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Sustainable framework for Dragash Municipality Development Plan and the expansion of a National Park in the Sharr Mountains

Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use Management

Duration

December 2010 to December 2012

Location

Kosovo / Municipality of Dragash & Prizren

Client

UNDP - United Nation Development Programme

Description / responsibilities
  • Establishment of a regional GIS system
  • Sustainability Atlas for the Municipal Development Plan (concept, collection, supervising map production (45 thematic maps). The Sustainable Development Atlas (SDA) includes spatial assessment of local / regional resources and guidance for further spatial development and land management as input for the Municipal Development Plan and other future plans.
  • Advisory service for the Municipal Development Plan Dragash – Capacity Building Programmes for UNDP and Dragash Municipality.
  • Execution of the required ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment’ for the Municipal Development Plan
  • Biodiversity assessment (forests, open land, fauna, flora, vegetation)
  • Forest function plans and management guidance (timber production, coppice forest, private use)
  • Concepts and guidelines on: evaluation of biodiversity situation in the region incl. Sharr Mountains, Recommendations for conservation of this area within existing National Park borders and/or proclamation of protected zones,
  • Guidelines and specific measures for necessary field examinations in Dragash area within precise evaluation of floristic, faunistic, ecosystem diversity and threats
  • Capacity development of the Municipality (strategy, training needs assessment, implementation, quality control, financing mechanisms, office management)
  • Landscape Plan for the “Shkugza Park” - Municipality of Gjakova and Institute of Spatial Planning, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
  • Facilitation of public participation in the course of the compilation of the Municipal Development Plan

Position

Senior Advisers for institutional Capacity development, biodiversity, spatial planning and environmental impacts
Icon Sustainability Atlas - Kosovo - Dragash 2013 (36.3 MB)
Volume 1 to 5
Draft Sustainability Atlas - UNDP Project 2010 - 2012 - for the Municipality of Dragash in the southern part of Kosovo.
Authors:
Peter Bank
Florian Bemmerlein-Lux
Ismail Gagica
Ergin Hajredini
Icon Municipal Development Plan Dragash (8.6 MB)
2013-2023
Michael Voit, Maria Elena Zuniga Barrientos - Project Manager
This document is the summary version of the MDP. It contains the essence of the Municipal Development Plan:
Part I (Introduction, Profile and SWOT-Analysis), Part II (Vision, Spatial Development Framework, Strategies and Implementation Provisions) and Part III (Maps).

Example of a guidance map for the Municipal Development Plan: Guidance for Agriculture
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Icon Sustainable Development Atlas (16.7 MB)
Framework for a comprehensive and balanced management plan of “Sharr” National Park Kosovo
Ergin Hajredini
Peter Bank
Florian Bemmerlein-Lux
Ismail Gagica
Halil Ibrahimi
Project Manager:
Maria Elena Zuniga Barrientos
Output supervisor and officer in charge:
Halil Ibrahimi

Zoning of the Sharr Mountain National Park - Guidance Map for zoning of the Sustainability Atlas

Guidance for Nature Conservation

 

 
Overview of the Municipality Dragash
Overview of the Municipality Dragash
Example maps and spatial planning approach [More]