Biodiversity conservation in transboundary protected areas : proceedings of an international workshop, Bieszczady and Tatra National Parks, Poland, May 15-25, 1994 / edited by Alicja Breymeyer, Reginald Noble with Stephen Deets ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Breymeyer, A. I. (Alicja I.), 1932-

Noble, Reginald D.

National Research Council (U.S.). Office for Central Europe and Eurasia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity conservation--Europe, Eastern--Congresses.

Biodiversity conservation.

Natural areas--Europe, Eastern--Congresses.

Natural areas.

Biodiversity conservation--Congresses.

Physical Description:

vi, 279 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recognizing the increasing rate of species loss on a global scale and that neither pollution nor ecosystems respects political boundaries, cooperation on many different levels is required to conserve biodiversity. This volume uses four protected areas that Poland shares with its neighbors as case studies to explore opportunities to integrate science and management in transboundary protected areas in Central Europe for the conservation of biodiversity. Specific topics include biodiversity conservation theories and strategies, problems of wildlife management, and impacts of tourism and recreational use on protected areas.

Contents:

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY PROTECTED AREAS

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Contents

OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED AREAS

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES IN THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BIOSPHERE RESERVES AND NATURAL CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS

WILDLIFE AND TOURIST MANAGEMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVES

MONITORING AND MEASURING THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE IN BORDER AREAS

I GENERAL ISSUES OF CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED AREAS

THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF VEGETATIONAL LANDSCAPES: PROBLEMS WITH EVALUATION

LEVELS OF DIVERSITY

THE INFLUENCE OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ON DIVERSITY WITHIN VEGETATIONAL LANDSCAPES

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

RESTORATION ECOLOGY: SOME NEW PERSPECTIVES

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Goal Setting

Planning

Implementation

Monitoring

Maintenance

EDUCATION

RESEARCH NEEDS

CONCLUSION

DESIGN OF PROTECTED AREAS

JUSTIFICATION

CATEGORIES

CRITICAL ELEMENTS

Purpose

Size

Shape

Location

Management

Legal Consideration

STREAMS AS INTEGRATORS OF ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROCESSES

CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES FOR AQUATIC CONSERVATION

Streams as Four-Dimensional Environments

Streams as Integrators of Ecological Properties and Socio-Economic Processes in the Landscape

Regional Differences in the History of Human Effects on Rivers

EMERGING CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR AQUATIC SYSTEMS

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

PRESENT STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES OF MAB BIOSPHERE RESERVES

II BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES

INTRODUCTION.

THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

THE CURRENT CONSERVATION FRAMEWORK

DEVELOPING AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH

SUSTAINING THE ENVIRONMENT INTO THE NEXT CENTURY

A STRATEGY FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION IN POLAND

SECTION I

SECTION II

SECTION III

PROBLEMS IN TRANSBOUNDARY PROTECTED AREAS IN UKRAINE

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION STRATEGY IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION PROJECT FOR THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF)

The GEF and Slovakia

The Goals and Orientation of the Project

The Implementation of the Project

THE BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION PROGRAM

Carrying Capacity

Establishing the Foundation for the Protection of Diversity in the East Carpathians

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM

THE CONSERVATION PROGRAM

Sustainable Development Strategies

The Carrying Capacity

The Small Grants Program

THE FUTURE

PRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN TRANSBOUNDARY PROTECTED AREAS OF BELARUS AND POLAND

RETROSPECTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF BELOVEZHSKAYA PUSHCHA

SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS

PROBLEMS OF OPTIMIZING THE PROTECTIVE REGIME IN BELOVEZHSKAYA PUSHCHA

THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR ACTIVITIES AIMED AT CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY IN BELOVEZHSKAYA PUSHCHA

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION IN COUNTRIES WITH ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION

III BIOSPHERE RESERVES AND NATURAL CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS

BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK AND BIOSPHERE RESERVES

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

STATE OF PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECOSYSTEMS

Polish Part

Belarussian Part

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION

THE TATRA NATIONAL PARK AND TRANSBOUNDARY BIOSPHERE RESERVE.

