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PANet 2010Protected Area Networks - Establishment and Managementof Corridors, Networks and Cooperationwww.panet2010.infoNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2Project DescriptionThe countries and regions involved in PANet 2010strongly emphasise the efficient implementationof European and international requirements withregard to protected areas (Natura 2000, Ramsar,biogenetic reserves, etc.). However, there is an evidentlack of knowledge and experience in managingprotected areas (PAs) beyond their boundaries.The project will support the empowerment ofthe regions and public bodies involved.Effective management of PAs is important in orderto secure the functions of the sites for conservationand sustainable regional development.Enhancing different projects focusing on the managementof individual PA areas, the PANet 2010project emphasises the management of networksof protected areas and certified regions.The project plans to theoretically prepare, and implement,a „network of experience“ in order toimprove positive regional economic effects, communicationand participation processes („co-operativemanagement“), the financial situation andconservation issues by creating synergies betweenthe individual protected areas. The basis for thatis a toolbox from the INTERREG 3B project IPAMwhich the PANet 2010 project continues in manyaspects. Therefore, the project focuses on Europeanissues (Natura 2000, rural development strategies,ESDP) and international obligations (Ramsar,the Biodiversity Convention).The project will be carried out by nine institutionsfrom six countries with a wide range of practical aswell as theoretical and administrative experience.strategies, which are specifically in accordancewith the European Spatial Development Perspective(ESDP). Furthermore, the regions and authoritiesinvolved should be empowered regarding themanagement of protected area networks (PANs).In particular the effectiveness of this managementshould be increased and the awareness concerningthe importance of PANs should be raised. Internationaland European conservation conventions anddirectives should be supported by using synergiesof corridors, buffer zones and networks. Moreover,the impact and effectiveness of individual PAsshould be improved.Among others, the project’s concrete aims are thefollowing:i Improvement of the know-how regarding spatialdevelopment of networks and corridors,financial and economic management of PANs,involvement, participation and communicationin PANs,i Online knowledge database,i Manual on „Planning, managing and evaluatingnetworks and systems of protected areas“,i An analysis of international standards, obligationsand initiatives,i A set of pilot actions in different regions.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,590,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................790,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerOffice of the Government of CarinthiaDept. 20 - Spatial PlanningWulfengasse 139020 KlagenfurtAUSTRIAContact PersonDI (FH) Johann WagnerTel +43 463 536-32055Fax +43 463 536-32007E-Mail johann.wagner@ktn.gv.at0 200 kmProject PartnersCroatiaPublic Institution National Park Risnjak, Crni LugCzech RepublicInstitute of Systems Biology and Ecology, Ceske BudejoviceItalyEuganean Hills Regional Park, EsteUniversity of Trieste, TriestePolandFoundation for the Support of Ecological Initiatives, KrakowResults and EffectsIn the long run the project’s objectives are the establishmentof protected areas as components ofintegrated and sustainable spatial developmentSlovakiaSlovak Academy of Sciences, BratislavaSloveniaKozjansko Regional Park, Bistrica ob SotliUkraineRadekhiv District Council of Lviv Region, Radekhiv112INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK