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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
Regional Workshop of the
EU PLATFORM ON COEXISTENCE
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND LARGE
CARNIVORES
Legal framework, population size and monitoring, human-large
carnivore conflict and coexistence
Hotel Mediteran, Budva, Montenegro, 6 November 2018
Status of Large Carnivores
Status of Large carnivores in Kosovo according to the recent
monitoring activities, made by the institutions in charge (Kosovo
Institute for Nature Protection) and Projects developed in the past
(example. ERA/Balkan Lynx Recovery Programe) is,
Brown bear (Ursus arctos) number of individuals 80 - 100
Wolf (Canis lupus) “ “ up to 100
Balkan Lynx (Lynx lynx) “ “ up to 6
2 individuals of Balkan Lynx are confirmed with trap camera.
Data source (ERA/BLRP)
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Balkan Lynx , in Bjeshkët e Nemuna , by ERA/BLRP
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Dead individual of Balkan Lynx in Bjeshkët e Nemuna, ERA/BLRP
National and International legal framework
Transposition of the EU acquis in the nature protection sector is already well advanced.
• The Wild Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive are fully transposed by the
Law No.03/L-233 on Nature Protection.
• Implementation of the Leg hold traps Regulation is defined by the Law on Nature
Protection No.03/L-233, prohibits the use of any device for capturing and killing
wild animal species.
• As regards the CITES Regulation there has been some progress, Administrative
Instruction No. 26/2012 on the cross-border movement and trade in wild protected
species.
• Due fact that Kosovo is not a Party of CITES Convention, we are facing with
problems with recognition of our documents (permits and certificates) from Custom
authorities in neighboring countries.
• Law No. 02/L-53 on hunting regulates sustainable management, breeding,
protection, hunting and use of wild fauna as natural wealth of general interest which
enjoy special protection.
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Administrative Instruction No.18/2012
According to Administrative Instruction No.18/2012 for the
proclamation of Wild species Protected and strictly protected,
• Brown bear is autochthonous wild specie protected;
• Canis Lupus (Wolf) is autochthonous wild specie strictly
protected;
• Lynx lynx is autochthonous wild specie strictly protected.
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International conventions relevant for the legal status of the
species
Due to known reasons Kosovo is not yet a Member of United
Nations Organization and has not ratified biodiversity related
international conventions and treaties, but through national
legislation implement main principles of Conventions and
treaties, related to LC as well.
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Monitoring of LCs
Monitoring activities and inventory of biodiversity in nature protected areas, in general is responsibility of
Kosovo Institute for Nature Protection.
KINP for the monitoring of LC’s has installing monitoring devices – camera traps within the two National
Parks “Sharri” and “Bjeshket e Nemuna”. mostly on places where it is believed that they are potential
movement routes for wild animals.
Balkan Lynx Recovery Program from ERA and FINCH
Stratified monitoring program conducted successfully from 2012
Main result is the re confirmation of the Balkan lynx
Name of organization:
Environmentally Responsible Action group
Title of the project Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme
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ERA/BLRP 6th sampling period 2018
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Methodology
Methods: Local Ecological Knowledge - Baseline survey questionnaires
Systematic camera trapping;
Study areas: Bjeshkët e Nemuna/Accursed Mts. western Kosovo along
border with Montenegro, Pashtrik Mt. south-west Kosovo bordering
Albania, Shalë central-north Kosovo, and Sharri mountain range.
Camera Trap Database are managed from ERA and FINCH
Data's are sensitive and currently they are not public, they can be available
through Kosovo Institute for Nature Protection.
Data collection and management is responsibility of MESP through KINP.
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Management of LCs
• No Management Plans for Large mammals at all.
Other institutions in charge for management are:
• Kosovo Forest Agency, through Directorate of
Wildlife and Hunting
• Kosovo Hunting Federation.
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Organization of Nature Conservation
• Kosovo’s MESP is responsible for nature conservation issues.
• Administrative and professional tasks Department of Environment
Protection and Waters – Division for Nature Protection.
• Monitoring & Reporting and Administration of Nature Protected Areas –
Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency.
• Inspective tasks – Department of Inspectorate
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is in charge for
commercial activities and sustainable use of natural resources.
• The Municipalities have responsibilities in nature conservation issues, as
well (Hunting, forestry etc.).
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Challenges
Lack of management Plans for LC’s;
Illegal hunting as a big threat for LC’s, most ‘hunters’ don’t
have the knowledge about possible impacts of unsustainable
hunting on biodiversity;
Lack of partnership with main Conventions;
Weak cooperation with courts, police and other relevant
institutions as regards illegal activities;
Lack of professional staff in hunting areas;
Lack of compensation schemes in place for damages caused by
strictly protected animals to domestic animals.
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Video Brown bear in Bjeshkët e Nemuna, source ERA/BLRP
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Thank you for attention!
Ismail Hetemaj – Head of Nature Protection
Division, [email protected] Bardh Sanaja – NGO ERA
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Questions & Answers
