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
Section 5 IPA national team Coordinating organisation: Daphne Institute of Applied Ecology National coordinator: Dobromil Galvánek Other organisations in national team: the State Nature Conservancy of Slovak Republic; the Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences; individual members from other institutions Other information: Data from the Information System of Taxa and Biotopes of the State Nature Conservancy were used for the selection of IPAs Slovakia By Dobromil Galvánek Slovakia covers 49,000 km 2 in central Europe and has two biogeographic zones, the Alpine and the Pannonian. Slovakia borders the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary,Austria and Ukraine and has one Centre of Plant Diversity, the Carpathians. Slovakia’s natural and semi-natural habitats consist mainly of forest, from the large expanses of beech forest in the Carpathians to the Danube flood plain forest and grasslands; from the alpine meadows of the mountains to dry calcareous grasslands, to alluvial and fen meadows. Slovakia also has a high number of endemic and limited range species. Slovakia joined the EU in May 2004 and is also a member of the Council of Europe. IPAs in Slovakia IPA summary statistics Number of IPAs: 154 Area of IPAs (ha): 645,507 Number/Area of IPAs in Protected Areas: 118 IPAs/ 488,036 ha Biogeographic zones:Alpine (102 IPAs), Pannonic (52 IPAs) Criteria lists Criterion A = 241 species Ai (20),Ai/Aii (8),Aii (109),Aiii (30),Aiv (72); Habitats Directive (50), Bern (42) Vascular plants (151), Bryophytes (37), Lichens (31), Fungi (22),Algae (0) Criterion B = 11 not applied in current project Criterion C=77habitats Ci (23), Cii (54); Habitat Directive (67), Bern Convention (10) 58
Slovakia Methodology summary Criteria lists: the Criterion A list represents a wide range of globally, regionally and nationally threatened endemics and limited range species.There are also a high number of eligible bryophytes, lichens and fungi species. Data and fieldwork: much of the selection of sites was based on existing data, although some additional fieldwork was carried out primarily on mapping of non-forest habitats in the regions not covered to date.The additional data on Criterion A species were extracted from existing data sources as well. Site selection: the existing data on species and habitats were overlaid using GIS software to select the best sites, which were then verified by expert opinion. Other sites were then added to ensure representation of the IPA network.The selection strategy produced a range of site sizes depending on the qualifying features and the ecological situation. Key issues: the integration of all taxonomic groups, and the use of all the available data on threatened habitats were major factors in the project. Protection and management of IPAs in Slovakia: Total IPAs with National National protection European International IPAs no legal protection of IPAs (lower level) recognition recognition protection of IPAs of IPAs of IPAs (high level) 154 36 National Nature Reserves SAC* Ramsar sites Parks (31 IPAs) (95 IPAs) (121 IPAs) (16 IPAs) Protected Nature Monuments SPA* Landscape (26 IPAs) (78 IPAs) Biosphere Areas (48 IPAs) Protected Sites Reserves (16 IPAs) (5 IPAs) SAC* & SPA* = sites officially proposed by the Slovak Government to the European Commission Protection of IPAs Thirty-six IPAs currently have no legal protection in the national network of protected areas. Most of those sites have been proposed for the NATURA 2000 network by the Slovak Government, or have been listed in the alternative proposal of SACs prepared by Slovak NGOs lead by DAPHNE.Although management planning has been used in nature conservation in Slovakia for several decades, it has not fitted fully with international standards. New methodology is being developed and should be applied in all proposed NATURA 2000 sites over the coming few years. Management planning will be also applied to the national network of protected areas; however, it is not the priority of the State Nature Conservancy. 59
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Section 5<br />
IPA national team<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g organisation:<br />
Daphne Institute of Applied Ecology<br />
National coord<strong>in</strong>ator: Dobromil Galvánek<br />
Other organisations <strong>in</strong> national team:<br />
the State Nature Conservancy of Slovak<br />
Republic; the Institute of Botany, Slovak<br />
Academy of Sciences; <strong>in</strong>dividual members<br />
from other <strong>in</strong>stitutions<br />
Other <strong>in</strong>formation: Data from the<br />
Information System of Taxa <strong>and</strong> Biotopes<br />
of the State Nature Conservancy were<br />
used for the selection of IPAs<br />
Slovakia<br />
By Dobromil Galvánek<br />
Slovakia covers 49,000 km 2 <strong>in</strong> <strong>central</strong> Europe <strong>and</strong> has two<br />
biogeographic zones, the Alp<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong> the Pannonian. Slovakia<br />
borders the Czech Republic, Pol<strong>and</strong>, Hungary,Austria <strong>and</strong> Ukra<strong>in</strong>e<br />
<strong>and</strong> has one Centre of Plant Diversity, the Carpathians. Slovakia’s<br />
natural <strong>and</strong> semi-natural habitats consist ma<strong>in</strong>ly of forest, from the<br />
large expanses of beech forest <strong>in</strong> the Carpathians to the Danube<br />
flood pla<strong>in</strong> forest <strong>and</strong> grassl<strong>and</strong>s; from the alp<strong>in</strong>e meadows of the<br />
mounta<strong>in</strong>s to dry calcareous grassl<strong>and</strong>s, to alluvial <strong>and</strong> fen<br />
meadows. Slovakia also has a high number of endemic <strong>and</strong> limited<br />
range species. Slovakia jo<strong>in</strong>ed the EU <strong>in</strong> May 2004 <strong>and</strong> is also a<br />
member of the Council of Europe.<br />
IPAs <strong>in</strong> Slovakia<br />
IPA summary statistics<br />
Number of IPAs: 154<br />
Area of IPAs (ha): 645,507<br />
Number/Area of IPAs <strong>in</strong> Protected Areas: 118 IPAs/ 488,036 ha<br />
Biogeographic zones:Alp<strong>in</strong>e (102 IPAs), Pannonic (52 IPAs)<br />
Criteria lists<br />
Criterion A = 241 species<br />
Ai (20),Ai/Aii (8),Aii (109),Aiii (30),Aiv (72); Habitats Directive (50), Bern (42)<br />
Vascular <strong>plant</strong>s (151), Bryophytes (37), Lichens (31), Fungi (22),Algae (0)<br />
Criterion B = 11 not applied <strong>in</strong> current project<br />
Criterion C=77habitats<br />
Ci (23), Cii (54); Habitat Directive (67), Bern Convention (10)<br />
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