Policies of natural Resources Management and Environmental Economic Advantages - Attractions in Kosovo

• Author: Afrim Selimaj - Adem Dreshaj - Bedri Millaku
• Position: University 'Haxhi Zeka' Peja, Kosovo
• Pages: 127-131

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IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania

Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences Vol. 1 No. 3

November 2015

ISSN 2410-3918

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

Policies of natural Resources Management and Environmental Economic

Advantages - Attractions in Kosovo

Afrim Selimaj

University “Haxhi Zeka” Peja, Kosovo

Adem Dreshaj

University “Haxhi Zeka” Peja, Kosovo

Bedri Millaku

University “Haxhi Zeka” Peja, Kosovo

Abstract

Ecosystem management is a recent alternative policy proposed by the Kosovo government to

address a new generation of environmental issues. All Kosovo agency managements are cur-

rently exploring the concept of ecosystem management and their implications. Their activities

are focused in the management of land and natural resources, by developing policy guidelines

regarding the management of the ecosystem and the efforts undertaken that are only one layer

of a larger phenomenon nationwide. Similar activities occur at the state and local levels, as

well as within the NGO sector. In this sense, this paper addresses two questions:

What is the policy of ecosystem management?

Would Ecosystem management remain only a land management policy and resource?

Keywords: ecosystem management, land resources, water.

Introduction

Kosovo has built the most comprehensive policy for the environment, the legal and

regulatory framework than any other country in the world. During the last 15 years,

environmental issues have aroused, because of the high number of natural resources. In

this sense environmental policies and regulations were created by a special agency to

monitor environmental health and increased environmental funding associated with all

Kosovo agencies. Great strides were undertaken in the air quality management policies

in urban areas. However, some areas of public policy are controversial, because of the

issues surrounding the management of Kosovo environment and natural resources.

Environmental issues are determined by political, economic, social, and even cultural

willpower. They include tough scientific questions, such as scales of proper resource

management, administrative issues in the inter - governmental level. Government

policies often encourage many of these practices, such as soil drainage and filling of

wetlands for agricultural use. Ecosystem Management (EM) is an outstanding

alternative to a policy recently proposed to address this new generation of other

environmental issues in Kosovo.

Land and natural resource management

Despite significant attention EM remains a loose collection of letters to specific agency

concepts, policies and guidance documents, and potential changes only partially to