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Section 5National IPA teamIPA Coordinator: Danka Petrović(University of Montengro)Team members from the followingorganisations: University of Montenegroand the Natural History MuseumMain Funders: REC through the ‘PlantsAcross the Borders’ ProjectSerbia and Montenegro –MontenegroBy Danka PetrovićMontenegro covers an area of almost 14,000 km 2 and has twobiogeographic zones, the Mediterranean and the Alpine, with astrong Mediterranean influence. Montenegro borders Albania,Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia (FYR), Croatia and Serbia.Montenegro has a high degree of plant diversity with manynational and Balkan endemics, and the natural and semi-naturalhabitats are characterised by forest (oak, beech and coniferous),grasslands, and coastal habitats on the Adriatic. Serbia andMontenegro is a member of the Council of Europe.Background to the projectThis project represents the first phase of IPA identification in Montenegro.The available data have been collated, potential sites identified, site reports written foreight IPAs, and an assessment of plant conservation policy in Montenegro completed.Further work to revise national criteria lists and to collect new data needs to be carriedout. Several institutions, NGOs and individuals have expressed interest in continuingwith the project.Potential IPAs and cross-border IPAs of MontenegroCurrent IPA statisticsTotal number of potential IPAs: 8Number of cross-border IPAs: 1 with Macedonia (FYR) and 1 with Albania74
Serbia and MontenegroDANKA PETROVIĆCriteria and methodologyCriterion A = 44 species were usedAi (2),Aii (10),Aiii (6),Aiv (26)Criterion B not applied in current project due to lack of dataCriterion C=49threatened habitats were usedCi (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 translationof European habitat systems into the national classification system, and the age of theavailable data. However potential sites were identified using the available data, and thegaps and priorities for future fieldwork were assessed.Protection, threats and conservation issuesProtected areas cover 7.2 % of Montenegro but there are still many problems with theprotection of wild plants. Infrastructure and tourism are major threats, as aredeforestation and lack of financing for forestry management, abandonment of land anddepopulation of rural areas, poor agricultural practises and over exploitation of wildplant resources.Recommendations■ Enlargement of the national IPA team.■ Inclusion of lower plants and fungi inthe identification of IPAs.■ National IUCN Red Lists forthreatened species should be prepared.■ Workshops and training programmesaimed at building capacity should be heldfor the following subjects:• Application of IUCN Red List criteria;• Application of European habitatclassification systems;• Key European and global legalframeworks, e.g. Bern Convention.■ Carry out targeted fieldwork toprovide new data and verify old data.■ Mapping of relevant habitats.■ Inclusion of IPAs in the nationalprotected area network with appropriatemanagement, beginning with the mostthreatened site.ReferencesPetrović, D. 2003 Report on the NationalAnalysis of the Potential IPA Network inMontenegro, January 2003(REC Project REREP 4.3.23.1)Petrović, D. 2004 Report on the NationalAnalysis of the Potential IPA Network inMontenegro, September 2004(REC Project REREP 4.3.23.1)Bijeli NeriniBijeli 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 knownin Montenegro. The site is not currently protected.75
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Section 5National IPA teamIPA Coord<strong>in</strong>ator: Danka Petrović(University of Montengro)Team members from the follow<strong>in</strong>gorganisations: University of Montenegro<strong>and</strong> the Natural History MuseumMa<strong>in</strong> Funders: REC t<strong>hr</strong>ough the ‘PlantsAcross the Borders’ ProjectSerbia <strong>and</strong> Montenegro –MontenegroBy Danka PetrovićMontenegro covers an area of almost 14,000 km 2 <strong>and</strong> has twobiogeographic zones, the Mediterranean <strong>and</strong> the Alp<strong>in</strong>e, with astrong Mediterranean <strong>in</strong>fluence. Montenegro borders Albania,Bosnia-Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a <strong>and</strong> Macedonia (FYR), Croatia <strong>and</strong> Serbia.Montenegro has a high degree of <strong>plant</strong> diversity with manynational <strong>and</strong> Balkan endemics, <strong>and</strong> the natural <strong>and</strong> semi-naturalhabitats are characterised by forest (oak, beech <strong>and</strong> coniferous),grassl<strong>and</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> coastal habitats on the Adriatic. Serbia <strong>and</strong>Montenegro is a member of the Council of Europe.Background to the projectThis project represents the first phase of IPA identification <strong>in</strong> Montenegro.The available data have been collated, potential sites identified, site reports written foreight IPAs, <strong>and</strong> an assessment of <strong>plant</strong> conservation policy <strong>in</strong> Montenegro completed.Further work to revise national criteria lists <strong>and</strong> to collect new data needs to be carriedout. Several <strong>in</strong>stitutions, NGOs <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividuals have expressed <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>gwith the project.Potential IPAs <strong>and</strong> cross-border IPAs of MontenegroCurrent IPA statisticsTotal number of potential IPAs: 8Number of cross-border IPAs: 1 with Macedonia (FYR) <strong>and</strong> 1 with Albania74
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