{"id":13549,"date":"2024-10-01T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/old-mountain-for-new-generations-towards-accountable-and-inclusive-biodiversity-protection\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T15:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:53:56","slug":"old-mountain-for-new-generations-towards-accountable-and-inclusive-biodiversity-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/old-mountain-for-new-generations-towards-accountable-and-inclusive-biodiversity-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Old mountain for new generations \u2013 Towards accountable and inclusive biodiversity protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13549\" class=\"elementor elementor-13549 elementor-13547\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1942171 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1942171\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21763a4 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"21763a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce07cc sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fce07cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-1024x125.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-1024x125.png 1024w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-400x49.png 400w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-768x94.png 768w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-1536x187.png 1536w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-370x45.png 370w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-760x93.png 760w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-387x47.png 387w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt-500x61.png 500w, https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BEST-belt.png 1911w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-655b554d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"655b554d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61425c09 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"61425c09\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e698e sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40e698e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>The overall objective of the project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is to contribute to the establishment of accountable and inclusive protected area management in Serbia, with a particular focus on monitoring the implementation of biodiversity protection measures on \u201cStara Planina\u201d mountain, which is currently in the process of being declared a national park. The project involves establishing independent monitoring of nature protection measures and developing mechanisms for citizen participation in accordance with national and international nature protection frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expected results and impacts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Higher transparency, public participation, and enforcement of biodiversity protection measures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Established independent civic oversight over the implementation of nature protection measures in \u201cStara planina.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased public awareness of the need for accountable, inclusive, and participatory management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Organization of capacity-building training for representatives of local civil society organizations (CSOs), informal groups, and activists;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organization of two consultative meetings with stakeholders (local community, current protected area managers, representatives of institutions, experts in biodiversity protection, environmental protection, spatial planning, and law);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of biodiversity protection measures on \u201cStara Planina\u201d mountain within the existing public policies and planning and regulatory frameworks;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of proposals for improving public policies and regulatory frameworks for protected area management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This project will be realized from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, with support by the EU-funded <a style=\"color:#44A383\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europeangreenbelt.org\/bestbelt\/projects\/old-mountain-for-new-generations-towards-accountable-and-inclusive-biodiversity-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BESTbelt project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the establishment of accountable and inclusive protected area management in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":9552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1546,1530],"tags":[1870,1868,1869,1678],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13549"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13884,"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549\/revisions\/13884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reri.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}