ENIVORNMENTAL SITUATION IN MACEDONIA by Natasa Dokovska

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ENIVORNMENTAL SITUATION IN MACEDONIA
by Natasa Dokovska

• IV International media forum of the protection of
  nature
• PROTECTION OF NATURE, PROTECTION OF HEALTH
• Villa Mondragone-Monte Porzio (Rome)?
• 4-7 October 2006

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REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA
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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• In 1996 was adopted the
• Act on Environment and Nature Protection and
  Promotion
• Government create -National Ecological Plan
• Municipalities establish - Local Environmental
  Action Plans

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• The highest percentage share of pollution in
  Skopje is by SO2 (44), CO (30) and NOx (24),
  it is due to the large number of industrial
  processes, heating plants and traffic.

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• It is obvious that in Bitola the pollution is
  from SO2 (84) and it comes from REK-Bitola
  (power plant)

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• The highest percentage share of pollution in
  Kicevo is by SO2 (82) and comes from TEC-Oslomej
  (power plant)

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• The highest percentage share of pollution in
  Veles is by CO (39), SO2 (52) and comes from
  MHK-Zletovo and residential heating

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• The highest percentage share of pollution in
  Gostivar is by CO (84) and comes from wooden
  industry and textile industry

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• Veles is most polluted town in Balkan peninsula

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• Pollution induced health problems
• respiratory diseases
• leukaemia
• nerve and kidney diseases
• deformities in the newborn

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AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• 55 percent of the children surveyed have blood
  and urine problems
• More than 10 percent of the Veles children
  between eight and 10 years old are predisposed to
  get leukaemia.
• Mortality from respiratory diseases has
  increased 179.

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WATER POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• The Vardar River, which supplies 75 of the
  country's total water resources, is heavily
  polluted by untreated urban and industrial
  pollution.

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WATER POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• Principal sources of water pollution
• major cities
• 130 industrial facilities

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WATER POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• Only three municipalities
• - Ohrid,
• - Resen
• Dojran
• have wastewater treatment plants

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BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ISSUES IN MACEDONIA

• Macedonia has rich and varied flora and fauna and
  benefits from outstanding mountain and lake
  landscapes

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BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ISSUES IN MACEDONIA

• Lakes Ohrid and Prespa Lake have international
  importance under the 'Ramsar' Convention on
  Wetlands

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BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ISSUES IN MACEDONIA

• A third large, natural lake, Lake Dojran. has
  experienced excessive fluctuations in water level
  due to overuse for irrigation and low rainfall.
  The water loss has seriously affected the aquatic
  biodiversity of Lake Dojran.

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BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ISSUES IN MACEDONIA

• Forest areas cover approximately 1/3 of
  Macedonians area