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Environment in Serbia 2004 – 2019 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Ministry of Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA 2004 – 2019 EXTENDED SUMMARY Belgrade 2019 ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2004 – 2019 | Extended summary ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA 2004 – 2019 EXTENDED SUMMARY ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2004 – 2019 | Extended summary Publisher: Ministry of the Environmental Protection/Environmental Protection Agency For the Publisher: Filip , Environmental Protection Agency, Director Editors: Radović Authors:Nebojša Veljković, Dejan Lekić Nebojša Veljkovi , Ana Ljubi i , Dejan Leki , Danijela Stamenkovi , ć č ć Zoran Stojanovi , Lidija Mari -Tanaskovi , ć ć Nebojša Red i , Biljana Jovi , ć ć ć Milenko Jovanovi , Ljiljana Novakovi , ž ć ć Tamara Perunovi uli , Ljubiša Deni , ć ć Tihomir Popovi , Tatjana Dopu a Gliši , ć Ć ć ć Dragan or evi , Ivana Deršek Timoti , ć đ ć Dragana Vidojevi , Sandra Radi , Đ đ ć ć Ljiljana or evi , Ivana Duki , ć ć Jasmina Kne evi , Lidija Mihailovi , Đ đ ć ć Mirjana Mitrovi -Josipovi , Nada Radovanovi , ž ć ć Elizabeta Radulovi , Goran Jovanovi , ć ć ć Slaviša Popovi , Nikola Paj in, ć ć Maja Kruni -Lazi , An elka Radosavljevi , ć č Milorad Jovi i , Ivana Antonovi , ć ć đ ć Darko Damnjanovi , Svetlana or evi , č ć ć Aleksandra Tripi Stankovi , Branislava Dimi , ć Đ đ ć Sr an Trajkovi . ć ć ć đ ć Front Page (Caricature): Pal Lephaft (Novi Sad), "Noe2019", First Cartoon Award - "This is the Earth for us - Get moving for the environment" (Delegation of the European Union, Ministry of European Integration of the Republic of Serbia and Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia) Translator: Nada Tarabi Design: Environmental Protection Agency Original title: ć – 2019 Print: All in one Business Center, Belgrade ISBN 978-86-87159Животна-25-9 средина у Србији: 2004 ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2004 – 2019 | Extended summary CONTENT FOREWORD .................................................................................................................... 5 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 7 2. DRIVING FORCES – PRESSURES – STATE – IMPACTS – RESPONSES .............................. 9 2.1. DRIVING FORCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................... 10 Energy consumption by fuel and sector .................................................................... 11 Forestry ..................................................................................................................... 13 Fishing and hunting .................................................................................................. 14 2.2. PRESSURES ON THE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................. 16 Pollutant emissions to air ......................................................................................... 17 Pollutant emissions to water .................................................................................... 24 Availability of water resources ................................................................................. 25 Waste management ................................................................................................. 27 Pressures on nature and biodiversity........................................................................ 30 Contaminated sites management ............................................................................ 32 Irrigation of agricultural land ................................................................................... 34 2.3. ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS ............................................................................................. 36 Serbian Water Quality Index .................................................................................... 37 Hazardous and harmful substances in surface waters and sediment ...................... 40 Ambient Air Quality .................................................................................................. 42 Concentrations of pollutants .................................................................................... 42 Concentrations of allergenic pollen .......................................................................... 50 Content of organic carbon in the soil........................................................................ 55 2.4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................ 57 Drinking water quality .............................................................................................. 58 2.5. SOCIAL RESPONSES ...................................................................................................... 62 Increased energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources .......................... 63 Environmental management activities in industry ................................................... 66 Agricultural areas under organic production ........................................................... 68 Nature and biodiversity protection ........................................................................... 70 Degree of water supply and sewerage infrastructure development ........................ 71 Economic instruments for environmental protection ............................................... 73 2.6. DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM ................................................ 76 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................. 79 3 ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2004 – 2019 | Extended summary 4 ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2004 – 2019 | Extended summary FOREWORD First fifteen years Since its founding 15 years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency, always in the capacity of legal entity within one of the ministries competent for environmental protection, has been one of the most ambitious projects on data collection and development of indicators aimed at supporting environmental policy in the Republic of Serbia. The complexity and interaction of ecological systems in the dynamics of modern world today, in our country not less complex either, requires the establishment of appropriate environmental monitoring to identify key sectors for evaluating the progress against the set goals. Systematic monitoring of water and air quality, collection of data on waste generation and sources of water, air and soil pollution, along with data on endangered natural values with different socio-economic indicators, all represent a wide array of activities falling under the competence of the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency, belonging to different areas defined by laws and by-laws of the Republic of Serbia. Adoption and implementation of the national legislation pertaining to environment and climate change since 2000 is becoming probably the most dynamic areas of regulation in the process of European integration of our country. High-quality environmental data is a prerequisite for progress monitoring and for identification of deficiencies and emerging challenges, so cooperation between the European Environment Agency and the Environmental Protection Agency of Serbia is an indispensable benchmark for comparison with the EU Member States in this domain. What started with the First National State of the Environment Report (2006), which has been published annually ever since, as well as with thematic reports and publications in various fields, has evolved into an online platform of the Environmental Protection Agency, which for the past 15 years has been receiving, storing, processing and disseminating ever more reliable data and indicators. 5 ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2004 – 2019 | Extended summary In the time of environmental interactions we are exposed to, most important of which have been presented in a synthetic publication1, adoption of effective measures cannot be planned without monitoring and reporting. Investing into human resources and equipment as a know-how system for these activities implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency is fundamental support to future-related decision making. 1 October 2019 Filip Radović Director of the Environmental Protection Agency 1 “Extended Summary” is an extract of most important environmental data published by the Environmental Protection Agency in its annual reports and thematic publications over the past fifteen years, also published as integrated version in publication ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2014-2019. 6 ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA: 2004 – 2019 | Extended summary 1. INTRODUCTION The Environmental Protection Agency was established by virtue of the Law on Ministries on 1 November 2004, as a separate body within the Ministry responsible for environmental protection, with the aim of creating an operational institution that could meet national and international obligations related to monitoring, data collection and reporting in the area of environment. The organisational structure of the Agency comprises the Sector for Quality Control and Environmental Status, consisting of four departments: Air Quality Monitoring, Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring, Indicators, Reporting and Information System and National Register of Pollution Sources, while the National Laboratory is a separate department within the Agency. Preparation of the State of the Environment Report in the Republic of Serbia is the annual legal obligation accomplished by the Agency. The report is adopted by the Government of the Republic
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