RESTORATION OF WETLANDS At - wise-rtd.info

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
OF PROJECT PERSONNEL
Key project personnel have been trained in forest and wetland conservation and restoration
topics. For that purpose we have organized four one-week excursions,
two training seminars and several shorter study trips. The first excursion to Pomerania
region, North-West Poland, was organized in June 2006, in cooperation with our Polish
partners implementing the LIFE Nature project LIFE04/NAT/PL/000208 “Conservation
of Baltic raised bogs in Pomerania, Poland”. It was focused on sharing their experience
from the implementation of this LIFE project, as well as their experience with forest
and wetland conservation, restoration and management in this part of Poland. The second
excursion was organized to Šumava National Park (Czech Republic) and Bavarian
Forest National Park (Germany) in October 2006. Its main focus was to learn more
about the restoration of degraded peat lands, as well as to get first-hand experience from
“no management” zones in the spruce forests, disrupted by the bark-beetle. The third
excursion was organized to North-East Poland, in June 2007 in cooperation with the
LIFE Nature project LIFE06/NAT/PL/000105 “Bison Land” - European Bison Conservation
in Bialowieza Forest, Poland. The fourth excursion was organized to East Slovakia
in October 2007, focusing on forest and wetland management in FSC certified forests,
Natura 2000 sites and military training areas.
Besides the project partners, the key stakeholders such as foresters and representatives
of relevant public authorities were also invited to take part in the excursions and training.
This was found to be very useful for the further implementation of the project. During the
excursions they got first-hand experience on nature conservation issues directly related
to the project. For example, they could see that restoration of drained wetlands is not
something specifically exclusive to Záhorie region, but it is just the opposite, a common
approach that is widely used also in other regions. Thanks to the establishment of informal
contacts between project participants, foresters and other stakeholders, their
mutual acceptance and communication has improved, which was one of the key factors
for the projects’ success.
Non-intervention zone in Šumava (Bohemian Forest) National Park .... inspiration for Záhorie
Restoration of rare peatlands in Poland ....
Peat-bog in Šumava
National Park
and in our homeland in Záhorie region.
.... in Šumava (Bohemian Forest)
National Park ....