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AcknowledgementsImportant Plant Areas in Central and Eastern Europe:Priority Areas for Plant ConservationPlantlife International 2005Editors: Seona Anderson,Tomá˘s Ku˘sík, ElizabethRadfordPicture Editor and Publishing: Joe SuttonDesigner: Liley Design PartnersCitation:Anderson, S., Ku˘sík,T., & Radford, E. (Eds), 2005,Important Plant Areas inCentral and Eastern Europe. Plantlife InternationalFor country sections the following citation formatshould be used:e.g. Sârbu,A., 2005 IPAs in Romania. In Important PlantAreas in Central and Eastern Europe. PlantlifeInternationalPlantlife International is a charity dedicated exclusivelyto conserving all forms of plant life in their naturalhabitats, in the UK, Europe and across the world. Weact directly to stop common plants becoming rare inthe wild, to rescue wild plants on the brink ofextinction and to protect sites of exceptionalbotanical importance. The charity carries out practicalconservation work, influences relevant policy andlegislation, involves its members in many aspects of itswork, and collaborates widely to promote the causeof wild plant conservation. Plantlife International hoststhe secretariat for Planta Europa, the network oforganisations working for plant conservation acrossEurope. Plantlife’s head office is in Salisbury, UK andthe charity has a dedicated central and easternEuropean office in Bratislava.Plantlife International – The Wild Plant ConservationCharity, 14 Rollestone Street, Salisbury,Wiltshire,SP1 1DX, UKTel: +44 (0)1722 342730 Fax: +44 (0)1722 329035e-mail: enquiries@plantlife.org.ukwebsite: www.plantlife.org.ukISBN: 1 904749-11-9AcknowledgementsThis project is being carried out with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Qualitywith the PIN/MATRA funds of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.agriculture, natureand food qualityThis publication would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of the many members ofeach national team. Plantlife International would also like to thank the following individuals and organisations fortheir support. Full acknowledgements for the many individuals and organisations involved in IPA criteriadevelopment workshops and advisory groups are given in Palmer and Smart, 2001, Important Plant Areas in Europe,and Anderson, 2002, Identifying Important Plant Areas in Europe.IPA Advisory Group: Andrew Byfield (Plantlife International), Martin Harper (RSPB), Melanie Heath (BirdlifeInternational), Margaret Palmer, Jane Smart (Plantlife International),Alexander Van Opstal (Ministry of Agriculture,Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands); Planta Europa Steering Committee and Advisors: Francois Boillot(Conservatoire Botanique Nationale Mediterranean de Porquerolles), Jan ˘Ce˘rovský & Jan Plesnik (Agency forNature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic)), Eladio Fernandez-Galiano (Council ofEurope),Tomas Hallingbäck (Swedish Species Information Unit), Christoph Imboden,Torleif Ingelög (SwedishSpecies Information Unit), Mart Külvik (Environmental Protection Institute,Tartu), Emilio Laguna-Lumbreras(Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Generalitat Valenciana), Mira Mileva (Regional Environmental Centre – REC),Zbigniew Mirek (Institute of Botany, Kraków ,Polish Academy of Sciences), Eva Papasteriadou (University ofPatras), Claudia Perini (University of Siena), Geert Raeymaekers (Nature Link International / Ecosystems),Dominique Richard (European Topic Centre for Nature),Anca Sarbu (Botanical Garden of Bucharest,Associationof Botanical Gardens of Romania), Peter Skoberne (Ministry of Environment, Slovenia), Jane Smart (PlantlifeInternational), Jan-Willem Sneep (Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands), Hugh Synge(Plant-talk); Organisers of the IV Planta Europa Conference in Valencia:Antoni Aguiella (Valencia Botanic Garden),Emilio Laguna-Lumbreras (Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Generalitat Valenciana), Nadia Bystriakova (PlantlifeInternational); Important Biodiversity Areas Group: Wagenningen,The Netherlands: Guven Eken, Hans Kampf(Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands), Robert Ketellar (Vlinderstichting, theNetherlands),Anton Stumpel (Alterra, the Netherlands),Alexander Van Opstal (the Ministry of Nature,Agricultureand Food Quality, the Netherlands), Chris Van Swaay (Vlinderstichting, the Netherlands), Martin Warren (ButterflyConservation, UK); IUCN, the World Conservation Union: Wendy Strahm (IUCN Gland Switzerland), Jamie Skinner,Rami Salman (IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation) Vladimir Moshkalo,Yulia Gorelova (IUCNProgramme for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States); Veen Ecology and the Royal Dutch Society forNature Conservation (KNNV): Peter Veen; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds: Lars Lachmann,Aidan Lonergan,Norbert Schaffer, Zoltan Waliczky; BirdLife International: for general assistance in many aspects of this project, forassistance in developing the IPA Database, Martin Sneary (BirdLife Cambridge), for hosting the IPA CEE RegionalOffice, the Society for the Protection of Birds in Slovakia (SOVS – BirdLife Slovakia) and Rastislav Rybanik(Director SOVS). Plantlife International: Trevor Brinkman, Patrick Bliss, Joanna Bromley, Lisa Clements, JennyDuckworth,Alan Hamilton, Nicola Hutchinson, Jonathan Rudge, Frank Syratt, Jill Williams;Albania: Jani Vangjeli (Institute of Biological Researches,Albania Academy of Sciences); Belarus: KhoruzhikLeonty, Minister of Nature Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus; Podolyako Vasily,Ministry of Nature Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, First Deputy Minister;Laman Nikolay, Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus, National Academy of Sciences, Director; Belarus IPAnational team members, Parfenov Viktor, Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus National Academy of Sciences;Pugachevsky Alexander, Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus National Academy of Sciences; Golod Dmitry,Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus National Academy of Sciences;Yaroshevich Evgenya, Institute ofExperimental Botany of Belarus National Academy of Sciences;Tretjakov Dmitry, Belarus Botanical Society;Savchenko Vladimir, Ministry on Nature Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus;Sobolevskaja Tatjana, Ministry on Nature Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus;Gapienko Olga, Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus National Academy of Sciences; Rodionov Peter,Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus National Academy of Sciences; Stepanovich Iosif, Institute ofExperimental Botany of Belarus National Academy of Sciences; Participants and partners of Belarus IPA Project:Ministry of Nature Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, Kasjanenko Ivan,Avgustinchyk Sergey, Molyavka Tatyana; Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus, National Academy of Sciences,Mlynarchik (Kolesnikova) Maria, Kobzar Natalya, Rykovsky Gennady, Chancevich Irina,Yurchenko Evgeny, PetrikovaJanna; Belarus State University, Polyksenova Valentina, Maksim Djus, Mastibrotskaya Irina, Chevkunova Anastasiya;National Park ‘Narochansky’, Luchtyk Valery; NGO Ecological Initiative, Sidorenko Oleg; Institute of Zoology ofBelarus, National Academy of Sciences and APB, Kozulin Alexander;Association ‘Radi zhizny na Zemle’(Osipovichy), Zajceva Svetlana; Bulgaria: IPA Project Organisations and Individuals: Institute of Botany, Bulgarian2