... 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 Sixth Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee will be held in Brussels, Belgium on 24. November 2015.
The Meeting will be kindly hosted in the premises of the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union in Brussels. Logistic information will follow in due course.
Official Documents |
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Agenda |
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Annotated Agenda |
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COP4 Decisions |
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Status of Signature and Ratification of the Protocols to the Carpathian Convention |
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List of the Carpathian Convention Meetings 2015 - 2017 |
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Information of the Czech Republic to the Council of the European Union on COP4 |
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Note on the UNEP evaluation of the Carpathian Project |
Progress Report and related documents |
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Draft Progress Report_rev1 |
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Doc. 1 - Letter on possible partnership between the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation and the Carpathian Convention |
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Doc. 2 - Meeting Report - Joint Working Groups on Biodiversity and on Spatial Development, Poland, October 2014 | |
Doc.3. - Memorandum of Understanding between CC and ANPAA - CNPA | doc |
Doc. 4 - Map delimitating the Carpathians in the Czech Republic | |
Doc. 5 - Local administrative units implementing the Carpathian Convention in the Czech Republic | xls |
Doc. 6 - Letter from Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic - Delimitation of the Carpathians_17 July 2015 | |
Doc. 7 - Letter from Ministry of the Environment of Poland - Expansion of implementation of the Carpathian Convention | |
Doc. 8 - Invitation to the Expert Workshop on Macro-regional Strategies and Mountain Dimension, Brussels, 25 November 2015 | |
Doc. 9 - Tisza Declaration | |
Doc. 10 - Meeting Report - Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, Serbia, April2015 | |
Doc. 11 - Protocol on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development - draft | doc |
Doc. 12 - Meeting Report - WG on Sustainable Tourism, Serbia, November 2014 | |
Doc. 13 - Meeting Report - WG on Sustainable Tourism, Hungary, May 2015 | |
Doc. 14 - Terms of Reference for the Working Group on Sustainable Tourism - final_rev | doc |
Doc. 15 - National Report on the Implementation of the Tourism Protocol - draft | doc |
Doc. 16 - Project concept CarpathianTourism Strategy | |
Doc. 17 - Letter from Romania on the Tourism Task Force CC | |
Doc. 18 - Protocol on Cultural Heritage and Traditional Knowledge - draft, rev 2015 | doc |
Doc. 19 - Partnership Agreement between EEA and SCC including Joint Work Plan 2014 - 2015 | |
Doc. 20 - EEA - SCC Joint Work Plan for 2016 – 2017 | doc |
Doc. 21 - ESD in the Carpathian Countries: Potentials for cooperation among the Carpathian Convention and the UNECE Steering Committee on ESD. Summary Report and Outlook | doc |
Doc. 22 - Meeting Report - Working Group on Adaptation Climate Change, Hungary, October 2015 | |
Doc. 23 - WG Climate Change Strategic Action Plan for development of project ideas in the Carpathian region - first draft | doc |
Doc. 24 - Terms of References for the Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change including comments from RO and PL | doc |
Doc. 25 - Carpathian Red List of Forest Habitats and Species and the Carpathian List of Invasive Alien Species - draft | |
Doc. 26 - – Red List of the Carpathian Non-forest Habitats | |
Doc. 27 - Carpathian Convection and EUSDR PAs Coordination - Joint synergy paper and draft Memorandum of Cooperation for the EUSDR Implementation | doc |
Doc. 28 - Agenda - Expert Workshop on Mountain dimension in the Danube region, the case of the Carpathians. Challenges and opportunities for regional cooperation in mountain areas, Brussels, 25 Nov | |
Doc. 29 - Project Platform |
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Doc. 30 - Structures for Databases of Financial Instruments, Tourismus Projects, Handbooks and Guidelines to Support (sustainable) Tourism Development in the Carpathian Regions | |
Doc. Draft Terms of Reference for the Common Sustainable Tourism Coordination Platform | |