NEAP National Environmental Action Plan Participants Federal Ministry of Physical Planning and Ramiz Mehmedagić, minister Environment Ministry of Urbanism, Housing, Public Utilities, Neđo Đurić, minister Civil Engineering and Ecology, RS NEAP Directorate MSc. Denis Zvizdić, co-director, MSc. Dragan Milojčić, co-director NEAP Steering Committee - FBiH Ramiz Mehemedagić, Minister-president of SC, Federal Ministry of Physical Planning and Environment Behija Hadžihajdarević, Minister - Member of SC, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry Željko Mišanović, Minister - Member of SC, Federal Ministry of Health Hasan Bećirević, Minister - Member of SC, Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry Besim Mehmedić, Minister - Member of SC, Federal Ministry of Transport and Communications Enes Sarač, President - Member SC, Federal Meteorological Institute Zlatko Vučina, President - Member of SC, Federal Institute for Public Health Munira Zahiragić, Member of SC, Federal Institute for Statistics NEAP Steering Committee - RS Prof. Dr. Neđo Đurić, Minister, Ministry of Urbanism, Housing, Public Utilities, Civil Engineering and Ecology, RS Dr. Rajko Latinović, Counselor to President of RS Government for agriculture Dr. Milorad Balaban, Minister, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Doc. Dr. Milenko Stanković, Assistant to Minister, Ministry of Urbanism, Housing, Public Utilities, Civil Engineering and Ecology, RS MSc. Mlađen Mandić, Assistant to Minister of Justice Zdravko Krsmanović, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications MSc. Svetislav Gligorević, Assistant to Minister of Energy and Mining MSc. Ljubo Glamočić, Assistant to Minister of Industry and Technology Boško Stojković, Assistant to Minister of Education Zoran Stjepanović, Assistant to Minister for Foreign Economic Relations Mira Straživuk, Assistant to Minister of Finance Vječeslav Miljić, Ministry of Science and Culture 1 NEAP National Environmental Action Plan Environmental Steering Committee BiH (ESC) Prof. Dr. Borislav Jakšić Mladen Rudež Mehmed Cero Miroslav Vujatović Dr. Vesna Pašić-Hercegovac Doc. Dr. Milenko Stanković MSc. Anđa Hadžiabdić Boro Mandić Prof. Dr. Tarik Kupusović (ex-member) Filomena Primorac-Nikolić (ex-member) The World Bank Team Rita Klees, Senior Environmental Specialist and Environment Program Team Leader for BiH Mirjana Karahasanović, Operations Analyst The World Bank, Sarajevo Resident Mission Dr. Viktor Simončič, Consultant Consultant for Synthesizing, Drafting and BOSNA-S OIL SERVICES CO. Finalizing the NEAP: CONSULTING BUREAU Šemsudin Hadžiefendić, Senior Advisor Fethi Silajdžić, Project Manager Esma Kreso, Environmental Specialist Adnan Ibišević, Consultant Domagoj Bačić, Project development Nikola Jovanović, Expert Sabina Hodžić, Tech. assistant Adnan Šećibović, Tech. assistant Kenan Zekić, Design Timur Selmanović, IT Technical Support and Translation to Serbian INSTITUTE FOR URBANISM OF RS Language: Branislav Bijelić Nataša Glišić, Translation Technical Assistance, Organization and REC BiH Facilitation of NEAP Workshops: Nešad Šeremet Đorđe Stefanović Members Of Thematic Work Groups Workgroup I: Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Knežević, group coordinator Air Quality Management Prof. Dr. Jovan Đuković, group coordinator Prof. Dr. Azra Jaganjac, group member Prof. Dr. Milovan Pecelj, group member Martin Tais, air quality expert Workgroup II: Prof. Dr. Hajrudin Simičić, group coordinator Integrated Water Resources Management Prof. Dr. Mato Goluža, group coordinator Doc. Dr. Duško Đurić, group coordinator MSc. Bogoljub Antonić, group coordinator Prof. Dr. Halid Merdanić, group member 2 NEAP National Environmental Action Plan Workgroup III: Prof. Dr. Hamid Čustović, group coordinator Protection, Use and Management of Land Doc. Dr. Mihajlo Marković, group coordinator Resources MSc. Rade Lukić, group member MSc. Slavka Sufi -Mičić, group member Prof. Dr. Husnija Resulović, group consultant Workgroup IV: Prof. Dr. Refik Numić, group coordinator Forest Management Rada Maunaga, group coordinator Ljubomir Marić, group member Prof. Dr. Jakov Pehar, group member Workgroup V: Prof. Dr. Velida V. - Velagić, group coordinator Waste Management Dr. Veljko Đukić, group coordinator Prof. Dr. Fuad Ćatović, group member Workgroup VI: Prof. Dr. Vlasta Žuljić, group coordinator Integral Spatial Management Milan Adžić, group coordinator Prof. Dr. Mithat Aganović, group member Milan Jakšić, group member Workgroup VII: Prof. Dr. Murat Prašo, group coordinator Economy and the Environment Prof. Dr. Lazo Roljić, group coordinator Prof. Dr. Anton Jekauc, group member Prof. Dr. Vlado Markuljević, group member Workgroup VIII: Prof. Dr. Sulejman Redžić, group coordinator Biodiversity, Geo-Diversity and Protection of Marinko Dalmatin, group coordinator Natural