EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

5.j Staffing levels (professional, technical, maintenance):
CBR and UNNP have 310 and 110 employees available – this number includes the
whole biosphere reserve including the buffer and developmental zones. Poloniny NP, East
Carpathians Protected Landscape Area (ECPLA) avail of 24 employees (only those with
university degree). The positions are filled through natural scientists and university educated
forest ecologists possessing adequate professional experience and practical skills that are
capable of sole management of forest reserves. Expert management is reinforced by the cooperation
with the staff from the Centre for Nature and Landscape Protection of State Nature
Conservancy SR. Forest Districts are bodies responsible for the practical implementation of
forest management measures within the buffer zones and corridors connecting the properties.
They employ highly qualified staff as well as possess necessary technical equipment. From
the total number of employees, 199 forestry officers are in charge of protection of the massifs
on the Ukrainian territory.
The number of staff responsible for management and specialized work (e. g. research)
related to the nominated properties on the Slovak territory is 16 plus 8 rangers available for
patrolling the nominated properties on the Slovak territory (Poloniny NP, Eastern Carpathians
Protected Landscape Area, Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area). They are assisted by 32
voluntary Nature guards operating on the basis of the § 72 of the Act No. 543/2003 Coll. on
Nature and Landscape Protection
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