Martin Skalský
{{Short description|Environmentalist}}
File:Martin Skalsky Mangystau.jpg, Kazakhstan in 2016]]
Martin Skalský (born 9 April 1977) is a Czech environmentalist and documentarian. He is a co-founder and chairman of the Czech NGO Arnika, head of its Center for Citizen Support programme.{{Cite web |last=Gardiner |first=Beth |date=2021-11-29 |title=Inside a Ukrainian war zone, another fight rages—for clean air |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/inside-a-ukrainian-war-zone-another-fight-ragesfor-clean-air |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129195022/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/inside-a-ukrainian-war-zone-another-fight-ragesfor-clean-air |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=National Geographic |language=en}} He also worked in other civil society organizations.{{Cite web |last=Čabáková |first=Taťána |date=2022-12-22 |title=Kanál Dunaj-Odra-Labe stále hrozí a mohl by zdevastovat velké území ČR, upozorňuje ekologický aktivista Skalský|url=https://www.mujrozhlas.cz/hovory/kanal-dunaj-odra-labe-stale-hrozi-mohl-zdevastovat-velke-uzemi-cr-upozornuje-ekologicky |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=mujrozhlas.cz |language=cs}}{{Cite web |last=Dusík |first=Jan |title=O budoucí podobě hlavního města s Martinem Skalským |url=https://www.respekt.cz/rozhovory/o-budouci-podobe-hlavniho-mesta-s-martinem-skalskym |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Týdeník Respekt |language=cs}}{{Cite web |title=Martin Skalský – životopis a ocenění |url=https://www.databazeknih.cz/zivotopis/martin-skalsky-96651 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=databazeknih.cz}}
Life
He was born in 1977 in Prague and has lived in Prague 6 since 1983. Since 1993, he has been involved in environmental protection and worked in non-governmental organizations. He explained why he did so at the age of sixteen in an interview for Czech Radio.
Activity in civil society organizations
In the years 1998–2003, in the cultural and social association Dobročinný spolek Medáků in Střešovice, he strove to save the historic enclave of old Střešovice in Prague 6.{{Cite thesis |last=Mazínová |first=Veronika |url=https://is.jabok.cz/th/rnbsr/tisk_bakalarka_konecna_verze.PDF |title=Pozitivní stránky squattingu |publisher=Charles University |year=2016|location=Prague |page=76 |language=cs}} The association achieved the declaration of old Střešovice an urban monument zone.{{Cite journal |last=Rakušanová |first=Lída |date=2013-10-22 |title=Obyčejní hrdinové; Martin Skalský: Diktát peněz |url=https://llp.cz/wp-content/uploads/obycejni_hrdinove_publikace.pdf |journal=Deník |issue=Special Issue |pages=8 |via=Liga lidských práv; Labe Vltava Press}}{{Cite web |title=Praha – Staré Střešovice|url=https://www.pamatkovykatalog.cz/pravni-ochrana/praha-stare-stresovice-467875299 |access-date=2023-11-03 |publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs}} In 2001, he became one of co-founders of new environmental non-governmental organization Arnika. From 2007 to June 2013, he was a member of the executive board of the AutoMat association. In the years 2018–2023 he was the chairman of Arnika.{{Cite web |title=Research on Toxic Chemicals will Debunk the Pollution Dispute in Northern Armenia |url=https://chemycal.com/news/c6781c8d-8f03-43c5-b8ea-6d85c93f0808/Research_on_Toxic_Chemicals_will_Debunk_the_Pollution_Dispute_in_Northern_Armenia |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=chemycal.com}}
= International activities =
In 2003, he completed a long-term internship as a consultant for public participation in decision-making for the international CEE Bankwatch Network in Azerbaijan,.{{Cite book |last=Barry |first=Andrew |url=https://moodle.studiumdigitale.uni-frankfurt.de/moodle/pluginfile.php/105756/mod_resource/content/0/Barry%20-%20Material%20Politics%20Disputes%20Along%20the%20Pipeline.pdf |title=Material Politics: Disputes Along the Pipeline |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-118-52911-9 |edition=1st |location=Chichester, West Sussex |pages=244}}{{Cite web |date=2003-11-11 |title=EBRD&'s copycat BTC decision leaves campaigners more determined than ever |url=https://greenalt.org/en/ebrds-copycat-btc-decision-leaves-campaigners-more-determined-than-ever/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Green alternative in English}} where he focused mainly on mapping the problems associated with the planned Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, and wrote the script for documentary film Zdroj ("Source") in cooperation with Martin Mareček.{{Citation |title=Zdroj (2005) |url=https://www.csfd.cz/film/211205-zdroj/prehled/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |language=cs}}
Since 2004, he has also participated in international projects of the Arnika. He has represented non-governmental organizations at the Aarhus Convention meetings since 2014.{{Cite web |title=Sixth meeting of the Task Force on Access to Information under the Aarhus Convention {{!}} UNECE |url=https://unece.org/environmental-policy/events/sixth-meeting-task-force-access-information-under-aarhus-convention |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=unece.org}}{{Cite web |last=Tjolle |first=Valere |title=Human rights in kazakhstan: nibbled apples only |url=https://www.travelmole.com/news/human-rights-in-kazakhstan-nibbled-apples-only/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=TravelMole}}
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