... 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 third Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change will be held on 12 and 13 March 2014 at the Austrian Lebensministerium in Vienna, Austria.
The Working Group will be organized by UNEP Vienna – Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention in co-operation with the CARPIVIA, Carpatclim and the CarpathCC projects and with the support of the Italian Presidency of the Alpine Convention and the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention. The conference will be kindly hosted in the premises of the Lebensministerium in Vienna.
During the meeting, the outcomes and possible follow - up projects of the CARPIVIA, Carpatclim and CarpathCC projects, and the Climate Change Adaptation Strategic Agenda for the Carpathian Region will be discussed.
Presentations :
Projects and Activities on Climate Change in Mountain Areas - Pier Carlo Sandei
Carpathian Convention Strategic Agenda – Harald Egerer
Toward an integrated adaptation strategy for the Alpine Region - Antonio Ballarin Denti
Projects and activities on Climate Change Adaptation in the Alps - Luca Cetara
Preparatory action on climate in the Carpathian region - Jacques Delsalle