ENIVORNMENTAL SITUATION IN MACEDONIA

by Natasa Dokovska

IV International media forum of the protection of naturePROTECTION OF NATURE, PROTECTION OF HEALTH

Villa Mondragone-Monte Porzio (Rome)4-7 October 2006

REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

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

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.

AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

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

AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA• The highest percentage share of pollution in Kicevo is by SO2 (82%) and

comes from TEC-Oslomej (power plant)

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

AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

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

AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA• Veles is most polluted town in Balkan

peninsula

AIR POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• Pollution induced health problems

respiratory diseases

leukaemia

nerve and kidney diseases

deformities in the newborn

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%.

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.

WATER POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• Principal sources of water pollution

• major cities

• 130 industrial facilities

WATER POLLUTION IN MACEDONIA

• Only three municipalities:

- Ohrid,

- Resen

- Dojran

have wastewater treatment plants

BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ISSUES IN MACEDONIA

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

BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ISSUES IN MACEDONIA

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

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.

BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ISSUES IN MACEDONIA

• Forest areas cover approximately 1/3 of Macedonian’s area