{"id":77648,"date":"2025-10-27T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/?p=77648"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:47:26","slug":"ujman-lake-and-mokna-mountain-placed-under-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/ujman-lake-and-mokna-mountain-placed-under-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Ujman lake and Mokna mountain placed under protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, through the acting minister Hysen Durmishi, announced that last week a decision was signed for the preliminary protection of the area \u201cMokna Mountain and Ujman Lake\u201d \u2014 one of the most important decisions for the preservation and protection of the natural heritage of the Republic of Kosovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the announcement, with this decision, Kosovo becomes the country with the highest percentage of territory under nature protection in the entire Western Balkans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter a one-year field study, it was determined that this area represents a rare natural asset, with high biodiversity, sensitive ecosystems, and landscapes of special ecological and scientific importance,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, it is stated that the area, covering 192.19 km\u00b2, is now placed under preliminary protection, raising to 12.4% the share of Kosovo\u2019s territory that is legally protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis step represents a major achievement in meeting national and international objectives for nature protection, as well as a firm commitment to preserving natural balances and ensuring the sustainable development of the country,\u201d the ministry\u2019s statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, through the acting minister Hysen Durmishi, announced that last week a decision was signed for the preliminary protection of the area \u201cMokna Mountain and Ujman Lake\u201d \u2014 one of the most important decisions for the preservation and protection of the natural heritage of the Republic of Kosovo. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":77649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,296],"tags":[6862,4370,5294],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77650,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77648\/revisions\/77650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}