Macedonian Ecological Society

Macedonian Ecological Society

The Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) was founded in 1972 in what was then called the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.

Principal tasks and goals

* Encourage the development of ecological scientific disciplines in the Republic of Macedonia
* Promote the improvement of ecological and environmental education in the Macedonian education system
* Raise public environmental awareness
* Draw attention to environmental problems and, using scientific arguments, stimulate public pressure on institutions and authorities to invest in environmental protection enterprises
* Provide expert assistance to the Macedonian Government in establishing legislative environmental policy
* Promote monitoring systems and follow-up for environment quality in the Republic of Macedonia
* Nature conservation with special emphasis on biodiversity

Principal activities in recent years

* Complex ecological investigations in the beech forests in Mavrovo National Park 1997-2000
* Balkan Bear Carnivores Conservation Network (BALKAN NET) - (Led by Arcturos, Greece)
* TEDDY Project (Led by Arcturos, Greece)
* Symposium "Sustainable development of transboundary Prespa region," Prespa, 2000
* "Integrated Preservation of the Balkan Wolf Population by Diminishing the Human-Carnivore Conflict and Altering the Attitudes towards the Wolf" [http://greenhorizon.rec.org/bulletin/Bull84/Grants.html] , 2000. MES partnered with the Bulgarian Wilderness Fund [http://www.wf-bg.org/indexe.cfm] and the Albanian Society for the Protection of Birds and Mammals (ASPBM)
* ECO-NET: Creation of a network for legal protection and management of protected areas in the southern Balkans, in cooperation with Arcturos (Greece), Journalist Environmental Center - ERINA (Macedonia) and NGOs from Bulgaria, Albania and Yugoslavia (Project in the frame of DAC) (unclear), 2001-2002
* "BEZFOS" - Use of phosphate-free detergents in the Lake Ohrid regions of Ohrid and Struga (led by Farmahem (Pharmachem [http://www.farmahem.com.mk/index_en.htm] , Skopje), 2003.
* Vulture conservation project, Macedonia, 2003-
* Preparation of an Action Plan for sustainable development of the village of Galicnik, 2005
* Balkan Green belt as ecological corridor for the bear, wolf and lynx: Jablanica Mountain, 2005
* Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme - Macedonia – 2006

External links

* [http://www.mes.org.mk Macedonian Ecological Society] - website


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