Transboundary Monitoring

Development of Transboundary Monitoring System

The project for Integrated Ecosystem Management in the Prespa Basin in Albania, North Macedonia and Greece, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other donors ran from 2006 to 2012, and included within its activities was the development of a transboundary monitoring system (TMS), which was put together in collaboration with the Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP).

As there were no common metrics for the three parts of the Prespa area and if in the future common management was to be achieved, it was acknowledged by all at the time that there should be a common picture of the basic attributes of the ecosystem as a whole, necessitating the preparation of a comprehensive system of transboundary monitoring.

The monitoring system addressed a wide-ranging variety of areas, such as fish, birds and other biodiversity, aquatic vegetation, forest and terrestrial ecosystems, water quality, land use and socio-economic aspects. A transboundary monitoring study-document and several reports on the pilot field monitoring activities implemented per thematic area were produced. The TMS was developed with the contribution of national and international scientists and under the guidance of a multi-stakeholder working group composed of representatives from all three countries.
Unfortunately the TMS has subsequently not yet been implemented, largely due to the long pause in formal transboundary inter-state co-operation after 2010.

 

Reports

Pilot Application of the Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park – Fish and Fisheries Monitoring

Pilot Application of the Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park – Forests and Terrestrial Habitats Monitoring

Pilot application – forests and terrestrial habitats monitoring (Annex 1)

Pilot application – forests and terrestrial habitats monitoring (Annex 2)

Pilot Application of the Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park – Workshop on the Monitoring of Bats

Expert proposal for the transboundary water monitoring system of the Prespa Park

Pilot Application of the Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park – Aquatic Vegetation Monitoring

Pilot Application of the Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park – Brown Bear Monitoring

Adjustment οf the Transboundary Monitoring System (TMS) for the Prespa Park

 

Articles

Perennou, C., Gletsos, M., Chauvelon, P., Crivelli, A., DeCoursey, M., Dokulil, M., Grillas, P., Grovel, R. and Sandoz, A. (2009). Development of a Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park Area, Aghios Germanos, Greece, November 2009, 381pp.

Duration

2007 - 2012

National & international
experts

Category
Species, Habitats & Landscapes, Water, Transboundary, Local Society
Tags
Transboundary Prespa Park, Transboundary Cooperation