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
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