| Call |
1st Call for Project Proposals – Stage A – Submission of Concept Note by the Lead Beneficiary |
| Priority Axis |
PRIORITY 1 - Transition to a low carbon economy |
| Specific Objective |
RSO2.7. Enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution |
| Country |
North Macedonia |
| Organization / Entity |
NGO Stena Stenae |
| First Name |
Ιgor |
| Last Name |
Ristovski |
| Address |
Marshal Tito no.11, 1442 Demir Kapija |
| Email |
igor.ristovski@gmail.com |
| Contact Phone |
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| What type of beneficiaries are you looking for? |
geopark, protected areas, biodiversity and ecology NGOs |
| Project idea title |
Assessing vulnerability of the natural heritage, green infrastructure and bio (geo)diversity in respect to natural hazards & climate change in order to increase resilience and achieve sustainable tourism of the protected areas. |
| Specific problem to be addressed |
vulnerability of geosites and green infstrastructure, establishing baseline and data gathering of species/habitats, determine significant risks, so called "hotspots" and drivers in order to increase resilience and enable achievement of Sustainable goals/tourism. This will enable better protection f important areas and provide tools/mechanisms for State/regional and local governments to monitor, evaluate and increased disaster risk preparedness in a changing climate. |
| Main project activities planned |
To analyse vulnerability of geosites in selected Geoparks from various natural disasters (geo-hazards potential), including climate change, determine the hotspots and develop short/long-term measures (solutions) to conserve and protect the heritage (natural/geo-heritage). |
| Expected outputs and results |
Database, GIS, Guidebook on vulnerability assessment, short/long-term measures (solutions) to conserve and protect the heritage (natural/geo-heritage).
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| State your area of expertise / interest |
Geodiversity, geosite/heritage assessment, ecology modelling, climate change vulnerability & adaptation plans, disaster risk reduction, sustainable tourism. |
