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Valuing Biodiversity – Conserving the Last Untouched Wilderness on the Continent
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» 05.07.2010
What do the Brown Bear, the Lesser Horseshoe Bat and the Balkan Lynx have in common? They are just a few of the many species that have been catalogued by the Ministry of Environment. The catalogue documents each of the 17,604 species living in FYR Macedonia. The painstaking work of cataloguing 1,053 fungi, 354 lichens, 2,169 algae, 3,674 plants and 10,354 species of fauna, was carried out by a team of experts as part of a new National Assessment and Evaluation of Biodiversity report – recently launched by the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning.
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Lost in Transition: The Dimensions of Social Exclusion in Europe and Central Asia
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» 01.07.2010
Most of the region has been affected by the global economic crisis, with negative effects on employment and household incomes. UNDP data show that, on average, only 10% of respondents in surveyed countries, including FYR Macedonia, perceive that they are very likely to lose their job and income-generating activity in the next six months.
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Partnerships Push Pollutants Out of Macedonian School and Agricultural Communities
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» 21.06.2010
Children in the Lipkovo municipality, situated in the northern part of the country, can now breathe easier as a partnership between their Government, local council and the UN has removed one of the most troubling pollution problems from nearby their school. Since exploration at the Lojane mine site was abandoned in 2007...
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Developing Municipal Capacities for Gender Equality
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» 25.02.2010
In FYR Macedonia capacities are being developed to ensure that local policy decisions are linked with real life issues such as health care, domestic violence, assistance to single mothers, access to employment, education and justice. With financial support from the Government of Norway, a project implemented by UNDP in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, that supports municipal Equal Opportunity Commissions and Coordinators is helping to make sure that gender equality is mainstreamed into all functions and working sectors of municipalities.
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Taking on Climate Change
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» 20.12.2009
With climate change a hot topic in December due to the Copenhagen summit, there was a series of public awareness activities organized to demonstrate the country’s commitment towards combating climate change. Activities in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme included forums with civil society organizations, petition drives and performances by elementary school students.
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