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The Ohrid SOS citizens’ initiative mobilized on 16 January 2015 following a public consultation on changes to the urban plan for the city of Ohrid, which intended, against expert advice, to drain and concrete the Studenchishte Marsh wetland, a haven of biodiversity and life support for UNESCO Lake Ohrid’s World Heritage ecosystems.
The SOS movement quickly expanded to incorporate opposition to large-scale development plans throughout the Ohrid region, most notably in National Park Galichica, where proposed changes to the management plan foreshadowed road construction, a ski-resort and multifarious urbanization in the coastal zone.
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