Galicica PINP has launched the second, and also the final, stage of cleaning illegal landfills within the Park boundaries.

“Solid waste management strategy has been implemented successfully in all three of its segments: public awareness raising, cleaning the illegal landfills within the park and establishing a sustainable solid waste management system – says the Park Manager Zoran Angeloski, and adds – this strategy will be implemented up until 2014 and we are certain that we shall be successful in all of the three segments.“

The strategy is successfully implemented - Zoran Angeloski, director of JUNPG

Allocated for the first stage were 5,000 EUR, whereas for this second stage, the donor doubled this amount – 10,000 EUR. The second stage Втората starts from the village of Elsani and will develop all the way to Sv. Naum, both along the regional road to Albania and inside the Park boundaries.

“Unlike the first stage, during which the illegal landfills had been cleaned only at sites with access for the machinery, this time the cleaning will also take place at sites inaccessible for the machinery, i.e. manual cleaning will also be used – points out the Park Protection Sector's Manager Naumce Noveski.

Residents in the park know how to preserve nature - Noveski Naumce, Head of Department for Protection

According to his words, awareness related to this issue has been raised to a higher level following the first stage, but the required satisfactory awareness level, expressed through people's culture of behavior in nature, has still not been reached. He also adds:

“Problems of this kind are not caused by the people who live and reside in the Park. They know how to keep natural wealth and nature itself. The problems and waste disposal originate from people coming outside the Park. However, with the help of the local population from the Park, other competent institutions, tighter control and the already installed video surveillance equipment, we believe we are going to fully eliminate such incidents.

Journalist closely folows activity in the park

 This activity of the Park staff is also part of the "Support to Galicica NP" Project, funded by the German KfW Bank and implemented in cooperation with PE Komunalec of Ohrid.

May 27, 2010 (Thursday)