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Living 07:33 ‎Universities, NGOs, public bodies and media partners launched the largest Brussels air quality measurement study to date on Saturday. This participatory science project, called CurieuzenAir, aims to mobilise families, businesses, associations and schools to map air pollution at some 3,000 sites in the Brussels-Capital Region. Its launch coincides with preparations for EU Green Week 2021. The initiative is part of the Brussels Clean Air Partnership, a collaboration that began in October 2020 between Bloomberg Philanthropies, the government of the Brussels-Capital Region and Br...

Leisure 09:42 23/02/2021 The significant increase in the number of visitors to the Sonian Forest since the first coronavirus restrictions came into force in March 2020 has resulted in an equally substantial rise in fines and warnings issued by forestry officials. The rangers and supervisors of the Sonian Forest issued 175 warnings and fines last year compared to 135 in 2019. That's an increase of almost 30% in one year. The number of fines increased by 12% and went from 99 in 2019 to 112 in 2020. The number of written warnings almost doubled: from 36 to 63, according to forest manager Stépha...