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COUNTRY STUDY FOR BIODIVERSITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA<br />

Other<br />

• Veterinary Institute<br />

• Institute of Fishing<br />

• Institute of Fishing in Shum/Struga<br />

• Institute of Orchardry<br />

6.6.2. N<strong>on</strong>-governmental organisati<strong>on</strong>s (NGOs)<br />

There are 71 registered NGOs in the Republic of Maced<strong>on</strong>ia with about 33,716 total<br />

members, or approximately 500 members per organisati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the average. They are<br />

mainly financed by domestic budgets and grants, membership fees and foreign grants.<br />

Their priority areas of activity are educati<strong>on</strong> in envir<strong>on</strong>mental issues, nature protecti<strong>on</strong>,<br />

public participati<strong>on</strong>, publicati<strong>on</strong>s and reforestati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

6.6.3. Academic/Research Instituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

• Maced<strong>on</strong>ian Academy of Science and Arts (MANU)<br />

• Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics - Institute of Biology with the<br />

Department of Botany (and the Botanic Garden), Department of Zoology,<br />

Department of Physiology and Biochemistry and Institute of Geography.<br />

• Faculty of Forestry<br />

• Faculty of Agriculture<br />

• Faculty of Pharmacology<br />

• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine<br />

• Ec<strong>on</strong>omic and Social Research Institute<br />

6.6.4. Business and private sector<br />

• Nati<strong>on</strong>al Parks Administrati<strong>on</strong><br />

• Galichitsa Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park Administrati<strong>on</strong><br />

• Mavrovo Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park Administrati<strong>on</strong><br />

• Pelister Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park Administrati<strong>on</strong><br />

These administrati<strong>on</strong>s manage the issues related to:<br />

• Study, research and scientific reports <strong>on</strong> issues related to the protecti<strong>on</strong> of<br />

nati<strong>on</strong>al parks;<br />

• Keeping professi<strong>on</strong>ally gathered data and documentati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> natural and other<br />

values and aesthetics of the parks;<br />

• Providing c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s for the use of nati<strong>on</strong>al parks for scientific, educati<strong>on</strong>al,<br />

cultural, health, sports and tourist-recreati<strong>on</strong>al purposes, without risking the basic<br />

characteristics of the parks;<br />

• Undertaking protecti<strong>on</strong> measures for certain z<strong>on</strong>es or of specific species in the<br />

parks;<br />

• Issuing scientific and professi<strong>on</strong>al publicati<strong>on</strong>s, informati<strong>on</strong> and other materials;<br />

• Running campaigns for raising public awareness of the importance of parks, their<br />

natural wealth and the ways that they can be preserved.<br />

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