EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

serious measures realized here since 1920s.
4.a.10 Vihorlat (Slovak Republic)
The territory lies within the designated A-zone of the Vihorlat Protected Landscape
Area. As such, it is subject to Ia conservation management regime according to the Act No.
543/2002 Coll. on Nature and Landscape Protection.
4.b Factors affecting the Property
(i) Development Pressures (e.g., encroachment, adaptation, agriculture, mining):
All nominated properties have long been subject to Ia conservation management regime
according to IUCN in compliance with dedicated legislation, i. e. the Law of Ukraine “On
Protected Areas Network of Ukraine” 16. 06. 1992, No. 2456-XII and the Act No. 543/2002
Coll. on Nature and Landscape Protection in the Slovak Republic. They enjoy an integral
protection as parts of the core zones within the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (CBR),
Uzhansky National Park (UNNP) and Poloniny NP and Vihorlat Landscape Protection Area.
Territorial development
In Ukraine, the law guarantees their protection from both direct civilisation impact and
further infrastructural development also in terms of the territorial planning. In Ukraine, the
Law of Ukraine “On the general scheme of territory planning in Ukraine” No. 3059-III,
approved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the Parlament of Ukraine) on February 7, 2002
contains the General scheme of territory planning in Ukraine (further on – “the General
Scheme”) and defines priorities and conceptual decisions on planning and use of Ukrainian
territory, including provision of sustainable development of settlements and the formation of
ecological network.
In the Slovak Republic, territorial development is controlled by the General
supraregional territorial system of ecological stability (hereinafter GESTES), approved by the
Government of the Slovak Republic on April 27, 1992, Resolution Nr. 319. GESTES is
similar to the concepts used in the theory of European Ecologial Network (EECONET) 12 . The
establishment of biocentres and biocorridors that coincide with the territory of the neminated
properties, their buffer zones and broader surroundings was projected into the Territorial Plan
for the greater Prešov Self-Governing Region, as approved by the statutory rules of the
12 The National Ecological Network of Slovakia was published in 1995 (Sabo, P., ed. : National Ecological
Network of Slovakia, IUCN Bratislava, 1995, 323 pp.).
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