for others and the environment. Although it will undoubtedly
leave lasting consequences on the psychological and emotional status of each of us,
it has influenced the development of empathy, human relationships, finding new
values and new disciplines. However, the pandemic caused a crisis, so despite the
measures of national public finances, many companies fired workers, who lost their
jobs, which created a new framework for social actions of the competent services.
Elderly people and users of social accommodation were quarantined for a year. It is
certain that job losses will continue to occur on a larger scale than before the
pandemic, and that social assistance will be needed by a larger number of individuals
and families. The school system has also changed. No level of education in Serbia
has started working on the principle before the pandemic and it is not in sight that it
will return to the "old way" in the near future. The recovery of the economy will be
long and arduous. The workspace in many corporations has changed. The activities
for which it was possible to organize work according to the principle of working from
home. This brings with it a number of unsolvable problems for both business and
employees.
We are witnesses that no segment of life, economy, environment and habits has
remained immune to the pandemic and is under its strong influence. We are
witnessing that the forces are running out, and this is especially true for health
workers. The extent to which further socio-economic developments will occur at this
time is difficult to predict, because the pandemic has no end in sight. The problem is
complex and multidisciplinary and its solution will have to take place step by step.
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The Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to eradicate poverty, protect the
environment and ensure peace and prosperity for all. Of the 17 goals of sustainable
development, special emphasis is placed on available and renewable energy, which in the
period of social crisis can contribute to the reduction of energy hazards, harmful effects on
health, water, air and soil pollution, and then indirectly on collective immunity. Renewable
energy sources, used for the production of electricity or heat, can decrease cosumptionof
oil, gasoline or gas, as well as the need for new thermal power plants, which reduces the
effects of pollution. The paper considers the dimensions of RES acceptance on the basis
of analyses of projects directed to the use geothermal resources. The influence of the
market, socio-political and local spheres are recognized as important factors of
acceptance, in order for geothermal exploitation projects to meet energy needs.
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The paper explores the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) during the COVID-19
pandemic and its implications on customer relations. Methodological framework of the paper
combined literature review and correlation as the most dominant methods that provided
scientific insight regarding the social responsibility initiatives and business practice during
the pandemic. The empirical research was conducted from May to August 2020, on the
sample of 37 companies in Serbia. The aim of the study was to demonstrate CSR initiatives
that the respondent companies undertaken in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic. The paper has particularly analysed external CSR practice that affected
customers as important stakeholders, whose behaviour was directly involved in health
procedures and measures during the pandemic. The findings indicated that all companies
that participated in this survey have applied CSR initiatives in their customer relations in
respect of health measures during the pandemic. The majority of respondents specified
disinfection of spaces and products and online support as the main commercial measures
that were applied in accordance to corporate social responsibility.
Ključne reči: COVID -19, korporativna društvena odgovornost, CSR inicijative, posvećenost
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In the past year, our research attention, as a representative of legal sciences, has
been attracted by the issue of production and response to socio-economic aspects
caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Namely, our previous long-term
research has indicated a number of socio-economic parameters important for
people's lives as well as for achieving the so-called sustainable development, but also
their great dependence on the legal approach to the relevant parameters. In our
scientific work so far, we have already pointed out the necessity of adequate
treatment of numerous parameters at the level of international law, primarily
international public law, but also the law of sovereign states. And also that a number
of necessary elements have already been formed, as, first of all, the political and
legal efforts of the member states of the United Nations, and not only the United
Nations itself, but also numerous international organizations that are at the same time
within a kind of framework of the UN itself. The efforts in question are crowned with
international, both political and, starting from them, acts of a legislative nature. And
that by acts which, in the most general and then already subject-oriented way, speak
about human rights, including those that depend on the state and development of
economies, but also on the protection of human health. In our analytical approach to
the problems, we noticed that sovereign states, neither in mutual cooperation nor
within their territories, although they did their best, did not form and implement
sufficiently effective legislative elements and apparatus that would really help
prevention and combat with infections, like this induced through COVID-19. And also
that neither the public nor the participants in the functioning of the administrative and
economic apparatus do not know enough about what exists in the legislation. Hence,
our goal is to point this out with our work.
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IoT in distance learning and self-education allow to increase the efficiency of studying
up to 20% more. During the video lesson the IoT devices are monitoring the level of
concentration and brain activity. At the periods of tiredness and at the important
moments of the lecture course the DDM signals will switch the brain into the active
state. DDM IoT e-learning system allows to monitor and control the personal
concentration level during the video lesson, keep the brain in active state and
evaluate the personalised overall learning process.Distance Learning and self
education are becoming more and more popular in our days. The main problem is
that it is impossible to have an instant feedback between the teacher and a student.
