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Section 5References:Maslovsky O., 1998, Principles ofdescription of Important Plant Areas inBelarus. In the Proceedings of PlantaEuropa – the Second European Conferenceon the Conservation of Wild Plants, Uppsala1998.- P. 30.Maslovsky O., 2002, System Approach forDevelopment of a Plant ConservationStrategy for Eastern Europe. In the PlantaEuropa Proceedings of the Third EuropeanConference on the Conservation of WildPlants – Pruchonice, 2002.Maslovsky O., Pronkina G. Forming of theImportant Plant Areas Network inBelarus. In Important Plant Areas ofNorthern Eurasia. Moscow, 2004, issue 1.pp. 51-64Maslovsky O., Pronkina G. Important PlantAreas in Belarus. In Planta Europa IVProceedings,Valencia, 2004(www.nerium.net/plantaeuropa/)Parfenov V., Rykovsky G.,Tretyakov D.,2004, Natural Migratory Channels as Basefor Identification of Important Plant Areasof Belarus. In Important Plant Areas ofNorthern Eurasia. Moscow, 2004, issue 1.pp.40-50.Red Data Book of European Bryophytes.ECCB:Trondheim, 1995. – 291 p.Major habitats at IPAs in BelarusForest is the major habitat on the majority of Belarussian IPAs (the major habitat oneight IPAs) and covers 62% of the area of IPAs.There is coniferous forest on all ten IPAsand deciduous forest on three IPAs. Bog is the major habitat at one IPA, and mire, fensand bog are significant features of nine IPAs, covering 15% of the area of IPAs. Grasslandhabitats occur at all ten IPAs (dry grasslands in two and mesic grasslands in nine),covering 5% of the area of IPAs. Running and standing water is also a key feature on allten IPAs. Constructed habitats occur on all IPAs but at between 1-5% of the area.Thereis a low level of agricultural or cultivated land on all IPAs although one IPA has up to15% agricultural land.Nature protection is the most common land use on IPAs, occurring on eight sites.Forestry, and hunting are also important land uses occurring on nine and eight sitesrespectively. Recreation (seven IPAs) and agriculture (seven IPAs) are also significant landuses at IPAs in Belarus.Qualifying criteria for IPAs in BelarusCriterion No of Criterion A No of Criterion No of IPAs Criterion No ofA IPAs Tax. Group IPAs B C IPAsTotal sites 9 Vascular 9 Total 9 Total 10with A plants sites with sites withspecies B CrichnesshabitatsAi 0 Bryophytes 7 C C1 (7), C2(9), Ci 10C3 (2)Aii 9 Lichens 1 D D1(6), D2(6), Cii 10D4 (5), D5(6)Aiii 0 Fungi 0 E E2 (6),Aiv 0 Algae 0HD* 9 G G1(7), G3(8) HD* 10species G4(8) habitatsBC* 9 BC* 10specieshabitats*Letter codes refer to EUNIS habitats levels 1&2;HD=Habitats Directive, BC= Bern ConventionOf the ten IPAs in Belarus, nine qualify under all three criteria. Eight Criterion A specieshave only one IPA recorded and eleven Criterion C habitats have only one IPArecorded.Key Threats to IPAs in BelarusDeforestation threatens the most IPAs in Belarus.The other significant threats are thelack of management planning, intensified forest management, land improvementmeasures, tourist and recreation pressure, fires and the absence of monitoring.36