Municipality of Junik 2012/2017 ...for my city! Local Environmental Action Plan Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 Municipality of Junik Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 The project was finance by: Swedish Agency for International Development and cooperation. Project implementation was supported by: MESP and MLGA This project was implemented by: Regional Environmental Centre, REC – Office in Kosovo. 4 REC Municipality of Junik CONTENT What is REC? ...............................................................................................................................8 Mayor’s Speech ............................................................................................................................9 Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................10 Stakeholders and Responsibilities of the LEAP ..................................................................11 I. Introduction ..............................................................................................................17 Legal obligations in drafting the LEAP .................................................................................17 A Local Environmental Action Plan has the aim to:............................................................17 LEAP preparation Methodology.............................................................................................18 The document was drafted according to three main bases: ................................................19 I. PROFILE OF THE MUNICIPALITY ............................................................................23 1. General information about Junik .......................................................................................23 Background ................................................................................................................................23 1.2. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ........................................................................................24 1. 2. 1. Population .....................................................................................................................24 1. 2. 2. Trends and demographic prognosis: ..........................................................................25 1. 3. SOCIAL SITUATION ....................................................................................................25 1. 3. 1. Employment and unemployment ..............................................................................25 1. 3. 2. Incomes .........................................................................................................................26 1. 3. 3. Poverty and social assistance ......................................................................................26 1. 3. 4. Accommodation ...........................................................................................................26 1. 3. 5. Migration .......................................................................................................................26 1.3.6. Organization of civil society .........................................................................................26 1.4. Gender equality ..................................................................................................................27 1. 5. Social Welfare ...................................................................................................................27 1. 6. Health .................................................................................................................................27 1. 7. State of education and educational services:.................................................................28 5 Municipality of Junik REC Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 1. 8. Surface area, residential density ......................................................................................29 1. 8. 1. Urban Unit ....................................................................................................................29 1. 8. 2. Plain Unit .......................................................................................................................29 1. 8. 3. Forestry Unit .................................................................................................................30 1. 8. 4. Mountain Unit ..............................................................................................................30 1. 9. Road infrastructure............................................................................................................31 Public transport .........................................................................................................................33 1. 9. Electricity network ...........................................................................................................33 II. ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION ..................................................35 2.1 PHYSICAL – GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION .......................................................35 Location – Geographical Position ..........................................................................................35 2.2 Environmental State ...........................................................................................................37 Urban Pollution .........................................................................................................................43 2. 3. Waste ...................................................................................................................................44 2. 4. Air 45 2. 5. Land ....................................................................................................................................45 Erosive land ...............................................................................................................................47 2. 6. Forest ..................................................................................................................................47 Main data about the surface and volume:...............................................................................48 2. 7. Water ...................................................................................................................................49 2. 8. Natural biodiversity ...........................................................................................................52 2. 9. Economic development....................................................................................................58 III. OPINION POLL AND IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS .............................65 Results of research in the Municipality of Junik...................................................................65 Basic data about the respondents ............................................................................................65 DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF JUNIK .................65 1. PERCEPTION FOR CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL STATE............................66 1.1. Current environmental state in the territory of your municipality: ............................66 1.2 1.2 Five (5) main problems in the field of environment in your municipality:66 1.3 Three (3) main environmental polluters in the territory of your municipality: .........67 2 STRATEGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION.................................68 2.1 What should be the basis of future development of your municipality? ...................68 2.2 Does the municipality have any person/service dealing with environmental protection?..................................................................................................68 6 REC Municipality of Junik Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 3 DEVELOPMENT VISION.............................................................................................69 3.1 What do you think the environmental state will be in the next five (5) years in the territory of your municipality?.......................................................69 3.2 Circle three (3) problems that most negatively affect the quality of life in your neighbourhood?.............................................................................................70 Identification of problems........................................................................................................71 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JUNIK...............71 1. Water .....................................................................................................................................72 2. Land .....................................................................................................................................73 3. Air .....................................................................................................................................74 4. Biodiversity..............................................................................................................................75 5. Social and economic environment .....................................................................................76 6. Tourism....................................................................................................................................77 IV. Planning of actions ...........................................................................................................79 1. Water .....................................................................................................................................79