The project “Development of a Waste Management Plan for the Protected Natural Areas of the Sarajevo Canton” is a one-year project implemented by the Resource Environmental Center (REC), and financially supported by the Environmental Protection Fund of the Federation of BiH.
Protected natural areas in the Sarajevo Canton are important tourist destinations due to its natural, cultural, and esthetic values. A large number of tourists who visit such destinations inevitably leave smaller or larger quantities of waste and the problem of its disposal remains to be solved by the staff at such destinations. The fact that these are protected areas where the scope of visits is determined as well as the types of activities that tourists can undertake, indicate that certain rules of conduct are in place, which further affects the structure and amount of waste that can be generated.
Overall objective of the project is to develop a waste management plan for the five protected areas managed by the Public Institution for Protected Natural Areas of the Sarajevo Canton that will serve as an effective tool to address waste management problems in the five protected areas.
Specific objectives:
- Improve the waste management situation in the five protected areas managed by the Public Institution for Protected Natural Areas of the Sarajevo Canton by providing precondition for safe collection and disposal of waste
Project activities:
Activities that will be implemented include:
- Establishing of organizational structure/management board;
- Introductory meetings with stakeholders;
- Analysis of legal, institutional and financial waste management framework;
- Analysis of current and future quantities of waste;
- Analysis of current condition and infrastructural needs;
- Preparation of documents concerning current waste management condition in the protected areas with the specification of issues;
- Defining waste management objectives in the Sarajevo Canton protected areas;
- Development of an Action Plan;
- Development of a Waste Management Plan for the Sarajevo Canton Protected Areas.
Project results:
- Assessment has been conducted of the waste management current situation as well as future needs in the Sarajevo Canton protected areas.
- Types, quantities, origin and waste streams in the Sarajevo Canton protected areas have been identified.
- The List of waste management priorities, Waste Management System Organization Plan and the Action Plan for the identified priorities have been prepared.
- Partnership between different stakeholders has been strengthened and the participation in the waste management decision-making process has been increased.
- The public has been informed and included in the development of the Waste Management Plan in the protected areas and public awareness has been raised on waste management problems.
- Wasted management has been improved in the protected areas.
- The basis for systematic and adequate improvement of waste management in the protected areas of the Sarajevo Canton has been created.
- Waste Management Plan has been developed for all five protected areas managed by the Public Institution for Protected Natural Areas of the Sarajevo Canton
Project duration: 12 months (April 2020 – April 2021)
Overall project value: 50.000 KM
Coordinator: REC- Resource Environmental Center
Source of funding / Donor: Environmental Protection Fund of the Federation of BiH
