Clean environment and protection of natural resources are an important precondition for the development of the Pelagonija planning region. A clean environment improves the quality of life and health of people, so the municipalities in this region should focus their activities on protection and improvement of the environment.
Reasonable use of resources and conservation of national treasures such as the national parks Galicica and Pelister, the International Park – Prespa Biosphere Reserve, Lake Prespa, the rivers Crna and Dragor, the beautiful landscapes of Baba Planina, Ilinska Planina, the town of Krushevo, the island of Golem Gra for the development of a healthy environment.
The Pelagonija region has three treatment plants in Resen, Krivogashtani and Mogila, and the construction of a treatment plant in Prilep is underway. Coverage of the population with wastewater treatment plants is 5.4%, which is well below the national average of 12.5%. Coverage of the population with sewerage network in urban areas ranges from 75% to 100% in the city of Krushevo, while in rural areas ranges from 0% to 80% 17, where in most cases septic tanks are used as a solution for wastewater. The problem with wastewater, in addition to soil pollution, also affects groundwater pollution, which in turn contributes to contamination of agricultural production yields because wastewater from septic tanks is deposited in ravines and streams.
The data is extracted from the “Report on the final evaluation of the implementation of the Program for development of the Pelagonija planning region 2009-2013” prepared by the project GIZ – Regional Economic Development as part of the institutional support of the Ministry of Local Self-Government
Biodiversity in the Pelagonija region
The Pelagonija Region, thanks to NGOs, donors, municipalities and development funds, takes care of the protection of the national treasures located in this region. The region has 4 protected areas: National Park “Pelister”, National Park “Galichica”, “Ezerani” (Nature Park) and “Ohrid-Prespa” biosphere reserve. This reserve is the 14th in a row world cross-border biosphere reserve protected by UNESCO.
Across the border biosphere reserve “Ohrid – Prespa” covers the catchment areas of Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa, with an area of 446,244 hectares on the Albanian and Macedonian side of the catchment area of these two lakes. Over 450 thousand inhabitants are registered on the territory of the reserve, in 26 units of local self-government on the Albanian side, as well as six on the Macedonian side.
Areas of cultural heritage protected by law are the village of Smilevo (as a historical whole) and the village of Konjsko, Resen (as an urban whole). In addition, there are areas with specific development needs determined by law such as the nature reserve “Ezerani” (Resen), Natural Monument “Markovi Kuli” (Prilep) and the city of Krushevo which is fully protected by the Law on the city of Krushevo. According to the defined Emerald network of areas with special interest for preservation, the identified 35 localities in the Pelagonija region include: Ezerani, Prespa, Pelister, Pelagonija, Markovi Kuli.
There are two national parks in the Pelagonija region, the National Park “Pelister” and the National Park “Galichica”. The presence of many relict and endemic species of flora and fauna are among the most striking features of the National Park Pelister. Endemic species are mainly registered in vertebrates. The number of game in the national park “Pelister” is represented by 44 species, of which 14 species are permanently protected. In the national park “Galichica” there are 61 species of game that are permanently protected.
Representation of animals by species in the Pelagonija planning region in the period 2010-2013
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Year |
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Animal species |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
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Deer ordinary |
12 |
8 |
/ |
/ |
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Fallow deer |
/ |
/ |
/ |
30 |
|
Roe deer |
288 |
295 |
585 |
509 |
|
Wild goat |
45 |
30 |
69 |
43 |
|
Bear |
26 |
30 |
47 |
/ |
|
Lynx |
/ |
/ |
1 |
/ |
|
Wild boar |
376 |
619 |
309 |
335 |
|
Rabbit |
619 |
366 |
2.457 |
380 |
|
Polish partridge |
940 |
320 |
3.573 |
470 |
|
Partridge partridge |
387 |
318 |
898 |
441 |
|
Hazel grouse |
/ |
/ |
83 |
10 |
|
Pheasant |
1.100 |
294 |
23 |
11 |
|
Wolf |
27 |
16 |
97 |
/ |
|
Badger |
15 |
40 |
20 |
/ |
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Fox |
115 |
28 |
373 |
/ |
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Mustelidae |
127 |
/ |
108 |
/ |
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Otter |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
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Stoat |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
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Falcon and hawk |
40 |
40 |
40 |
/ |
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Sea urchins and crows |
60 |
60 |
60 |
/ |
Instructions and organizations
Pelister National Park
In the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia between the Prespa valley in the west and the Pelagonija valley in the east is the mountain Baba with the peak Pelister (2601 m above sea level). which was built Pelister and its morphological relief, and especially the glacial relief in the alpine part of the mountain, in 1948. By a special law, Pelister was declared the first National Park in the Republic of Macedonia and the former Yugoslavia, which has great significance in the cultural history of the Macedonian people. Pelister National Park is 15 km away. from Bitola, 65 km, its area is – 12,500 ha with an altitude of 700 to 2,600 m.
Galichica National Park
Galicica National Park was declared a national park in 1958, in order to protect its natural beauty and diverse flora and fauna. The park is located on the mountain massif between the Great Prespa Lake, in the east, and Lake Ohrid, in the west, and covers 22,750 hectares of Mount Galicica, with a great wealth of relict and endemic species of flora, a classic site of 20 species of higher plants, of which 12 are local endemics and 26 endemic faunal species are present. The Macedonian National Park Galicica and the Albanian National Park Prespa are divided by the international border between Macedonia and Albania.