During the face-to-face lesson the teacher could visually control the level of attention
of the auditory and adopt process accordingly. During the distance learning this
control is missing. More over, the level of attention is very personalised and depends
on many factors and vary during the time. IOT devices together with the modern
digital technologies can make this process more efficient and provide the attention
control to create the best learning pattern for each person. Learning data including
video lessons, audio, e-books, presentation are presenting on the personal computer
or planchet of the student. At the same time the BFB IoT device is monitoring the
EEG brain activity during the lesson. When the level of EEG frequencies in beta (14-
45 Hz) band is falling the DDM module starts to insert stimulation signals in to the
learning data. Stimulation of the brain in the beta range can increase awareness
levels, attention, short-term and long-term memory.The usage of IOT together with
the modern education learning technology (DDM) in distance learning and self
education allow to increase the efficiency of studying up to 20% more. During the
video lesson the IOT devices are monitoring the level of concentration and brain
activity. At the periods of tiredness and at the important moments of the lecture
course the DDM signals will switch the brain into the active state. DDM IoT e-
learning system allows to monitor and control the personal concentration level during
the video lesson, keep the brain in active state and evaluate the personalised overall
learning process. The processed video beta frequencies enables stimulation without
the use of additional equipment, thereby expanding the scope of application. In the
learning process the use of modulated files showed an increase of the audience's
attention in the critical moments of fatigue and showed more efficient perception of
the material by 40%; the overall level of long-term memory 35%.
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One of the main requests of the modern society, for its surviving, is forming of socially
responsible behavior toward endangered life environment. One can meet every day
the problem of pollution, global warming, reduction of the ozone layer and many
others. So, it is very important influencing on the youngest generations to develop
attitudes which will contribute to the high consciousness about the need of nature
protecting and the way of acting toward it. In that sense, today and because of the
future, we have to work active on developing of proenvironmental attitudes with
children which will be manifested in proenvironmental behavior tomorrow. Developing
of cognitive component of the attitude requests implantation of knowledge about the
nature to children, its benefits, but also about its requests and inseparability of the
man from it, which influences on forming of affective relation of the child to it, the
feeling of attachment to the life environment which becomes the component of the
value. Attitudes with their conative component initiate individual action. Today in
pandemic of COVID-19 and unresolved question of its origins, it is specifically
stressed as the need. Is the virus made artificially in laboratories or it has natural
origin as the answer of the nature to the human`s relation to it? Some researches
show that children in early grades of the primary school understand the phenomenon
of pollution of the environment, but they still do not understand the causes of these
events. So, even there is no many researches about this problem, we think that it is
important to make the analysis of present knowledge about psychological factors of
influence on development of proenvironmental attitudes with children.
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Edukacija dece sa posebnim potrebama, daje izazovan zadatak pred svakoga ko želi
da se bavi istraživanjem ove teme bilo da se radi o defektolozima, profesorima fizičke
kulture... Ovo je poseban izazov za stučnjake pedagoške struke u cilju podsticanja
dece sa posebnim potrebama da kroz bavljenje sportskim aktivnostima stiču znanja o
značaju očuvanja životne sredine za njihov život, rad i bavljenje sportom. Cilj rada je
da se ukaže na značaj ekološkog obrazovanja kod najmlađe populacije. Rezultati
rada daju odgovor na pitanje kako raznovrsni edukativni ekološki programi mogu da
doprinesu da se i ovako specifična populacija bavi sportom danas i razvije ekološku
svest o značaju životne sredine i za bavljenje sportom.
Ključne reči: edukacija, sport, deca sa posebnim potrebama, zaštita životne sredine.
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Ass. Prof. Dr. Anđelka Račić1, Ass. Prof. Dr. Borivoje Baltezarević2
1Faculty
of Law, Megatrend University, Belgrade, Serbia
2Faculty of Management, Sremski Karlovci, Union - Nikola Tesla University, Belgrade,
Serbia
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Кључне речи: дигитализација, етички аспект, COVID-19, јавна управа, е-управа, влада
Републике Србије.
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The coronavirus pandemic marked the previous year and completely changed the
world, and human resource management strategies in the conditions of intensification
of digitalization of the economy are directed towards new ways of organizing and
working employees, which will, more and more certainly, be irreversibly changed. For
an increasing number of "virtual" employees, the social aspect of work is almost non-
existent, it is being replaced by telephone, video calls and video conferencing. The
aim of this paper is to point out the importance of reviewing existing strategies and
practices of human resource management, and the need to create new approaches,
more adequate for the "new reality" and digital future, which would positively affect
productivity, competitiveness, employment and labor market. He also tries to answer
the questions: Are our managers and employees ready to follow new trends? Is
working from home a necessity or a desirable way to organize in the digital future?
