EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

Council of Europe. According to it, any territorial developments must respect not only nature
protected areas, but also areas covered by the The Law of Ukraine “On Ecological Network of
Ukraine”, adopted by the Supreme Council (Parliament) of Ukraine in 2004, the Law of
Ukraine “On the State Programme of Ukraine’s National Environmental Network
Development for Years 2000−2015” (see Annex 8) – in 2000 and the Law of Ukraine “On
Nature-Protection Fund of Ukraine” 16.06.1992, No.2456-XII, Nature, that are important for
biological and landscape diversity conservation.
In order to guarantee efficient utilization of territories that are of a special ecological,
scientific, aesthetic value it is envisaged to elaborate a system of state (national) support for
such territories. The implementation of the General Scheme is fulfilled by the bodies of the
state power and by local self-governing bodies in the order envisaged by Ukrainian
Legislation.
The Carpathian Biosphere Reserve and the Uzhanskyi National Nature Park, to which
the nominated properties on the Ukrainian territory belong, are subordinated directly to the
Ministry and their territory belongs to the Nature Protection Fund of Ukraine. The
administrations of both establishments however manage their territories in close co-operation
with local bodies of state power and self-government.
Management of the sites belonging to the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve is executed
according to the Project of the Territory Organization and Natural Complexes Protection of
the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve and Statutes of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (Annex
5). Management of the sites belonging to the Uzhanskyi National Park is executed according
to the Regulations for UNNP (Annex 5).
Slovak Republic
Several plans apply to the Prešov Self-Governing Region, in which the nominated
properties are located:
– General supraregional territorial system of ecological stability (hereinafter GESTES,
Annex 10), 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) 13 . The system has established a framework for the
strategy of ecological stability, biodiversity and gene fund conservation and is thereby
binding for the creation of regional and local systems of ecological stability and also for
13 The National Ecological Network of Slovakia was published in 1995 (Sabo, P., ed. : National Ecological
Network of Slovakia, IUCN Bratislava, 1995, 323 pp.), see Annex 4.
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