WATER PROTECTION IN SLOVENIA AND THE WORK OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Diplomsko delo obsega pregled in analizo dela nevladnih organizacij na področju voda v Sloveniji. Podrobneje smo preučili boj proti privatizaciji vode v Sloveniji in varstvo voda na splošno. Osrednji problem vode je onesnaževanje, za katerega opažamo, da so glavni krivci industrija, kmetje in posamezniki. Povzročena škoda vpliva na ljudi in druga živa bitja. Onesnaževanje bi morali po našem mnenju preprečiti z večjim oziroma pogostejšim nadzorom in s strožjimi kaznimi. Prav tako bi bilo potrebno uvesti pozitivne spodbude (npr. nagrade in olajšave) za ljudi, ki ne onesnažujejo okolja. Privatizacija vode in vodnih virov bi lahko s samo uveljavitvijo povzročila veliko težav, saj bi s tem ljudje izgubili pravico do vode in njene neomejene porabe. Opazili smo, da se voda pogosto draži, njena kakovost pa se slabša. Menimo, da je privatizacijo vodnih virov potrebno preprečiti z zakonsko ureditvijo oz. vpisom pravice v ustavo, kot se trenutno dejansko dogaja v Sloveniji. Kar zadeva delo nevladnih organizacij, smo ugotovili, da zelo veliko pripomorejo k ozaveščanju ljudi in se bojujejo proti stvarem, ki se jim zdijo nepravične, kot je na primer privatizacija vode. Prav tako nevladne organizacije v večini primerov uspešno in pozitivno vplivajo na zakonodajo. Ugotavljamo, da veliko ljudi ne pozna nevladnih organizacij, ker le-te nimajo sredstev za svojo promocijo. Organizacije bi se morale povezati med seboj in se skupno udeleževati raznih prireditev, akcij in podobno. Lahko bi se v večji meri pojavljale na televiziji, spletu, v pisnih in elektronskih medijih ter na ta način pridobile nove prostovoljce, ki bi ljudi ozaveščali o problemih.The present thesis covers overview and work analysis of non-governmental organizations that cover waters in Slovenia. We took a detailed look into the fight against privatization and water protection in general. It seems that the most responsible for pollution are industry, farmers, and individuals. Induced damage affects people and animals. Polluting should be punished on a bigger scale with much stricter punishment than it is now. Supervision should also be more common than it is. We think that positive reinforcement of rules is the way to reward people that pay attention to the environment surrounding them and take care of it. Water privatization would only cause issues, as people would be limited to the amount of water they can use. We noticed, that water privatization only makes water cost more, but the quality drops. Considering all this, we think privatization should be prevented by the Constitution. Non-governmental organizations are doing a great job increasing the awareness on the issue. They also have a positive impact on legislation. However, these non-governmental organizations sadly do not have enough funds for self-promotion, so not many people actually know about them. We think non-governmental organizations should merge, or link in any way, to take part in events. That way they could attract more people and volunteers. That would largely increase the awareness on the issue