1. AN ECOSYSTEM - BASED APPROACH
MANAGEMENT OF NON-POINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION IN THE REGION OF OHRID AND THE PRESPA LAKES
AN ECOSYSTEM - BASED APPROACH
Oliver Avramoski
Lake Ohrid Conservation Project

2. The future of the action: recommendations
OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION
The future of the action: recommendations
The framework for action: timeline of activities and events framing the action
Moving from planning to implementation
Introduction to the Region

3. Macedonia

4. THE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
REDUCTION OF THE PHOSPHORUS LOAD IS THE PRIORITY ACTIION
In 1995 through a financial support of World Bank, the Feasibility Study for the Lake Ohrid Conservation Project was prepared
Donators’ conference for protection of Lake Ohrid is held in Ohrid; more than 45 million DEM donated for drinking water and wastewater projects in Albania and Macedonia
Albania and Macedonia sign the Memorandum of Understanding for LOCP and establish the Lake Ohrid Management Board
Watershed management committees were established in Albania and Macedonia to develop an action plant for the whole watershed.
Through a competitive grant program a series of demonstration projects were selected.
In 1998 Albania and Macedonia sign the grant agreement for LOCP; the project officially launched in December 1998 in Albania and in March 1999, in Macedonia
In 2000: Feasibility Study for Environmental Protection of Lake Prespa prepared by the German consultant MVV and financial support of KfW, Germany
Eeutrophication is one of the main risks for Lake Ohrid. Among the nutrients, phosphorus is the limiting factor for algae growth and thus for the eutrophication. The loading of dissolved phosphorous in 1995 was estimated to be 150 tons per year, and this would need to be reduced to 50 tons per year to keep the mean concentration of phosphorous below 7mg m-3.

5. Transboundary Prespa Park
q  Inexistent or inappropriate water management;
q  Large-scale forest destruction and erosion;
q  Overgrazing;
q Over-exploitation of medicinal plants, fishes and other natural resources;
q  Ecologically unsound irrigation practices;
q   Water and soil contamination from uncontrolled use of pesticides, raw sewage
q  Deposits and lake siltation;
q  Uncontrolled urban and other forms of development;
q   Pressure from increasing and uncontrolled tourism development.

6. Lake Ohrid Conservation Project: ALB-MKD (NOT GR!); GEF founded
Non-point sources of pollution: reconcile different visions
Lake Ohrid Conservation Project: ALB-MKD (NOT GR!); GEF founded
Transboundary Prespa Park: ALB-MKD-GR; GTZ supported
Local Environmental Action Plans : ALB-MKD; financed & coordinated by ISC, US

7. Non-point sources of pollution: emerging issues
Linking biodiversity, landscape conservation and agricultural practices

8. Non-point sources of pollution: emerging issues
Linking biodiversity, landscape conservation and control of the erosion

9. Non-point sources of pollution: emerging issues