important plant areas in central and eastern europe - hirc.botanic.hr ...
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SloveniaSloveniaBy Nejc JoganSlovenia covers over 20,000 km 2 <strong>in</strong> south <strong>central</strong> Europe, <strong>and</strong> hastwo biogeographic zones, Cont<strong>in</strong>ental <strong>and</strong> Alp<strong>in</strong>e, border<strong>in</strong>g theMediterranean <strong>and</strong> Pannonic zones. Slovenia borders Italy,Austria,Hungary <strong>and</strong> Croatia, <strong>and</strong> conta<strong>in</strong>s the south <strong>eastern</strong> part of theAlps Centre of Plant Diversity. Slovenia’s natural vegetationconsists ma<strong>in</strong>ly of deciduous <strong>and</strong> mixed forests from the lowl<strong>and</strong>to montane belt, coniferous forests <strong>in</strong> the upper montane belt <strong>and</strong>subalp<strong>in</strong>e to alp<strong>in</strong>e grassl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> s<strong>hr</strong>ub vegetation. It is wellknown for the semi-natural grassl<strong>and</strong>s of the limestone Krasregion. Slovenia jo<strong>in</strong>ed the EU <strong>in</strong> May 2004, <strong>and</strong> is also a memberof the Council of Europe.IPA national teamNational coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g organisation:The Slovenian Botanical Society <strong>in</strong>collaboration with the Centre forCartography of Flora <strong>and</strong> FaunaNational coord<strong>in</strong>ator: Nejc JoganSlovenian IPAsIPA summary statisticsTotal number of IPAs: 57Area of IPAs (ha): 10,177,000No/Area of IPAs <strong>in</strong> Protected Areas (all or part): 22 IPAs (20 have proposals for<strong>in</strong>creased protection)/1,802,000 (ha)Criteria listsCriterion A = 46 speciesAi (1),Aii/Aii (3),Aii (41),Aiii (1),Aiv (0); Habitats Directive (34), Bern Convention (30)Vascular <strong>plant</strong>s (42), Bryophytes (4), Lichens (0), Fungi (0),Algae (0)Criterion B = 28EUNIS level 2 habitats assessed for <strong>botanic</strong>al richnessCriterion C=82habitatsCi (14), Cii (68); Habitats Directive (49), Bern Convention (33)63
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