What model of organization and management of human resources do we need to
succeed in the time ahead? The writing of this paper is motivated, above all, by the
desire to provide useful advice and motivate our managers to use current pandemic
challenges and modern information and communication technologies as an
opportunity and innovate their business, and to provide a theoretical basis and
encouragement for new research in the future.
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This paper is dedicated to understanding, from the point of view of law, the impact of
biotechnological engineering, both positive and negative. In this time of the negative
impact of the COVID-19 virus, nature has warned us in a very rude way that in our
technological and economic development we are not adequately prepared to protect
our health, work and environment. Hence, it is necessary to develop and apply the
elements of this protection. To do that using the knowledge of numerous scientific
disciplines, as well as an interactive approach through bioengineering, through which
we will enable the proper use of space, raw materials and economic processes, and
that our environment will be valid for present and future generations. This approach
must be multi-layered. It is necessary to start at the legal-theoretical level and to
develop at two levels: international public law and its segment, international
environmental law, but also at the level of national legal approaches, in the current
time in many countries based on constitutional solutions and developed through
legislation. And the legislatures that treat some of these issues in general, but then
through specialized laws and bylaws intended for that purpose. Therefore, the goal of
our work is, as an expert of the UN and the Republic of Serbia, to point out what is
applicable, but also about possible omissions (gaps) in this field, observing the
national legislation.
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Environmental problems in our country have not disappeared, but are accumulating and
persisting. The perception of environmental problems about key environmental media (air,
water, food pollution, reduction of arable land and forests, devastation of natural
resources, waste generation and accumulation, climate change) shows a worrying trend.
The results were obtained by conducting research, on a sample of 236 respondents, 2015
and 2020 years, using an instrument with 11 statements. The method of multivariant
analysis led to the separation of "classical" and "new" factors of environmental problems,
with the correlations of these factors with the ecological orientations of anthropocentrism,
tehnocentrism, and ecocentrism being determined. The results of the research, obtained
on the basis of the sample, show the necessity of objectifying the subjective attitudes of
individuals by introducing the ecological barometer, as an instrument for determining the
real perception of ecological problems and ecological concerns in our country.
Ekološki problemi u nas nisu nestali, već se kumuliraju. Percepcija ekoloških problema o
ključnim medijima životne sredine (zagađenja vazduha, vode, hrane, smanjenje obradivog
zemljišta i šuma, devastacija prirodnih resursa, generisanje i gomilanje otpada, klimatske
promene) pokazuje zabrinjavajući trend. Rezultati su dobijeni sprovođenjem istraživanaja,
na uzorku od 236 ispitanika, 2015. i 2020. godine, primenom instrumenta sa 11 tvrdnji.
Metodom multivarijantne analize došlo se do razdvajanja „klasičnih“ i „novih“ faktora
ekoloških problema, s tim da su utvrđeni korelativi ovih faktora sa ekološkim orijentacijama
antropocentrizma, tehnocentrizma i ekocentrizma. Rezultati istraživanja, dobijeni na
osnovu uzorka, pokazuju neophodnost objektivizacije subjektivnih stavova pojedinaca
uvođenjem ekološkog barometra, kao instrumentarijuma za utvrđivanje realne percepcije
ekoloških problema i ekološke zabrinutosti u nas.
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Negative impacts of COVID-19 pandemic affect all segments of human life, including
environment, as the key factor of sustainable development. One of the consequences
of the application of measures designed to prevent disease spreading is the
emergence of a large number of inadequately disposed protective masks used by the
citizens. Apart from the fact that it contributes to the increase in the total quantity of
waste, inappropriate disposal of protective masks by the citizens is linked to several
other problems. Namely, although protective masks that citizens throw away after use
represent potential sources of infection, the procedure for their disposal is not
completely defined and regulated by the law. For that reason, they usually end up on
landfills, together with other communal waste, which represents a great risk for life
and health of the employees in that sector, as well as for the entire community and
environment. Having that in mind, the authors discuss key dilemmas regarding the
disposal of protective masks by the citizens, from both – environmental and legal
point of view, with special focus on this issue in the Republic of Serbia. Finally, the
authors draw conclusions about current state in this field and make suggestions for its
improvement on the normative, as well as on the practical level, in accordance with
fundamental principles and goals of sustainable development.
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