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Section 5IPA national teamCoord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g organisation:Daphne Institute of Applied EcologyNational coord<strong>in</strong>ator: Dobromil GalvánekOther organisations <strong>in</strong> national team:the State Nature Conservancy of SlovakRepublic; the Institute of Botany, SlovakAcademy of Sciences; <strong>in</strong>dividual membersfrom other <strong>in</strong>stitutionsOther <strong>in</strong>formation: Data from theInformation System of Taxa <strong>and</strong> Biotopesof the State Nature Conservancy wereused for the selection of IPAsSlovakiaBy Dobromil GalvánekSlovakia covers 49,000 km 2 <strong>in</strong> <strong>central</strong> Europe <strong>and</strong> has twobiogeographic zones, the Alp<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong> the Pannonian. Slovakiaborders the Czech Republic, Pol<strong>and</strong>, Hungary,Austria <strong>and</strong> Ukra<strong>in</strong>e<strong>and</strong> has one Centre of Plant Diversity, the Carpathians. Slovakia’snatural <strong>and</strong> semi-natural habitats consist ma<strong>in</strong>ly of forest, from thelarge expanses of beech forest <strong>in</strong> the Carpathians to the Danubeflood pla<strong>in</strong> forest <strong>and</strong> grassl<strong>and</strong>s; from the alp<strong>in</strong>e meadows of themounta<strong>in</strong>s to dry calcareous grassl<strong>and</strong>s, to alluvial <strong>and</strong> fenmeadows. Slovakia also has a high number of endemic <strong>and</strong> limitedrange species. Slovakia jo<strong>in</strong>ed the EU <strong>in</strong> May 2004 <strong>and</strong> is also amember of the Council of Europe.IPAs <strong>in</strong> SlovakiaIPA summary statisticsNumber of IPAs: 154Area of IPAs (ha): 645,507Number/Area of IPAs <strong>in</strong> Protected Areas: 118 IPAs/ 488,036 haBiogeographic zones:Alp<strong>in</strong>e (102 IPAs), Pannonic (52 IPAs)Criteria listsCriterion A = 241 speciesAi (20),Ai/Aii (8),Aii (109),Aiii (30),Aiv (72); Habitats Directive (50), Bern (42)Vascular <strong>plant</strong>s (151), Bryophytes (37), Lichens (31), Fungi (22),Algae (0)Criterion B = 11 not applied <strong>in</strong> current projectCriterion C=77habitatsCi (23), Cii (54); Habitat Directive (67), Bern Convention (10)58

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