Did you know that ...
... 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.
WG SARD
6th meeting of the Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
The 6th meeting of the Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (WG SARD) that will take place on 26-27 April 2023 in Vatra Dornei, Romania.
Considering the special focus of the WG SARD meeting that will be placed on Carpathian pastoralism, the Secretariat prepared a background note for discussion, see enclosed Pastoralism in the Carpathians and the Carpathian Convention. The stakeholders involved in pastoralism or related activities, are encourage to join the meeting in order to contribute to and benefit from the meeting discussions and possible future activities.
As per usual practice of the Carpathian Convention, the meetings of the Working Groups gather the officially designated national experts, as well as interested observers that are invited to contribute to the meeting discussions.
Online registration will be open until 29 March 2023. We kindly encourage early registrations. For registering for the WG SARD meeting please follow the LINK.
Draft agenda of the meeting that was agreed with the WG SARD – Romania, together with the logistics information are available.
Should you require any further information about the WG SARD meeting, please do not hesitate to contact our office!
The Secretariat would like to extend thanks to the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests of Romania and the National Agency for Mountain Areas for the support in organizing the meeting!
