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SEBI 07Nationally designated protected areas indicator
in KOSOVO
Qenan Maxhuni,
NRC for Biodiversity
Institutional framework
• Responsible institution for biodiversity conservation and management:
• Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP)
• Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency (KEPA)– Institute for Nature Protection– Directorate for NP “SHARRI”– Directorate for NP “BJESHKET E NEMUNA”
•Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development
•Scientific institutions: –Academy of Science and –Prishtina University
•NGOs
Legal framework
• Law on Environmental Protection (2009/03-L-025),• Law on Nature Protection (No. 03/L-233)• Law on National Park “Sharri” (No. 04/L-087),• Law on National Park "Bjeshkët e Nemuna" (No. 04/L-086),• Law on Spatial Planning (2003/30),• Law on Forests (2003/6), (2004/40),• Law on Hunting (2006/41),• Law of Fishery and Aquaculture (2006/02-L85).
Protected Areas in Kosovo
• According to new Law on Nature Protection:
1. Strict Nature Reserve;
2. National Park;
3. Special Area – SPAs and SAC;
4. Nature Park;
5. Nature Monument;
6. Protected Landscape;
7. Park Architecture Monument.
Protected Areas in Kosovo
Category Name No. Area /h
I Nature Reserves 11 846.92
Plant NR 6
Animal NR 2
Special NR 3
II National Park 2 115.957
III Nature Monuments 84 5691.48
Speleological NM 5
Hydrological NM 15
Geomorphologic NM 7
Botanic NM 56
V REGIONAL PARK 1 1.126
V PROTECTED LANDSCAPE 1 69
Total 99 118690.4
Nature Reserves1%
National Park94%
Nature Monuments4%
Regional Park1%
Protected Landscape0%
Area %
1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1 1 1 1 12 2
1
8
23
9
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
11
32
1517
52
16
33 34
protected areas proposed areas
1953 1955 1957 1959 1960 1961 1963 1968 1969 1970
1
3
1
4
3
11
3
1 11953 – 1970
1970 – 1988
2000 – 2009
Chronology…
Growth of nationally designated areas in the Kosovo
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Data flow CDDA1: Designated areas
Delivery on time: 97 sites reported. All sites have designations, IUCNcategories, size and coordinates. Boundaries provided for 22 sites of the28 sites with area greater than 1 hectare (79%).
Progress2011–2012
Overall performance of countries 2011 - 2013
• Lack of programs for biodiversity monitoring• Nature institutional framework not developed properly;• Ecosystem and habitat fragmentation as the result of
settlement and infrastructure enlargement• Intervention in protected areas• Lack of full inventory for flora, fauna and habitats• Not sufficient researches on biodiversity are taking place• Low budget for nature protection • Lack of activities on awareness rising
Main obstacles/problems
