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Measuring
progress in nature
conservation against
the Convention on
Biological Diversity
and the Pan-European
Biological and Landscape
Diversity Strategy:
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CBD
in Macedonia
The Republic
of Macedonia ratified the
Convention on Biological Diversity
(Rio) with the Laf for ratification
("Official Paper of the
Republic of Macedonia"
54/97).
It is in force since 1998.
The CBD Focal
Point for Macedonia is Ms.
Menka Spirovska, Ministry
of Environment and Physical
Planning.
National
Priorities for Conservation
and Sustainable use of Biodiversity
in the Republic of Macedonia
The MAKMONTANA
within the project “Measuring
progress in nature conservation
against the CBD and PEBLDES”
has been faced with the huge
responsibility of accepting
the challenge to ascertain
the National Priority Issues
for Nature Conservation. It
is one of the most strategically
important and potentially
difficult activities of the
whole project, because of
the many competing interests
and values that have to be
considered and balanced.
On the one
hand, the national priority
issues should be uniquely
adapted to the national conditions,
focussing on issues and questions
of national significance and
importance; on the other,
they should concretely reflect
the CBD principles and contribute
to their implementation in
the country and realize the
national and sustainable development
goals.
Therefore,
the national priority issues
have been ascertained by MAKMONTANA,
taking into consideration
the strategic approaches established
within the BSAP (Biodiversity
Strategy and Action Plan for
the Republic of Macedonia),
as well as other recommendations
within the frame of the efforts
to develop a comprehensive
and strategic approach towards
capacity building in order
to meet the global environmental
challenges. Also the country
specifics were duly taken
into consideration.
In this
way, the results of the implementation
of the priority issues should
improve national, environmental,
and natural resources management,
through capacity building
on systemic, institutional,
and individual levels, in
accordance with the challenges
of the CBD, financially supported
from inside the country, from
the international community
and the GEF.
Consequently,
the following national priority
issues have been recognized:
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Incorporation
(integration) of the conservation
and sustainable use of
biodiversity within the
overriding priorities
of the country – economic
and social development
and poverty eradication;
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Develop
and introduce economically
and socially sound measures
that act as incentives
for the conservation and
sustainable use of components
of biological diversity;
-
Reaching
the effective national
biodiversity planning;
-
Achieve
successful conservation
and sustainable use of
biodiversity through implemental
and cross-sectoral integrated
planning of the activities,
including the participation
of all interested groups;
-
Adopt
appropriate measures for
in-situ conservation of
the natural ecosystems
and species, restoration
of degraded ecosystems
and recovery of threatened
species;
-
Adopt
appropriate measures for
ex-situ conservation for
the biodiversity components;
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Identification
and monitoring of components
of biological diversity
important for its conservation
and sustainable use;
-
Decreasing
of the number of threatened
species and habitats (especially
wetlands and forests);
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Overcome
the lack of information
and knowledge concerning
biodiversity as a basic
prerequisite for the successful
planning and conducting
of conservation measures,
as well as establishing
and maintaining programmes
for scientific and technical
education and training;
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Strengthening
the capacity of the institutions
related to the biodiversity
research;
-
Improvement
of the public awareness
for biodiversity in general
and for the importance
of the measures required
for the conservation of
biological diversity;
-
Monitoring
and evaluating the effectiveness
of measures concerning
conservation and sustainable
use of biodiversity in
order to measure their
progress and success regularly;
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Establishing
and regularly operating
the clearing-house mechanism;
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Strengthening
the capacities of the
national and local agencies
responsible for the management,
conservation, and sustainable
use of biodiversity, with
assistance of external
agencies;
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Establishing
and implementing the legal
obligation for Strategic
Environmental Assessment
and EIA for all plans,
programmes, polices and
other interventions in
nature;
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Promote
and encourage national
and international investments,
local resources, including
institutions, agreements,
financial mechanisms,
plans and programmes relating
to the conservation, and
sustainable use of biodiversity;
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Increasing
of the national and international
investments in biodiversity
conservation;
-
Access
financial resources provided
via the financial mechanism
of the Convention;
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Develop
and introduce measures
regulating the access
to genetic resources and
providing access for technology
transfer that are relevant
to the conservation and
sustainable use of biological
diversity;
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Approximation
of the national laws to
European legislation and
implementation of international
obligations, as well as
legal inter-sectoral harmonization.
MAKMONTANA
assessment of biodiversity
and nature conservation against
the CBD and PEBLDS in the
Republic of Macedonia
MAKMONTANA
assessment of biodiversity
and management in the protected
areas of the Republic of Macedonia
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First
national report ...(pdf, english)
Second
national report ...(pdf, english)
Third
national report ...(pdf, english)
Thematic
Report on Alien and Invasive
Species
...(pdf, english)
Thematic
Report on Forest Ecosystems
...(pdf, english)
Thematic
Report on Mountain Ecosystems
...(pdf, english)
Thematic
Report on Protected Areas
...(pdf, english)
Thematic
Report on Technology Transfer
and Cooperation
...(pdf, english)
On
the webpage of the Convention...
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