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COUNTRY STUDY FOR BIODIVERSITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
• Law on Declaring a Portion of the Forested Areas around Mavrovo Lake as a
National Park (10/49, with its modifications and supplements, 23/52 and 16/65);
• Law on Declaring a Portion of the Forested Areas on Galichitsa Mountain as a
National Park (31/58, with its modification/supplement, 16/65);
• Law on the Protection of Ohrid, Prespa and Doyran Lakes (45/77);
• Law on Declaring the Ornithological Reserve “Ezerani” as a Strict Natural Reserve
(37/96);
• Law on Declaring the Ornithological Reserve “Tikvesh” in the Gorge of the Crna
River as a Strict Natural Reserve (35/97).
In addition, the strict natural reserves are subject to the following regulations:
• Regulations on the Implementation of Measures for the Protection of the Strict
Natural Reserve “Ezerani” on Prespa Lake (29/97);
• Regulations on the Implementation of Measures for the Protection of the Strict
Natural Reserve “Tikvesh” in the Gorge of the Crna River (44/97).
On the basis of the authority delegated by the Law on the Protection of Natural
Rarities, municipal assemblies and the city of Skopye (i.e., local governments) have
made a number of decisions by which certain natural properties have been declared as
protected areas within a particular category. Such decisions include:
• Decision of the Assembly of the City of Skopje on Declaring a Portion of Vodno
Mountain as an Area with Specific Natural Characteristics (1970);
• Decision of the Assembly of the City of Skopje on Declaring the Site of “Ostrovo”
near the Village of Trubarevo as a Natural Monument (1976);
• Decision of the Assembly of the City of Skopje on Declaring the Katlanovo Area as a
Natural Monument (1991);
• Decision of the Assembly of the City of Skopje on Declaring the Matka Gorge as a
Natural Monument (1994);
• Decision of the Assembly of the Municipality of Kavadarci on Declaring the Area of
Relict Communities near the Drenachka Gorge as a Natural Monument (1991);
• Decision of the Council of the Municipality of Prilep on Declaring the Site of “Zrze”
as a Natural Monument (1996);
• Decision of the Council of the Municipality of Bitola on Declaring the Gradeshka
River Gorge as a Natural Monument (1996).
In order to address the particular issue of the usage and conservation of protected
areas, fundamental changes will be required. A clear normative conception will need to
be built.
6.1.4. Laws on flora and fauna
The first group of special laws relating to flora and fauna includes:
• Law on Fishing (62/93);
• Law on Hunting (20/96, 26/96 and 34/47);
• Law on Plant Protection (25/98, with its modification/supplement, 6/00);