Rangers who have been staying on the top of Gorica Hill in Podgorica for several weeks will soon receive a special temporary facility - a control house, worth 15.000 euros, to make their working conditions easier, the acting director of the Agency for the Management of Protected Areas told "Vijesti". Stojan Sjekloć.
According to him, the construction of the control facility for the company's ranger service began two days ago, "after receiving a decision from the competent Environmental Protection Agency."
Sjekloća also told "Vijesti" that the work should be completed by the end of next week.
According to the decision, which "Vijesti" had access to, the Agency for the Management of Protected Areas submitted a request for the construction of a house to the Environmental Protection Agency "pursuant to Article 40 of the Nature Protection Act".
This article stipulates that activities in protected areas, “which are not subject to environmental impact assessment in accordance with special regulations, acceptability assessment, and which are not determined by the management plan, may be carried out based on a permit from the administrative authority”.
The decision also states that the installation of a control box is foreseen in the Management Plan for the Natural Monument "Gorica Forest Park" for the period from 2024 to 2029.
"... As well as the Annual Management Program for the Natural Monument 'Gorica Forest Park'. Since the request states that the activities in question are envisaged in the Management Plan for the Natural Monument 'Gorica Forest Park' for the period from 2024 to 2029, as well as the Annual Management Program, and bearing in mind that the provisions of Article 40 of the Nature Protection Act stipulate that actions, activities and activities in protected areas, which are not subject to environmental impact assessment in accordance with special regulations, acceptability assessment, which are not determined by the management plan, may be carried out on the basis of a permit from the administrative authority, and for which it is not necessary to obtain a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the aforementioned article," the Environmental Protection Agency's decision states.
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