Outreach materials

newsletters, brochures.

Brochure on Water

The area of land that catches precipitation and drains it to a water body (river, lake) is called a basin. It can range in size from a few hectares to thousands of square kilometers. In a watershed the human activities on land and what happens to water and subsequently to the organisms that use water are interconnected. Thus, a basin-wide approach is the key to successful water management.

Brochure on Biodiversity

The word biodiversity is short for biological diversity. It is the variety of species, their genetic make-up, and the natural communities in which they occur. The biodiversity we see today is the result of millions of years of biological evolution. It has been shaped by natural processes and, increasingly, by the influence of humans. Biodiversity supports all our lives, it is vital for our survival and it shows us how healthy is our planet.

Brochure on Fisheries

Due to the geographic isolation of the Prespa Lakes from all other water bodies, except for the inflowing rivers, the number of endemic fish species is very high. The maintenance of the endemic species in the Prespa Lakes basin is of central ecological importance because their local extinction would mean global extinction. Despite that, not all of the endemic fishes in the basin are given legal protection.

Brochure on Agriculture

A vision of Prespa Park that enables residents across borders to improve their standard of living by modernizing the production methods by reducing the exhaustion of natural resources guides the initiatives taken. Improved infrastructure, extension of environmentally friendly production techniques, preservation of traditional products and promotion of local production to modern markets add to the picture of prosperous Prespa.

Prespa Brochure

The story about Prespa is a story about its waters and about its biological diversity – various animals and plants, and special places they need to live. We can call it biodiversity, but we could also say – the more, the merrier! Because this is what it is – biodiversity is simply the variety of life. Biodiversity is all living things all around us. It is in our forests and mountains, our rivers and lakes, our gardens and parks. Biodiversity supports all our lives, it is vital for our survival and it shows us how healthy is our planet.

Brochure on Governance

Over the last two decades the global number of transboundary protected areas (TBPA) has gradually increased from 59 in 1980s, to around 200, covering a total of 4,6 millions hectares on all five continents.

Brochure on Forests

One third of the Prespa Lakes basin is covered with forests that span 465km2 including the total area of Galicica National Park and Pelister National Park. The forests in the Albanian part of the basin are all located in the Prespa National Park. In Greece, 86% of the forests are situated within the Prespa National Forest. About 40% of the 356km2 of forests in the FYR of Macedonian part of the Prespa basin are located in the protected areas.

Brochure on Tourism

The sheer beauty of the Prespa landscapes is enough to draw visitors. In addition to that, versatile cultural and traditional elements, valuable ecological sites, good food, picturesque villages and historical layers of Byzantine and Ottoman monuments spread across the basin. No wonder then that the promotion of tourism seems to be essential for the economic development of the area and the preservation of its historical, cultural and ecological identity.

Prespa Making a Living Brochure

Economic development in the Prespa region is full of contrast, with three different countries with their own history and economic evolution.

Prespa Newsletter-Albanian