Information on Serbia and Montenegro

The union of Serbia and Montenegro was voted into existence by the Yugoslav parliament in February 2003. Yugoslavia formally ceased to be. The state union of Serbia and Montenegro is made up of two member states, the state of Montenegro and the state of Serbia that includes the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, which is currently under an international administration in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolution 1244.

The physical map of the country is varied. The northern part is, for the most part, flat country with rich fertile plains drained by the Danube, Tisa, Sava, and Morava River systems. The central part is hilly and mountainous and the southern part is littoral. To the east lie limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast lie ancient mountains and hills; to the southwest is an extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast. The lowest point is the Adriatic Sea and the highest point is Daravica (2,656 m).

Climate of Serbia and Montenegro

Flora of higher plants in Serbia and Montenegro with approximately 4.850 of its species makes for 1.70% of the total world flora and this in only 0.035% of the total area of the world dry land. The fact that on such a small area some 2% of the total world flora is contained, ranks Serbia and Montenegro among the parts of the world rich in flora. The fauna (without some yet unexplored groups of invertebrates), in the territory of the Serbia and Montenegro covers a total of some 15.000 animal Species.

Further to its extreme abundance in gene-fund of wild plants and animals, there is also a large number of autochthonous population of nursery plants and domestic animals, obtained by centuries-long breeding. The highlands and mountain areas abound in plant species suitable for the application in pharmaceutical industry, some of which are rare or extinct in Europe. Thanks to its location on the main route of migration from continental Europe to the Mediterranean and further south to Africa, there is a large number of migrating animal species.