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Environmental Issues in Serbia: Pollution and Nature Conservation

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Serbia is facing several serious environmental problems which are strongly related to its historic legacy of a centrally planned economy and insufficient investments in the ecological-related projects. It is facing the serious air pollution in the major cities (category III), low level of the wastewater from utility and industrial sources (that less than 15%), an inadequate waste management with a small percentage of recycling, as well as the degradation and pollution of the quality soil which is one of the key natural resources in Serbia. On the other hand, its rich and diverse natural heritage has been under the nature conservation process started from 1948 when The Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia was established. The protected areas in Serbia currently cover 662,435 ha with two areas on the UNESCO MaB list included as biosphere reserves: Golija-Studenica and Bačko Podunavlje and five national parks.

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  1. Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Vladimir Stojanović, Milana Pantelić & Stevan Savić

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  1. Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Emilija Manić

  2. Institute of Social Sciences, Demographic Research Centre, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vladimir Nikitović

  3. Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Predrag Djurović

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Stojanović, V., Pantelić, M., Savić, S. (2022). Environmental Issues in Serbia: Pollution and Nature Conservation. In: Manić, E., Nikitović, V., Djurović, P. (eds) The Geography of Serbia. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74701-5_20

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