and Cultural Heritage Prof. Dr. Muhamed Hamidović, group coordinator Jelena Kadić, group coordinator Doc. Dr. Milenko Radević, group coordinator Dr. Ljiljana Ševo, group coordinator Workgroup IX: Prof. Dr. Lejla Saračević, group coordinator Public Health, Demography and Social Issues Dušanka Danojević, group coordinator Mara Kresojević, group coordinator Prof. Dr. Veselin Trninić, group coordinator MSc. Alma Pobrić, group member Jelena Đokić, group member Workgroup X: Mehmedalija Huremović, group coordinator Legislation and Institutional Framework Prof. Dr. Branko Morait, group coordinator Kadira Močević, group member MSc. Đorđe Vojinović, group member Jovan Radić, associated consultant 3 NEAP National Environmental Action Plan Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………………………... 5 2 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - BACKGROUND …………………………………………….………… 9 2.1 General information ……………………………………………………………………………………..…. 9 2.2 Socio - economic features ………………………………………………………………………....……… 9 2.3 Economy and Environment ………………………………………………………………….…….……... 12 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ………………….……...….. 19 4 NEAP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT …………………………………………………………… 29 5 STATUS OF THE ENVIRONMENT …………………………………………...……………….…………... 33 5.1 Air Quality Management …………………………………………………………………………………… 33 5.1.1 Status of the sector …………………………………………………………………………………………... 33 5.1.2 Problem identification and analysis ………………………………………………………………………… 34 5.1.3 Goals and measures ………………………………………………………………..….….………………… 36 5.2 Integrated water resources management ……………………….……………………………………… 38 5.2.1 Status of the sector …………………………………………………………………………………………... 38 5.2.2 Problem identification and analysis ………………………………………………………………………… 44 5.2.3 Goals and measures ………………………………………………………………..….….………………… 45 5.3 Protection, Use and Management of Land Resources ………………………………………………. 46 5.3.1 Status of the sector …………………………………………………………………………………………... 46 5.3.2 Problem identification and analysis ………………………………………………………………………… 49 5.3.3 Goals and measures ………………………………………………………………..………….….………… 50 5.4 Forest Management ………………………………………………………………………….…………….. 52 5.4.1 Status of the sector …………………………………………………………………………………………... 52 5.4.2 Problem identification and analysis ………………………………………………………………………… 53 5.4.3 Goals and measures ………………………………………………………………..….….………………… 54 5.5 Waste Management …………………………………………………..…………………………………….. 57 5.5.1 Status of the sector …………………………………………………………………………………………... 57 5.5.2 Problem identification and analysis ………………………………………………………………………… 60 5.5.3 Goals and measures …………………………………………………………………………..……..……… 62 5.6 Integral Spatial Management ……………………………………………………………………………... 64 5.6.1 Status of the sector …………………………………………………………………………………………... 64 5.6.2 Problem identification and analysis ………………………………………………………………………… 64 5.6.3 Goals and measures ……………………………………………………………………….………….…….. 66 5.7 Biodiversity, geodiversity and protection of natural and cultural heritage ……………………… 69 5.7.1 Status of the sector …………………………………………………………………………………………... 70 5.7.2 Problem identification and analysis ………………………………………………………………………… 72 5.7.3 Goals and measures ……………………………………………………………………….………………… 76 5.8 Health and safety ……………………………………………………………………….………..………… 79 5.8.1 Status of the sector and problem identification .............…………………………..………………….….. 79 5.8.2 Goals and measures ………………………………………………………………………………….……… 84 6 IMPLEMENTATION, UPDATING AND SUPERVISION OF NEAP ………………………………….... 86 7 NEAP PRIORITIES ………………………………...………………………………………………………… 88 8 APPENDICES ……………………………………..…………………………………………………………. 102 I Institutional Structure of BiH ……………………………………………………....…………………….. 102 II Environmental Management Structure in BiH …..……………………………………………..……… 104 III Constitutions ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 106 IV Legislation Published in Official Media …………………………………………………………...…… 108 V International Agreements ………………………………………………………………………………… 119 VI Maps …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 125 4 NEAP National Environmental Action Plan 1 Introduction Post conflict or war situations present enormous social, economic, physical, infrastructural and other problems. Not least amongst these is the issue of environmental protection. The neglect that occurs during such periods of war is costly and lengthy to remedy as scant regard is given at the time to the implications of environmental neglect. This results devastation of natural resources and the almost total destruction of infrastructure (thermal and hydro power plants; domestic and industrial water supply systems; sewerage and refuse disposal systems; transportation network; etc.). In many cases, this process of devastation continues after conflict has ceased. This was the case for Bosnia and Herzegovina