important plant areas in central and eastern europe - hirc.botanic.hr ...
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Section 5National IPA teamNational coord<strong>in</strong>ator:Toni Nikolić(Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb)Other contribut<strong>in</strong>g organisations:Croatian Botanical SocietyMa<strong>in</strong> funders: REC t<strong>hr</strong>ough the ‘PlantsAlong the Borders’ Project.CroatiaBy Toni NikolićCroatia covers an area of 56,500 km 2 from the Adriatic coast tothe mounta<strong>in</strong>s of the north. Croatia borders Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a, Serbia <strong>and</strong> Montenegro, Italy <strong>and</strong> Hungary, <strong>and</strong> hasfour biogeographic zones, the Pannonic, Cont<strong>in</strong>ental,Alp<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong>Mediterranean.The country has a high number of national <strong>and</strong>Balkan endemics <strong>and</strong> a rich mosaic of <strong>plant</strong> communities fromlarge <strong>areas</strong> of natural forest to grassl<strong>and</strong>s, coastal <strong>and</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>habitats. Croatia is a member of the Council of Europe.Background to the ProjectThis project is the first <strong>and</strong> prelim<strong>in</strong>ary stage <strong>in</strong> IPA identification <strong>and</strong> protection <strong>in</strong>Croatia. Only exist<strong>in</strong>g data have been collated to identify potential sites but furtherwork is needed to verify data <strong>in</strong> the field <strong>and</strong> to provide <strong>in</strong>formation on species <strong>and</strong>habitats where there are no current data.These data are already be<strong>in</strong>g used to updateCroatia’s national biodiversity action plan <strong>and</strong> the Croatian Botanical Society are keen tocont<strong>in</strong>ue the work.Potential IPAs <strong>and</strong> cross-border IPAs <strong>in</strong> CroatiaCurrent IPA statisticsTotal number of potential IPAs: 88Number of cross-border IPAs: 3 with Slovenia, 3 with Bosnia-Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a70