EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

protection of the massifs on the Ukrainian territory. Forest beaters perform twenty-four-hour
patrolling of the territory. Forestry beat points are situated on the edges beyond each of the
clusters. Twice a year the authorities of the CBR and UNNP realize an inspection of their
territory and use the necessary preventive measures. The State Forest Guard Service closely
co-operates with the Police and other closer services.
On the Slovak territory, protection measures covering the nominated properties are
enforced by the State Nature Conservancy, as elaborated in “Protected area maintenance
programmes” (§54, sec.3–4 of the Act 543/2002), worked out by the respective authority (NP
Poloniny, Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area) in compliance with §21 of the Regulation No.
24/2003 of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic, and subject to the
approval by the Government of the Slovak Republic. On the Slovak territory, regular
inspections are carried continuously or more often if necessary by four Poloniny National
Park rangers and twenty voluntary nature protection guards, whose competences are defined
by the Act and Guards of the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic according to §
72 of the Act No. 543/2003 Coll. on Nature and Landscape Protection. The guards are entitled
to monitor, prevent and avoid illegal cuttings, illegal picking up of berries, poaching, bird
criminality, nest robbery, illegal collection of animals and trespasses against the law related to
the mass tourism.
5.d Existing plans related to municipality and region in which the proposed property is
located (e.g., regional or local plan, conservation plan, tourism development plan):
Ukraine
The Transcarpathian region (Zakarpatska oblast), in which the Ukrainian localities of the
bilateral serial nomination are found, was designated in 1946; the town of Uzhgorod is the
regional center with all regional administrative bodies located there. Its development is
governed by the General scheme of territory planning in Ukraine (further on – “the General
Scheme”), as defined by the Law of Ukraine “On the general scheme of territory planning in
Ukraine”, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 7.02.2002, No. 3059-III. It lays out priorities and
conceptual decisions on planning and use of Ukrainian territory, provision of sustainable
development of settlements, development of industrial, social and transport, as well as the
formation of ecological network.
Regulations provided in the General Scheme correspond to the principles of appropriate
documents adopted at the UN Conference on the settlements’ development (HABITAT-II)
and to corresponding recommendations of the UN European Economic Commission and the
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