important plant areas in central and eastern europe - Plantlife

Serbia and Montenegro
DANKA PETROVIĆ
Criteria and methodology
Criterion A = 44 species were used
Ai (2),Aii (10),Aiii (6),Aiv (26)
Criterion B not applied in current project due to lack of data
Criterion C=49threatened habitats were used
Ci (6), Cii (43)
The main challenges to applying the methodology were the lack of a national red lists,
the representation of species and habitats in European legal documents, the translation
of European habitat systems into the national classification system, and the age of the
available data. However potential sites were identified using the available data, and the
gaps and priorities for future fieldwork were assessed.
Protection, threats and conservation issues
Protected areas cover 7.2 % of Montenegro but there are still many problems with the
protection of wild plants. Infrastructure and tourism are major threats, as are
deforestation and lack of financing for forestry management, abandonment of land and
depopulation of rural areas, poor agricultural practises and over exploitation of wild
plant resources.
Recommendations
■ Enlargement of the national IPA team.
■ Inclusion of lower plants and fungi in
the identification of IPAs.
■ National IUCN Red Lists for
threatened species should be prepared.
■ Workshops and training programmes
aimed at building capacity should be held
for the following subjects:
• Application of IUCN Red List criteria;
• Application of European habitat
classification systems;
• Key European and global legal
frameworks, e.g. Bern Convention.
■ Carry out targeted fieldwork to
provide new data and verify old data.
■ Mapping of relevant habitats.
■ Inclusion of IPAs in the national
protected area network with appropriate
management, beginning with the most
threatened site.
References
Petrović, D. 2003 Report on the National
Analysis of the Potential IPA Network in
Montenegro, January 2003
(REC Project REREP 4.3.23.1)
Petrović, D. 2004 Report on the National
Analysis of the Potential IPA Network in
Montenegro, September 2004
(REC Project REREP 4.3.23.1)
Bijeli Nerini
Bijeli Nerini is an IPA containing many threatened species, water and forest habitats,
including high water quality indicator species and a quarter of the moss species known
in Montenegro. The site is not currently protected.
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