EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

Government of SR No. 216/1998. Given the current legislation framework, the nominated
localities, their buffer zones or connecting corridors are not threatened by the developmental
pressures.
Forestry
Forestry in Ukraine and in Slovakia presents no danger to the nominated properties. No
forestry-related activities or operations are allowed or considered within the nominated
properties because as national nature preserves or core areas of biosphere reserves and
national parks they a subject to Ia conservation management according to IUCN.
In the Slovak Republic, forests within the nominated properties have forest management
plans stipulating non-intervention policy according to Legal norms providing for the forest
management plans, contained in the §1–5 of the Act of the Slovak National Council No. č.
326/2005 Coll. on the forest management and state administration of forest management and
in the wording of the pursuant regulations and Regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture of
the Slovak Republic No. 5/1994 Coll. on forest management
(ii) Environmental pressures (e.g., pollution, climate change, desertification)
Air pollution
Due to the fact that there are no major air pollution sources on the adjacent territory,
absence of any major industrial development within the broader territory both in the past and
at the present time, and position outside the main air pollution long-distance transfer routes,
air-pollution induced damage to primeval forests of the nominated properties has not been
established.
Fig. 4: Model of the beech stemflow
impact on soil properties. No dramatic
soil reaction decrease or heavy metals
accumulation have been detected
within the stemflow zone on the
nominated localities.
For survey of potential pollution load, a method specially suited for beech forests has
been selected (Fig. 4). The pH-value and concentrations of chemical elements within the
stem-flow zone of beech trees in particular is an early indicator of potential acid or heavy
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