Studies to support the development of new generation capacities and related transmission Task 4 - Site selection Volume 1 –Main report
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High priority should be given to a scientifically properly designed and executed program concerning the analysis of samples from soil and cultivated foodstuff plants to identify and localize the above mentioned problems.
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The sources especially for ground near fly ash emissions should be minimised.
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Wind breaking plantations should be established to minimise windborne soil erosion in open areas.
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The land use of areas with high contamination has to be restricted to types of uses which are not sensitive against soil pollution; this may be part of an environmentally orientated spatial planning for the whole lignite area.
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The decontamination of highly polluted areas is very costly and should be restricted to areas where a sensitive land use is unavoidable or other valuable resources (e.g. the groundwater) have to be protected.
(see also Chapter 5.2.2 with respect to local wells used for drinking water purposes). 5.4
Fauna, flora and biotopes
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Methodology and data basis Some information on biodiversity and nature protection areas in Kosovo as a whole can be found on the internet (http://enrin.grida.no/htmls/kosovo/SoE/biodiver.htm., http://www.rec.org/REC/Publications/CountryReports/Kosovo.PDF)(Figure 5-3).
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