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Pollution
Seed-dropping drones seek to stop Kosovo's logging
A hovering drone drops linden and pine seeds wrapped in soil onto a barren hillside outside Kosovo's capital Pristina, part of an effort to reforest thousands of hectares lost to illegal logging and wildfires. Environmentalists say logging, likewise driven by demand for popular wood-fired stoves, is threatening wild animals such as brown bears, lynx, wild goats and roe deer whose populations are lessening in Kosovo. A study by non-profit organisation Sustainability Management Kosova (SLK), the small Balkan nation is losing more than 700 hectares of forest yearly. SLK has actually teamed up with Croatian company Job 02 to drop seeds