... one-third of all European vascular plant species can be found in the Carpathians? That means almost 4,000 plant species, and 481 of them are found only in the Carpathians!
… Gerlachovsky Peak (2,655 m altitude) in the High Tatras in Slovak Republic is the highest peak of the Carpathians?
… the European Union’s largest populations of brown bears, wolves, lynx, European bisons and imperial eagles (globally threatened species) are found in the Carpathians?
… 36 national parks, 51 nature parks and protected landscape areas, 19 biosphere reserves and 200 other protected areas are member of the Carpathian Network of Protected areas
… there are 36 registered UNESCO World Heritage sites and 49 important pilgrimage destinations in the Carpathian area?
… the number of hotels in the Carpathians has increased by nearly 60% in the last ten years?
… the Carpathians contain the continent's largest remaining natural mountain beech and beech/coniferous forest ecosystems and the largest area of pristine forest in Europe (outside Russia)?
... the Carpathians are the largest, most twisted and fragmented mountain chain in Europe? They are Europe’s largest mountains by area.
… in the 1970’s, about 1,000,000 people worked in the mining sector in the Carpathians? Today, the number of employees in this sector is about 340,000.
… the Carpathians were put on the WWF ‘Global 200’ list of major ecoregions in need of biodiversity and habitat conservation?
… more than half of the Carpathians are covered by forests? The Carpathian forests are a vital link between the forests of the north and those of the west and south-west of Europe.
The Seventh Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee will gather in Vienna from 21 to 22 November 2016.
Presentations delivered at the CCIC meeting :
Draft CCIC Agenda |
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Draft CCIC Programme - updated |
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Logistic Note |
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Draft Progress Report 2016 |
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Documents related to the Progress Report : |
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Doc. 1 - Fourth draft of the Protocol on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development |
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Doc. 2 - Climate Change Article - draft proposal | download |
Doc. 3 - WG Climate Change - meeting report | download |
Doc. 4 - Administrative Units - table | download |
Doc. 5 - Declaration on the Management and Protection of Large Carnivores in the Carpathians | download |
Doc. 6 - Short Carpathian Red List of Forest Habitats - draft | download |
Doc. 7 - Carpathian Red Lists - draft | download |
Doc. 8 - WG Biodiversity - meeting report | download |
Doc. 9 - Report Format - simplified version | download |
Doc. 10 - MoC between SCC and ANPAA | download |
Doc. 11 - MoC between CNPA, ALPARC and DANUBEPARKS | download |
Doc. 12 - Action Plan CNPA - ALPARC - DANUBEPARKS | download |
Doc. 13 - WG Forest - meeting report | download |
Doc. 14 - Forest indicators to support regional policy and management in the Carpathian region - EEA Report | download |
Doc. 15 - WG Tourism - meeting report | download |
Doc. 16 - The Road Map to achieve the objectives of Art. 11 of the Carpathian Convention - Cultural Heritage | download |
Doc. 17 - MoC between the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convernion and the International Council for Game and Wildlife | download |
Doc. 18 - Briefing on the cooperation activities with EUSDR and the copies of the signed MoCs | download |
Doc. 19 - Joint Work Plan 2016-2017 between EEA and the Carpathian Convention | download |
Doc. 20 - Draft Programme of Work for the period 2018 – 2020 | download |
Joint proposal of the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Platform | download |
Background Documents |
UNEA resolution 2/18 on UNEPs relations with MEAs |
Preparation of standardized guidelines and procedures for financial matters for MEAs
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