Veselaj Zeqir

• PhD
• Professor at University of Prishtina

Electric Vehicles (EVs) represent a transformative shift in the automotive industry and offer a vital opportunity for climate and energy policy to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency. This position paper explores the potential of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology, the current state of EV adoption in Kosovo, and the possibilities that EVs...

Kosovo United States Alumni (KUSA) Energy and Environment Team

This study aims for the first time to analyze and compare ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes of two socioeconomic groups: in-service and pre-service teachers in Kosovo. Respondents’ attitudes are measured through the New Ecological Paradigm scale, an internationally standardized metric devised for measuring the environmental concern of differ...

Nga analiza del se nstitucionet e arsimit të lartë, se nuk kanë pasur në perspektivat e tyre programore ndryshimet klimatike. Nga 101 programe studimore të 12 IAL-eve të analizuara nga ky studim, del se ka vetëm një kurs: Energjia dhe ndryshimet klimatike, i cili zbatohet në kuadër të Qendrës për Energji dhe Qëndrueshmëri të Universitetit të Prisht...

This study was carried out to determine and evaluate the legal framework and strategies at the central level as well as local policies to further investigate the impact of young people on the environment and climate change in secondary schools of the 10 target municipalities (Hani i Elezit, Prizren, Malishevë, Ferizaj, Rahovec, Pejë, Viti, Podujevë...

One of the most direct and easy to be use indicators of individual sustainability to date is the Ecological Footprint. The Ecological footprint measures how much bio productive area (whether land or water) a population would need to produce to sustain the renewable resources it consumes, and to absorb the waste it generates. The purpose of this res...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused humanity's most severe global isolation in the history of viral diseases. Like all areas of life, the pandemic and lockdown disrupted the education system, including the teaching process at the Faculty of Education. The initial monitoring data has also shown positive and negative impacts of the lockdown thoroughout the...

Libri trajton konceptet e zhvillimit te qendrueshem, sistemet e matjes dhe indikatoret e qendrueshmeris, Gjurmet e qendrueshmerise ekologjike: gjurmen ekologjike, gjurmen e karbonit dhe gjurmen e ujit si dhe metodologjine e matjes se gjurmes ekologjike individuale.

The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is a survey-based metric devised to measure the environmental concerns of groups of people through using a standard survey instrument. This is the first research to measure how in-service teachers perceive the NEP scale in Kosovo. The aim of the current study was to assess the concerns of teachers in Kosovo a...

Background: This research, which is the first one of this kind in Kosovo, deals with the use of associative tests in learning biology and in creating concepts, more concretely assessing students’ knowledge on five main human body organs. This study aims to assess the use of free associations for five human body organs and to formulate conceptual se...

In this paper we identify teachers' value-laden statements about sustainable development and climate change that are (not) acceptable for pre-service students of preschool education (non-science majors) and student teachers of biology and chemistry (science majors) in their final year of university studies at the Faculty of Education University of...

Industry of quarry and its allied activities in Kosovo have significantly contributed infrastructural development (road construction, highway, bridges, etc.) and improving living standard during the last decade. On the other side, its negative impact in environment such as land degradation, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, health rela...

The Prizren Castle, located in southern part of Kosovo is one of the most visited sites in Kosovo due to the combination of historic, cultural and natural values. In the area of Prizren Castle and surrounding zone, in the territory of about 15 ha, a detailed investigation of floristic composition is made during years 2013-2014, following by anthrop...

The principal aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition and qualitative and quantitative variability of essential oils obtained from seven naturally grown populations of the Pinus peuce Grisebach, Pinaceae in Kosovo. Plant materials were collected from three populations in the Sharri National Park and from four other populations in...

Industry of quarry and its allied activities in Kosovo have significantly contributed infrastructural development (road construction, highway, bridges, etc.) and improving living standards during the last decade. In other side, its negative impact in environment such land degradation, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, health related is...

This paper presents an overview of progress in the area of nature conservation in the last decade in Kosovo. Two very important laws were promulgated in 2012 about two national parks: Bjeshket e Nemuna and Sharri National park. With this expansion, the protected area network that in 2003 was about 4.36 % of the territory was increased to 10.9%, rea...

Quarry industry and its allied activities in Kosovo during the last decade have contributed significantly in the infrastructure development through road and building construction, highway, bridges, etc. and improving living conditions of the post-war society (1999). In other hand, increasing number of quarries is also accompanied with significant n...

The Pashtrik Mountain is one of the biodiversity centres in Kosovo and in the Balkans too, but so far there has not been a proper study with the aim to designate this area as a protected area. The natural values of this area changed dramatically during the last decade, especially in terms of biodiversity. With the aim to evaluate the current situat...

The Pashtrik Mountain is one of the biodiversity centres in Kosovo and in the Balkans too, but so far there has not been a proper study with the aim to designate this area as a protected area. The natural values of this area changed dramatically during the last decade, especially in terms of biodiversity. With the aim to evaluate the current situat...

Kosovo, facing sustainability challenges that are challenging the global ecosystem, is moving towards broader inclusion of the education for sustainable development in its curriculum. This approach followed intensive curricular developments in the post-war Kosovo, especially in the new national curriculum adopted in 2011, a competency based curricu...

This paper presents the most recent results on Kosovo biodiversity conservation efforts with focus on two main biodiversity centers of Kosovo: Sharri mountain (already declared as National Park) and Bjeshket e Nemuna mountains in process of designation as a National park. The study presents collection of up to date publications on biodiversity of K...

This paper presents the situation of protected areas network in Kosovo, main problems with their management and protection. Kosovo covers an area of 10,887 square kilometers in the central part of Balkan Peninsula. Territory of Kosovo is under different elevations and impacted by mixed Continental and Mediterranean climate states. 47, 842, 34 ha or...

Artikulli permbledh te dhenat te permbledhura per gjendjen e mjedisit ne Republiken e Kosoves:situatene e mediumeve mjedisore (ujit, ajrit, tokes), presionet kreysore ne mjedis, ndotesit kryesor te mjedisit dhe nivelet e ndotjes, struktura institucionale dhe ligjore per menaxhimin e mjedisit.

This chapter contains overall situation of environment in Kosovo in, quality of environmental mediums (air, water, soil), main environmental pressures (waste, noise etc), legal and institutional framework for environmental management in the Republic of Kosovo.

This paper (in Albanian) represents the most important features of the area for designation of "Bjeshket e Nemuna" a national park, the biggest one in Kosovo. Also the book includes some of the main problems that caused delays in designation for almost four decades.