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Promotion of the Conservation Action Plan for the Balkan Lynx in Mavrovo National Park

On 26 December 2018, the Conservation Action Plan (CAP) for the Balkan Lynx was presented in the Mavrovo National Park (MNP), foreseeing systematic activities for the conservation of Balkan lynx in the MNP area. Activities are financially supported by the Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme, implemented by the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) for twelve years now, and will be conducted in close cooperation with MNP until the end of 2020. The document was prepared and revised in the last five…

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Successful meeting between NP "Mavrovo and NP "Malet e Sharrit" in Kosovo

On 11 December 2018, a meeting took place on Shar Mountain in Kosovo among representatives of the Mavrovo National Park in Macedonia and the Sharri National Park in Kosovo, organised by the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES). The aim of this meeting was to present the work of MES regarding Balkan lynx conservation and the initial results from the monitoring of chamois in the Mavrovo National Park, conducted in cooperation with park employees. Participants exchanged views about future…

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Second European Mammal Atlas

Published in 1999 and with more than 450 citations on the Web of Science, the first edition of the European Mammal Atlas has become one of the most cited books on mammals in Europe. The need for a new edition became obvious in 2015 due to the fact that many studies contributed to the increased knowledge about mammals at European level, and also considering that the European part of Russia was included in the project too. The new edition is due with publication in 2024, exactly 25 years after…

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Need to Establish Large Carnivore Platform in the Balkans

Around fifty representatives from the region and from other European countries took part in the first regional meeting of the EU Platform on Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores in the Dinaric region, held in Budva, Montenegro on 6 November 2018. Participants affirmed the importance of the Platform in establishing transboundary cooperation, exchanging experiences, and conducting joint management of large carnivore populations. The Dinaric-Pindos mountain range is among the richest…

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Celebrating birds!

October was a busy month for celebrating internationally important days for birds. In the first week, we were celebrating the European Birdwatch Days by organizing birdwatching tours in the Skopje City Park and with the pupils from Goce Delchev primary school from Resen. This year was the 25 th anniversary of the European Birdwatch days, which have been Europe’s most popular birdwatching platform to date. In the second week from October however, we celebrated the World Migratory Bird Days with…

Addriatic flyways 4

Adriatic flyways 4 - Macedonia

Time frame : 2018-2022 Funding: MAVA Foundation Coordinating beneficiary : Euronatur Foundation, Germany Associated beneficiaries : Association BIOM (BirdLife Croatia), Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BPSSS, BirdLife Serbia), Nase Ptice (Bosnia and Hercegovina), Albanian Onithological Society (AOS, Albania), Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA, Albania) . Project goal: Monitoring bird electrocution and collision with medium-voltage pylon lines in…

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MES becomes Full Partner to BirdLife International

Since September 2018, MES is the official Full Partner to BirdLife International for Macedonia. The official designation ceremony took place in Belgium on the BirdLife’s Global Partnership Meeting. MES’s General Secretary Metodija Velevski PhD. accepted the acknowledgement, as he has been included in the organization’s Partnership processes from the very beginning. The Partnership to BirdLife International process started in 2006, when MES was designated a BirdLIfe Affiliate in Macedonia. In…

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Leaflet for bike trails on Osogovo mountain

As part of the project "Supporting a sustainable future for people and nature in the Osogovo mountain", as a result from the component for development of sustainable tourism in the region three leaflets for bike trails were made. The leaflets are available on the following links: Easy trаil Medium and hard trаil Bike trail - Ponikva

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Transboundary Summer School "Nature interpretation and Environmental Education" in Prespa, Albania

From 17 th - 21 st September, students from the three countries sharing the Prespa region came together in Albanian Prespa to learn about “Nature Interpretation and Environmental Education in Prespa”. The Transboundary Summer School organized by PrespaNet members – Macedonian Ecological Society (MES), Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA) and the Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP), took the students through series of outdoor and indoor sessions that…

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Egyptian Vultures numbers still dropping in Macedonia

The intensive monitoring activities of the known Egyptian Vulture’s territories were restarted this year by the Macedonian Ecological society within the project “Egyptian Vulture new LIFE” financed by the LIFE program from the European Union (LIFE16 NAT/BG/000874) . Sadly, our expectation was confirmed. The results from this year’s monitoring suggest that the population of the Egyptian Vulture in Macedonia is still in decline. This year marks the all-time low, with 13-14 pairs recorded…

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Teacher's educational material "Birds and Nature" available in Macedonian for all teachers and educators

Macedonian Ecological Society within the project " Empowering Teachers and Pupils for a Better Life through Nature ", implemented in cooperation with five environmental NGOs from Europe, and financed by the Erasmus + program of the European Union on September 24 in the Municipality of Tearce and September 26 in the Municipality of Resen will hold two one-day workshops for kinder garden teachers and teachers from the first to the fifth grade in order to get acquainted with the educational…

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Fighting illegal wildlife poisoning with the Balkan Anti-Poisoning Project

Working across five states in the Balkans, the Balkan Anti-Poisoning Project brings together governments, wildlife conservation groups, hunting associations, farmers and scientists in an ambitious conservation project to tackle the single biggest threat to vultures, illegal poisoning. Vultures in the Balkans Cinereous vulture (This species no longer breeds in Macedonia) Once a common sight over the Balkan states the populations of the four European species of vultures, drastically declined over…

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