EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

Pre-proposal No 3 NATURE - BASED MANAGEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY,
WATER AND CARBON IN FORESTS ECOSYSTEMS OF THE CARPATHIANS
carbon sequestration. E. g., Keim and Skaugset (2003) showed that complex forest structure almost intirely dissipates the kinetic energy of
rain, decelerates infiltration and thus sustains the slope stability. These function may open new sources of income for forestry as an answer to
wood market volatility, and thus generate resources for sustainable development of forested and mountain regions of Europe, which are usually
less favoured in terms of economic strenght. The project will make a significant contribute to the advance of theory and practical aspects
of the conservation of the primeval forests as the most pristine ecosystems of the Temperate Zone of Europe, whereas know-how will be amde
available for forests owners and users in terms of models for transfering and inclusion of natural dynamics into practical forests management.
Summary of thus far achievements in this field was made by Brang (2005), but further models are being proposed, making this issue a current
research hot-spot (Saniga 2005).
Table 2: Log-frame matrix
Description of objective Indicators (max three per objective) Baseline (Indicator value at project start date)
Overall Objective Maintaining of biodiversity and habitats Increase of biodiversity indexes Current biodiversity indexes
(long-term effects) in primeval forests, their extension into all in connecting corridors by 20%
forests categories, strenghtening the water Area with managm. plans ba-sed Current area
management and enviro-nmental functions on nat. dynamics: 60000ha
of Carpathian forests through research 200% increase of peer-rev. Nos. of ISI publications per year
publications for kowledge transf.
Purpose Spatial connection of prim. forests, Identified of areas with possible biotopes Current area of biotopes
(direct and proposals of managm. plans based on new conserv.: 120 000 ha
immediate effects) sci. findings on the ecol. Demands Proposed measures for redu-ction
of species, biogeochem. cycles, mainly of end. species by 40% Nos. of prim. forests endangered species
those of of water and organic carbon Valid proposals for H2O cycle deceler. Accum. amount of H2O and C
and C accum. by 20% under curr. management
R e s u l t s Proposal of area-deignation, management 5 map works and corresp. ma-nagm. Management plans for biocorridors
(goods and services plans and related proposals for ecological plans of ecocorridors not available
produced) corridors and forests of all categories, 60% of natural processes in the proposed Current species compos., structure,
representing the main forests types m a n a g e m e n t texture of stands
in the Slovak Republic Joint Committee for the managemenet Consultation Platform of Carpath.
of ecocorridors Nat. Parks Assoc.
Database of endangered species List of ecol. demands of 200 endang. List of ecol. demands not available
of primeval forests and species conservation and indicator species
ex-situ, models of increased CO2 accum. 5 endang. floral species with avail. 1 species with routine micropropagation
In forests and deceleration of matter micropropagation routine (U. glabra)
cycling and ersosion Models of incr. water and C accum. Avg. run-off coeff., currently accum. amount of C
in for. By 24 and 30%
Models of implementation of natural Assembling 15 res. plots + buff. zones Plots scattered, some aban-doned, must be
processes into forest management based suitable for screening r e c o v e r d
on screening of research plots with a low 10 new models of nat. process. implement. No verified models available
intensity intervention, buffer zones and trees into forest. mangm.
growth models 4 manuals on forest managm. based Manuals not available
on natural dynamics
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