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In this article the Ministry of environment and spatial planning explains what the government of Kosovo at that time had in plan for Kosovo’s environment were. Moreover, they talked about climate change, air quality etc. In other words they talked about what are their plans for Kosovo’s future 4 years.
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This is an early article written for on Kosovo’s environmental issues. In this article, the author explains how the bombing from NATO bombings in Kosovo had an impact on the environment of Kosovo.
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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/ 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*
The third source is a This research document was 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 toxic's 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. Nonetheless, 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.
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This article speaks about the level of environmental awareness and action in the post-war Kosovo. It also explains the first steps which have been taken in making environment a part of the Kosovan Kosovo's government agenda and . Further it gives information on how Kosovo will benefit from the experiences that other countries had in this field during in the past.
Article 1: Water
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Waste in Kosovo is the most unpleasing issue to the eye, it . It might not be life threatening, but it is definitely an unhygienic issue that concerns all citizens. This article was posted by UNMIK, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. It shows the five major challenges it has been faced. The estimated monthly/annually wastage percentage per city, per person. It also talks about the efforts being made to clean up the mess.
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