important plant areas in central and eastern europe - Plantlife
important plant areas in central and eastern europe - Plantlife
important plant areas in central and eastern europe - Plantlife
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Belarus<br />
Methodology summary<br />
Criteria lists: Criterion A is based entirely on Aii, European threat, as Belarus does not<br />
currently have any globally threatened species or threatened endemics or near<br />
endemics.Translat<strong>in</strong>g the habitats lists from the Habitats Directive <strong>and</strong> the Bern<br />
Convention <strong>in</strong>to the national classification system was a major part of this project.<br />
Further work needs to be done to ensure that specific species <strong>and</strong> habitats from<br />
<strong>eastern</strong> Europe are fully <strong>in</strong>tegrated <strong>in</strong>to European <strong>and</strong> global threat lists.<br />
Data <strong>and</strong> fieldwork: ten sites were chosen on the basis of exist<strong>in</strong>g data for <strong>in</strong>tensive<br />
field <strong>in</strong>vestigation us<strong>in</strong>g the IPA criteria. New field data were collected by the IEB <strong>in</strong><br />
2003 <strong>and</strong> 2004.<br />
Site selection: the national site selection strategy focused on select<strong>in</strong>g larger sites, which<br />
conta<strong>in</strong> a high number of qualify<strong>in</strong>g criteria, <strong>and</strong> a complex of habitat types.<br />
Key issues: regionally relevant criteria lists for Belarus <strong>and</strong> <strong>eastern</strong> European countries<br />
need to be developed further.This is only the first stage of IPA identification <strong>in</strong> Belarus.<br />
Further work on identification will be required <strong>and</strong> this project will provide <strong>in</strong>valuable<br />
data <strong>and</strong> experience for the development of the IPA programme <strong>in</strong> the CIS region.<br />
Protection <strong>and</strong> management of IPAs<br />
Total IPAs with National National protection European International<br />
IPAs no legal protection of IPAs (lower level) recognition recognition<br />
protection of IPAs of IPAs of IPAs<br />
(high level)<br />
10 2 National Zakaznik (4) IBA* (4) Ramsar (2)<br />
Park (2)<br />
IBA= Important Bird Area; PBA= Prime Butterfly Area<br />
Zapovednik (2) PBA* (2) Biosphere<br />
Reserve (1)<br />
World Heritage<br />
Site (1)<br />
Two IPAs (20%) currently have no legal protection, four IPAs have a high level of national<br />
protection <strong>and</strong> four have a lower level of national protection. Several IPAs are<br />
recognised <strong>in</strong> European <strong>and</strong> International programmes. Eight IPAs are <strong>in</strong> protected <strong>areas</strong><br />
but secur<strong>in</strong>g appropriate site management is an <strong>important</strong> conservation issue. Effective<br />
site management plans need to be developed <strong>and</strong> implemented to benefit <strong>plant</strong><br />
conservation.<br />
Habitats <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> use at IPAs<br />
No. of<br />
IPAs<br />
35
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