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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.
Key publications
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Publications
Publications - General
National Achievements and Challenges Related to the Implementation of the Carpathian Convention
European Academy of Bolzano, Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention
Published in October 2011
Publications - Environmental assessment/information system/monitoring and early warning
S4C Research Agenda for the Carpathians 2010 - 2015
Kozak J., Björnsen Gurung A., Ostapowicz K.
Published 2011
Publications - General
The Carpathians in the European Environment -State and Outlook 2010
The European Environment Agency
Copenhagen, Denmark; 2011
Publications - Biological Diversity
Creation of Ecological Corridors in Ukraine
State Agency for Protected Areas of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, Altenburg, and Wymenga Ecological Consultants, InterEcoCentre
Kyiv, Ukraine; 2010
English version
Ukrainian version
Publications - General
Atlas of the Carpathian Macroregion
Carpathian Project - Palacky University and European Academy (EURAC)
Published 2009
Order a printed copy at UNEP Vienna ISCC
Publications - Industry and Energy
Renewable Energy in the Carpathian Region
UNIDO, UNEP Vienna ISCC
Vienna, Austria; 2010
Order a printed copy at UNEP Vienna ISCC
Publications - General
VASICA-Visions and Strategies in the Carpathian Area
Carpathian Project
Published 2009
VASICA is a transnational spatial development document for the Carpathian region. Following the success of the Alpine Space, it calls for the establishment of a support mechanism for the "Carpathian Space" in European Territorial Cooperation that will shift this transnational area from the periphery to a region of sustainable development in the heart of Europe. VASICA is one of the key results of the EU CADSES Carpathian Project.
Publications -Raising Awareness, Education, and Public Participation
Carpathian Mountains ESD Training Tool Kit
UNEP Vienna- ISCC, ENSI, CASALEN
Published 2009
Publications - Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
SARD-M Report for the Carpathian Convention Member States
Carpathian Project-European Academy (EURAC)
Published 2008
Publications - General
Carpathians Environment Outlook
UNEP/DEWA Europe
Published 2007
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Prechapter, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Annexes
Publications - General
Handbook on the Carpathian Convention
Regional Environement Center (REC), European Academy (EURAC)
Published 2007
More information
Publications - General
A Heightened Perspective - Regional Assessment of the Policy, Legislative and Institutional Frameworks Implementing the Carpathian Convention
Regional Environement Center (REC), European Academy (EURAC)
Published 2007
More information
Publications - General
Implementing an International Mountain Convention - An Approach for the Delimitation of the Carpathian Convention Area
European Academy (EURAC), UNEP Vienna-ISCC
Published 2006
Publications - Sustainable and Integrated Water/River Basin Management
Rapid Environmental Assessment of the Tisza River Basin
UNEP
Published 2004