Lake Ohrid

Does #UNESCO #44WHC want to know how #Macedonia has crushed the protection plan for #LakeOhrid's final fully functioning coastal wetland by reducing its proposed Zone of Strict Protection to just 8.85%? pic.twitter.com/j6u44hoU6j

— OhridSOS (@OhridSOS) July 18, 2021

🔴 BREAKING!

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region [extension of “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region”, #NorthMacedonia], #Albania 🇦🇱, has just been inscribed on @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List!

ℹ️ https://t.co/thV0mwrj0X #43WHC pic.twitter.com/uqzpYMvXTQ

— UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳😷 (@UNESCO) July 5, 2019

OhridSOS addressed the #WorldHeritage Committee at #43com #43WHC in #Baku.
Full text available in MK and ENG https://t.co/xdT6cYDxoJ
Video https://t.co/PqM6VmqZDg
*Big thanks to @WH_Watch pic.twitter.com/R6a7TD86es

— OhridSOS (@OhridSOS) July 5, 2019

Call to all delegates of #WorldHeritage Committee at #43com #43WHC #Baku to refrain from removal of Paragraph 8. Removing the worlds will not remove the severe threats to @UNESCO #LakeOhrid It will be a free pass to continually growing degradation. To hide is to be complicit. pic.twitter.com/vBDF81qaM6

— OhridSOS (@OhridSOS) July 4, 2019

The situation @UNESCO #LakeOhrid misrepresented by #MK Gov at #43com #43WHC @ademie said "lake waters are properly monitored and maintained". Images show 5-600kg of fish killed in Nov'18 due to failure 2 establish proper water level management. Warnings were sent, no action taken pic.twitter.com/dI0zr4fhJF

— OhridSOS (@OhridSOS) July 4, 2019

While Committee members at #43com #43WHC were complimenting @VladaMK on the "progress" implementing @UNESCO Reactive monitoring mission 2017 recommendations, illegal construction at #LakeOhrid in full speed with the investor overseeing his progress. FYI @mechtildrossler pic.twitter.com/R3mnrVDAik

— OhridSOS (@OhridSOS) July 4, 2019

Following @OhridSOS notes, urgent field inspection has been conducted.There is no building activity registered on site. Countinuous inspection is to be carried out in the following period. pic.twitter.com/PEShx8NKSl

— Константин Георгиески (@KGeorgieski) July 4, 2019

New video on solving plastic pollution in freshwater bodies: 'Pearl in a plastic bag' tells the story of Lake Ohrid, Europe's oldest lake located between Macedonia and Albania, and how plastic waste is being tackled in this stunning region https://t.co/oDaYkxM2Sm via @YouTube

— IUCN Water Programme (@IUCN_Water) July 12, 2018