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Anup Shah, A. S. (2001, January 21). The kosovo crisis. Retrieved from http://www.globalissues.org/article/126/the-kosovo-crisis

As many other articles talked about war and its impacts on Kosovo’s environmental issues, this one talks about it too. This article talks about the war and bombings that happened in Kosovo during the war with Serbia and it shows how it affected the environment.  . 

Bekteshi, F. (2001). Challenges Facing Kosovo *. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from REC Kosovo  http://sector.rec.org/assistance/urban/kosovo.pdf*^{Image Added}

The first source is a document published by Firdezi Bekteshi and it’s called “Challenges facing Kosovo.” Moreover, in this document he explains how Kosovo is a landlocked territory in Balkan Pennsylvania and what its environmental problems are. One of the problems that he mentions is water pollution. As a landlocked country, Kosovo has many rivers in different parts of geography. But these rivers are much polluted and the water quality in those lowland rivers is very poor and it has a lack of proper water treatment; nevertheless, you can use them for a small volume of water supply. Comparing it to other heavily polluted rivers, which cannot be used as a water supply tool for citizens, Kosovo is having many difficulties in providing the whole society with a 24 hours water supply. As a result of wasted water, there is a high incidence of water-borne diseases causing the society many health problems. He also states that: “Recent chemical and bacteriological monitoring show that the majorities of Kosovo’s rivers are polluted and may not even be used for industrial needs without prior treatment” meaning that the cost of cleaning the water is very high, so the government may not consider it in their agenda because they might not have the money to afford its treatment.

Bajraktari, K. (2007, March 15). Environmental Deterioration risks Kosovo'sfuture*. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from KIJAC      http://www.kijacnews.net/vnews/display.v/ART/2007/03/15/45f7e6cb94798*^{Image Added}

The second source is an article published by Kreshnik Bajrtaktari in KIJAC – Kosovo Institute of Journalism and Communication named “Environmental Deterioration Risks Kosovo’s Future”. This article writes about the idea of producing the Kosova C energy plant. They argue that this is not a good idea. First, because we already have a lot of dust or air pollution from Kosova A and B we do not need another plant to create more dust. Second, the amount of money that will be invested in this plant is very high. The two energetic plants are causing not only air pollution but also deceases like the simple act of breathing, an increase in cases of bronchial asthma, emphysema and lung cancer cases. Unfortunately, there are not enough data that can prove that Obiliq is causing most of the lung cancers, so there is no one who will try to invest in this. UNMIK also said that it would be very difficult to build a new energetic plant around Obiliq because it is near Prishtina, in which almost half of the population lives and most of them drive every day through that road, so the air is being polluted even more. The criterion of this problem is definitely health of the citizens of Kosovo. Also, it is the cost that Kosovo government will have if they decide to find a solution of this problem.

Fetah Halili, F. H. (2009, June). National background report on environmental research for kosovo (under unscr 1244). Retrieved fromhttp://www.wbcinco.net/attach/1Report_Kosovo_UNSCR1244.pdf

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In this article, the authors, whom are not mentioned talk about how Kosovo is making a big step towards the clean environment with the project of cleaning the ash heaps that, are outside pristine. It also makes sure to say that the World’s Bank gave Kosovo a fond of $5.5 Million. These subsidize are for the Energy sector clean up and Land reclaim projects.

Shala, F., Dragusha, B., Dr., & Sadiku, M. (n.d.). Air pollution in the area around the Mining Complex Trepça in Kosovo. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from Republic of Kosovo < http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/^{Image Added} 2010/Cambridge/EE/EE-50.pdf> as well as this source UNDP. (n.d.). Projects of UNDP*. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from UNDP       http://www.kosovo.undp.org/?cid=2,92,26*^{Image Added}

The third source is a research document published by three student of University of Prishtina named “Air pollution in the area around the Mining Complex Trepça in Kosovo.” Furthermore, they did a lot of research and came up with a very specific presentation of the problem of Trepca. They say that Kosovo is threatened by the toxic metals especially Mitrovica which has a high level of pollution with the dust particles where the maximum value reaches 5560.8 mg/m2/day that is 20 times more than WHO recommends. With all the details that they found the authors came to conclusion that these toxic metals from Trepca represent immediate health risks to the adjacent residential areas through uncontrolled emissions of airborne dust. And they suggest that this problem has to be treated as a long-term one, measuring the airborne dust concentration in the air as well as the percentage of the toxics in air. This way the air quality will be better and the dust percentage will be lower. The criterion of this problem is the health condition of the citizens as well as the cost of solving this problem. Nontheless, UNDP project in another article (source) said that they already informed the government for this problem and they have a plan how to solve it. Moreover, they will find out the levels of the pollution of mining in, will create underground waters, superficial waters such as streams and rivers etc.

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING. (2006, April).Kosovo environmental action plan 2006 – 2010. Retrieved from

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