PROBLEMS OF NATURAL DIVERSITY PROTECTION IN THE TATRA NATIONAL PARK AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE

NATURAL DIVERSITY

SECONDARY DIFFERENTIATION

THE PROBLEMS OF PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY IN THE TATRAS

A PLAN OF PROTECTION

THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GEOECOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF THE TATRA MOUNTAINS

VYCHODNE KARPATY/EAST CARPATHIAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE

MANAGEMENT

VALUABLE NATURAL FEATURES

PEOPLE AND AREA

BIESZCZADY NATIONAL PARK

KARKONOSZE NATIONAL PARK AND KARKONOSZE/ KRKONOSE BILATERAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE

THE HYDROGRAPHIC SYSTEM OF POLAND WITH EMPHASIS ON BORDER REGIONS

TRANSBOUNDARY NATURAL SYSTEMS IN EASTERN POLAND AND A PROPOSAL FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY

NEW MAPS ON THE USE OF AND THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EUROPE

IV WILDLIFE AND TOURIST MANAGEMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY PROTECTED AREAS

BIALOWIEZA PRIMEVAL FOREST: HABITAT AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

SOURCES OF DATA

FOREST STRUCTURE

AGE AND EXPLOITATION OF THE FOREST

WILDLIFE DENSITY AND MANAGEMENT

THE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE MAMMALS IN THE EASTERN CARPATHIANS BIOSPHERE RESERVE

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

OLYMPIC ELK: PARALLELS TO RED DEER MANAGEMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY PROTECTED AREAS OF CENTRAL EUROPE

STUDY AREA

HISTORY OF ELK IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK

DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A PROPOSED SYSTEM OF CROSS-BORDER PROTECTED AREAS IN THE EASTERN BORDER REGION OF POLAND

CREATION OF CROSS-BORDER PROTECTED AREAS

Zalew Wislany (Vistula Lagoon) TOCh

The Suwalsko-Wisztyniecki (Suwalki-Vistytis) TOCh.

The Augustowsko-Olicki (Augustow-Alytus) TOCh

The Puszcza Bialowieska (Bialowieska Forest) TOCh

The Przelom Bugu (Bug River Gorge) TOCh

The Zachodnie Polesie (Western Polesie) TOCh

The Roztocze TOCh

The Wschodnie Beskidy (Eastern Beskid Mountains) TOCh

RECREATION AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT IN PROTECTED AREAS

SCIENCE AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT

TOURISTS AS AN ASSET

ECOTOURISM

TOURISM'S IMPACT ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT AROUND KASPROWY WIERCH

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF TATRA NATIONAL PARK AND THE TOWN OF ZAKOPANE

V MONITORING AND MEASURING THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE IN BORDER AREAS

PLANT DIVERSITY IN TATRA NATIONAL PARK (SLOVAKIA)

ENDANGERED SPECIES OR HABITATS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE

Peatland Habitats

Freshwater Habitats

Epiphytic Lichens and Mosses

FLORISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE UKRAINIAN EASTERN CARPATHIANS AND THE UKRAINIAN PART OF THE BIOSPHERE RESERVE

CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF THE UKRAINIAN EASTERN CARPATHIANS

THE STATE OF EXPLORATION OF THE FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF THE UKRAINIAN PART OF THE EASTERN CARPATHIANS ...

GRASSLANDS OF THE EAST CARPATHIAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN SLOVAKIA

MOUNTAIN "POLONINY" GRASSLANDS

GRASSLANDS AT LOWER LEVELS

FLORISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE LATORITSA RIVER BASIN (UKRAINIAN CARP A THIANS)

ECOEDAPHIC CONDITIONS OF TRANSBOUNDARY FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND THE IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION

THE BELOW-GROUND BIOMASS OF MATURE FORESTS AND IMMISSION LOADING

RESULTS

DISCUSSIONS

DISTRIBUTION OF CRUSTACEA IN SLOVAKIA'S EASTERN CARPATHIANS AND PROBLEMS OF PRESERVATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WATERSHED

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Amphipoda

Decapoda

CONSERVATION ISSUES

Acknowledgment

VI APPENDICES

APPENDIX A BASIC PRINCIPLES

SUGGESTED RESEARCH AGENDA TO SUPPORT BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Eastern Carpathian Biosphere Reserve

Bialowieza/Byelovschkaya

FOREST FRAGMENTS, CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION

TOURISM AND RECREATION

KRKONOSE TRANSBOUNDARY BIOSPHERE RESERVE

MONITORING IN PROTECTED AREAS

APPENDIX B WORKSHOP AGENDA

APPENDIX C PARTICIPANT LIST.

Notes:

"Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610210763

9780309184809

0309184800

9781280210761

1280210761

9780309589598

0309589592

9780585025230

0585025231

OCLC:

923260259