... 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.
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| Final COP1 Decision | |
| Final COP1 Minsterial Declarations | |
| Final COP1 Meeting Report |
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| UNEP/CC/COP1/1 | Provisional agenda of the COP1 to the Carpathian Convention | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/1/Add.1 | Annoted provisional agenda | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/1/Inf.1 | Provisional organization of work | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/1/Inf.2 |
Secretariat note on the status of signatures and ratifications of the Carpathian Convention |
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| UNEP/CC/COP1/2 | Secretariat note on the draft rules of procedure for the Carpathian Convention | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/2/Add.1 | Addendum 1. Submission by the Czech Republic | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/3 | Secretariat note on the draft financial rules for the Carpathian Convention | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/4 | Work programme and budget of the Carpathian Convention | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/5 | Secretariat note on conservation and sustainable use of biological and landscape diversity | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/6 | Secretariat note on sustainable and integrated water/river basin management | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/7/Rev.1 | Secretariat noe on cultural heritage and traditional knowledge | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/8 | Secretariat note on sustainable agriculture, rural development and forestry | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/Inf.3 | Brief Summary - Policy consultation on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Develoment in the Carpathians | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/9 | Secretariat note on sustainable energy | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/10 | Secretariat note on sustainable transport | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/11 | Secretariat note on sustainable tourism | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/Inf.4 | Sustainable tourism opportunities in the Carpathians. Background document | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/12 | Secretariat note on spatial planning | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/13 | Secretariat note on cross-cutting issues, including awareness raising, education and public participation | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/14 | Secretariat note on cooperation with the European Union | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/15 | Secretariat note on cooperation with other conventions and international bodies | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/16 | Secretariat note on the scope of application of the Carpathian Convention | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/17 | Secretariat note on establishing a Permanent Secretariat | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/18 | Secretarat note on prepartioan for the sixth Ministerial Conference "Envrionment for Europe" (Belgrade Conference) | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/19 | Elements for the "Carpathian Declaration" | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/Inf.11/Rev.2 | List of documents | |
| UNEP/CC/COP1/Inf.12 | Secretariat note on requirements for credentials for the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention | |
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| Provisional Programme |