Nikolić: Montenegro should take care of its natural wealth and brand itself as a five-star country

"The new MORT must not be headed by a minister who will tell a journalist - if you love the forest, go and live in it, nor call Tara a torrential stream. Nor must any infrastructure project be implemented through a project in which loopholes are forgotten or the environment is destroyed", notes Nikolić

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Predrag Nikolić, Photo: GP URA
Predrag Nikolić, Photo: GP URA
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The ecological state of Montenegro is a country with five stars - five national parks, where the patina needs to be wiped off - in order for them to shine again in their full glory, for which it is necessary to properly manage them, as well as the entire project of prescribed waste disposal in settlements and preventing polluters from continuing are being destroyed, said Predrag Nikolić, a member of the Podgorica committee of the Civic Movement URA.

As he said, this applies especially to Skadar lake NP:

"It is perhaps at the moment the most ecologically endangered of all the national parks. If money has to be raised for something, it is waste water purifiers and proper waste management, so that we don't get terrible pictures of the garbage that river torrents place in visible places, without data on companies and polluters that are not so visible. We will certainly provide funds from EU funds for those projects".

Nikolić pointed out that work must be done on the reform of the Ministry for Sustainable Development and Tourism (MORT):

"The new MORT must not be headed by a minister who will tell a journalist - if you love the forest, go and live in it, nor call Tara a torrential stream. Nor must any infrastructure project be implemented through a project in which loopholes are forgotten or the environment is destroyed", notes Nikolić.

According to him, Montenegro is a country of natural parks, lakes, peaks and viewpoints that leave tourists breathless, and there is huge potential in that.

"If we import domestic food producers and jointly appear on the market for tourists, we will finally understand what we have and that it is called - a unique product. Trends are trends - what will not be a trend but a constant, such is the diversity of each NP and great nature parks, to which you sometimes have to walk for kilometers. In this direction, a complete reform of local tourist organizations together with MORT is necessary," he said.

A member of the Podgorica URE board also announced that now is an opportunity to see how it works when the right people - experts - are put in the right places.

"Not political candidates of any party, which is the key to success in all activities. If we liberated Montenegro and gave it freedom with a pen - then we need to show how it is done. Professional, measurable and transparent. Because the issue of environmental protection is preventive - and not a question of brooms", concluded Nikolić.

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