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CARPATHIANNETWORK

OF PROTECTEDAREAS

The Carpathian

natural and cultural

heritage:

A wealth to be

protected on an

international level

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An area of an extreme richness

Carpathian mountain range covers about 209.000 km2

of the Central and Eastern Europe, extending from

Austria to Serbia, covering most of Slovakia and

Romania as well as parts of the Czech Republic,

Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.

Ecologically varying areas

From the small hills to the summits exceeding 2500 m

under human influence

Besides this natural diversity, this mountain range possesses

also an extremely rich cultural heritage

with traditional economic activities.

Seven different nations with seven

diverse languages and a heteroge-

neous history have influenced the evolu-

tion of the countryside for hundreds of years.

The Carpathian landscape has been formed by far-

ming activities over a long

time. The centuries of sheep

grazing have resulted in the

creation of numerous semi-natural

habitats and many extensive small-

scale farms were saved from land

collectivisation and represent today

important landscape elements.

Unfortunately, for several

decades human activi-

ties have had a negative influence on the

countryside and the biodiversity rather in

the negative way. Some areas are over-

industrialized, big ski resorts have been deve-

loped, often very near or inside a protected

area, and intensive farming makes excessive use

of chemical fertilizers. Moreover, the landscape

fragmentation by the roads and highways makes more

difficult the genetic exchanges of many animal species.

a. s. l., the countryside of the

Carpathians is extremely various. This

extraordinary natural and ecological

diversity makes them of the main natural habitats in Europe,

sheltering almost 4.000 plant species, of which one third are

endemic, to the largest European population of large carni-

vores (bear, wolf, lynx) as well as one of

largest European forest regions. The

variety of conservation

policies and different

cultures makes the

Carpathians a very diverse

area even though the whole range is situa-

ted in the same biogeographical region.

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Task Force Protected Areas

Permanent Secretariat

of the Alpine Convention

256, rue de la RpubliqueF 73 000 Chambry

Tel: +33 (0)4 79 26 55 00Fax: +33 (0)4 79 26 55 01e-mail: [email protected]

Coordination: Guido PlassmannRealisation: Martin Pavlik, Guido PlassmannGraphics: Rgis FerrTranslation: Jana Urbankov, Gyrgy Czibula,Zbigniew Niewiadomski, Mircea Verghelet,Jn Kadlek, Ana Naglich, Sergiy MatvyeyevRewriting: Peter OldfieldPhotos: P. Potocky - R. SiklienkaM. Verghelet - M. Pavlik.

Drawing: Mr. Luba

Printed on FSC certified paper(Forest Stewardship Council)byNaturaprint in Alby sur Chran (F)

Realised by:This brochure was edited in the frame

of the Carpathian Convention.

In partnership with:

Financial Partners:

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