Tag: National Park

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...

The Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia yesterday adopted the Law on declaring  part of Shar Mountain a national park. With this act, Shar Mountain became the fourth national park in the country, but also the first to be declared since the country's independence. The last declaration of a national park in Macedonia happened in 1958 in the...

Naser Nuredini, the Minister of Environment of North Macedonia, has placed Shar Mountain under temporary protection until it is declared a national park. As the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning informs, Nuredini has passed a decree in accordance with the Law on Nature Protection for temporary protection of the part of the Shar Mountain which is under a...

The mobile application "National Park Galichica“ allows all visitors to experience the breathtaking beauty of national park Galichica in a unique manner with the most important information at their disposal. Through this mobile application, all nature lovers, even those that aren't able to visit the park, will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the type of trails that are...

Civil society organizations are urging the Ministry of Environment of North Macedonia to revise the Law for declaring Shar Mountain a national park since, as they state, the proposed draft law doesn't offer protection from the negative influence of the mini hydro power plants. Environmentalists from 44 associations and initiatives, with a joint stance, have requested from Minister Naser Nuredini,...

The Government annulled the concession procedure for the hydro power plant (HPP) Zhirovnica 3 at the Mavrovo National Park. It was one of three concessions that were withdrawn at yesterday's session, when the Government also granted 18 concessions for the construction of other small hydroelectric plants in the country. This decision of the Government comes after the Ministry of Environment...