Tag: biodiversity

Will the investors who have concessions for construction of small hydro power plants in the protected area of the new national park in North Macedonia, "Shar Mountain" give up and how much reimbursment will they require?  A year after Shar Mountain was declared a national park, there are still no answers to these questions. Last July, when the 4th national...

Even though the concept of animal rights is usually tied to the protection and welfare of the domestic animals, the wild animals have equal rights. Their protection is stipulated in the Law on Nature Protection, which regulates the protection of the biodiversity  part of which are also the wild animals; as well as the Law on Hunting and the...

Construction of new hydro power plants, opening new mines, geological researchеs or new pipeline infrastructure will be banned on the whole territory of the Shar Mountain National Park. In all the planned management zones of the national park, raising introduced and invasive plants and animals will be banned as well. In the protected area of Shar Мountain, construction of houses...

North Macedonia must invest in the prevention of wildfires and illegal logging, equip the firefighting brigades with new vehicles and more personnel, modernize the Forest Rangers and the forestry units and introduce new technologies for the protection of the forests. These were the main conclusions from the public debate titled "Dealing with the threats to the forests: Institutional capacities,"...

Civil society organizations appeal for better conservation of the protected areas in North Macedonia and for better assistance to the managers in preserving the biodiversity. Illegal logging, poaching, dumping enormous quantities of waste by irresponsible people and jeopardizing the living world are the greatest threats to the areas with the country's greatest natural treasures. The environmentalists, during the days...

Civil organizations "Eko-Svest" and "Front 21/42" appealed to the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev to change his stance that the small hydro power plants are the most environmentally friendly sources of energy. The environmentalists are worried that, in a situation of a climate crisis that we live in, with the rise of global temperatures and the decrease...