Republika e Kosovës Republika Kosova ‐ Republic of Kosovo Qeveria –Vlada ‐ Government Ministria e Mjedisit dhe Planifikimit Hapësinor Ministarstvo Sredine i Prostornog Planiranja Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning REVISING and UPDATING the KOSOVO ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY (KES) and NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN (NEAP) 2011‐ 2015 Prishtina May 2011 Revising and Updating the KES (2011‐2015) 1 I. KOSOVO ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY (KES) 2011‐2015 DRAFT (2) Prepared by Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) in corporation with SWECO, Sweden and EPTISA Internacional, Spain. A project financed by SIDA, the Swedish International Development Agency Revising and Updating the KES (2011‐2015) 2 CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 5 VISION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER I ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 1. FORWARD ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 2. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 3. GENERAL STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................. 9 4. KEY INDICATORS FOR SUCCESS OF THE KES (2011‐2015) .......................................................................................... 9 5. THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE KES ............................................................................................................................... 10 6. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN (NEAP) ............................................................................................... 10 7. GOALS OF THE KES (2011‐2015) ............................................................................................................................. 11 8. OBJECTIVES OF THE KES (2011‐2015) ...................................................................................................................... 11 8.1. LONG‐TERM OBJECTIVES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ............................................................................................. 11 8.2. SHORT‐TERM OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................... 11 9. METHODOLOGY FOR THE KES (2011‐2015) ............................................................................................................. 12 9.1. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................... 12 9.2. KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE KES (2011‐2015) .................................................................................................................... 12 10. ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES FOR KOSOVO .......................................................................................................... 13 11. LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE INSTITUTIONS IN KOSOVO ....................................................................................... 14 11.1. ASSEMBLY ............................................................................................................................................................... 14 11.2. GOVERNMENT .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 11.3. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING (MESP) ......................................................................................... 14 11.4. MUNICIPALITIES ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 11.5. PROBLEM ISSUES ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 11.6. INSTITUTIONAL AIMS .................................................................................................................................................. 15 11.7. INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITIES .......................................................................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER II ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16 1. AIR ......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 1.2. CLIMATE CHANGE ...................................................................................................................................................... 20 1.3. ACIDIFICATION, EUTROPHICATION AND TROPOSPHERIC OZONE ........................................................................................... 20 1.4. OZONE LAYER PROTECTION ......................................................................................................................................... 21 1.5. RADIATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 2. WATER ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3. SOIL ........................................................................................................................................................................ 26 4. NATURAL HERITAGE ............................................................................................................................................... 28 5. SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES ......................................................................................................... 29 Revising and Updating the KES (2011‐2015) 3 6. BIO‐DIVERSITY ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 7. AGRICULTURE ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 8. FORESTRY............................................................................................................................................................... 33 9. SOLID WASTE ......................................................................................................................................................... 34 10. CHEMICALS ............................................................................................................................................................ 38 11. MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................... 39 12. ENERGY .................................................................................................................................................................. 40 13. INDUSTRY .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 14. TRANSPORT ........................................................................................................................................................... 45 15. TOURISM ............................................................................................................................................................... 46 CHAPTER III .................................................................................................................................................................... 48 1. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................... 48 1.1. STATE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 1.2. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................................... 48 1.3. PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................................................................... 48 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) ................................................................................................................... 49 2.1. STATE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 49 2.2. R&D OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................................................................................