The newsletter is part of the project Sustainable Use of Natural Resources for Environment and Economic Development (SUNREED) funded by the Embassy of Sweden in Prishtina and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
Rural enterprise Freskia, a woman-owned company led by Shkurte Rrustemi, is becoming a leader of change in Kosovo’s chestnut sector with the support of the Connecting Natural Values and People (CNVP) Sustainable use of Natural Resources for Environment and Economic Development (SUNREED) project.
Forests are one of the most powerful tools incombating climate change. As natural carbon sinks,forests have the power to either emit or sequestercarbon dioxide (CO₂), depending on how they aremanaged. Their ability to store carbon and reducereliance on fossil fuels makes them essential in effortsto lower greenhouse gas emissions all over the world.
Beekeeping in Kosovo is evolving and one localbusiness is leading the way. The individual businessGenc Caka, based in Komoran, Drenas, hastaken a major step forward in modernizing thesector with support from CNVP’s SUNREEDproject, financed by the Embassy of Sweden inPristina (Sida).
The 1st National Forum on Wood Biomass in Kosovo,organized within the SUNREED projectimplemented by CNVP Kosovo and funded by theEmbassy of Sweden in Prishtina (Sida), broughttogether national institutions, municipalities,international experts, financial institutions, civil society,and private sector actors around a shared question: howcan Kosovo transform its traditional use of woodinto a modern, sustainable and circular bioenergysector
