Carpathians

SARD-M Report for the Carpathian Convention Member States. Assessment of Policies, Institutions and Processes

This SARD-M synthesis report represents a pioneering study. For the first time Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD-M) as well as related Policies, Institutions and Processes (PIPs) in the Carpathian region are discussed together in one comprehensive assessment. SARD-M is a complementary component of the Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable...

S4C Science for Carpathians: Research Agenda for the Carpathians 2010 - 2015
This document is the result of policy- and science driven activities stimulated through the growing recognition of the global importance of mountains. The interplay between those activities, in particular the development of the Carpathian Convention facilitated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), together with the emergence of mountain research networks in Europe enabled the...
A collection on the Carpathian Convention
"Since the International Year of Mountains in 2002, the Italian Ministry of the Environment, holding then the presidency of the Alpine Convention, strongly supported the development of an international legal instrument for the protection and sustainable devel-opment of the Carpathian mountain region. An Al-pine-Carpathian partnership was established to promote an experience sharing process...
Carpathian Convention

The Carpathian Convention provides the framework for cooperation and multi-sectoral policy coordination, a platform for joint strategies for sustainable development, and a forum for dialogue between all stakeholders involved.

VISACA: Vision and Strategies in The Carpathian Area
VASICA (Vision and Strategies in the Carpathian Area) is a trans-national spatial development document and a key result of the EU CADSES Carpathian Project. Similar synthetic documents have been prepared for several large cooperation areas in Europe in the last decade. The fi rst and best known of these documents was the “Visions and Strategies around the Baltic Sea, (VASAB)”, prepared in 1994,...
Carpathian Project
The CARPATHIAN PROJECT was a project co-financed by the EU-Community Initiative Programme for transnational cooperation: INTERREG CADSES in the Programming Period 2000-2006. The objective of the Carpathian Project was to enhance the sustainable development of the Carpathian region based on its rich natural and cultural heritage. In the Carpathian Project, 18 project partners from 10 countries...
Forest cover changes in the northern Carpathians in the 20th century: rates, factors and consequences

Forest cover has been increasing since the 19th century in a number of mountain areas in Europe. We present results of several case studies from the northern Carpathians - forest cover change and possible factors of the forest increase and its consequences to mountain landscapes. Different source data were used to map forest areas. Map overlays and statistical analysis were used to estimates...

Reversing the decline of secondary spruce forests in Slovakia's Western Carpathians
The Western Carpathian forests are of extraordinary importance, not only as production forests but also in terms of general and local public interest. Apart from being the source of economically vital products for local people, they play a very important role for neighbouring countries in protecting soil and water resources in which these countries also have an interest. The total forest acreage...
Change detection analysis (1986-2002) of vegetation cover in Romania: A study of alpine, subalpine, and forest landscapes in the Iezer mountains, southern Carpathians

The Iezer Mountains are part of the Southern Carpathians in Romania; the elevation range spans over 1,800 m, with the highest peak at 2470 m. In recent years, the vegetation in this montane landscape has undergone various changes. The aim of the present analysis is to test whether the evolution of vegetation zones can be modeled using remote sensing data and...

Global change research in the Carpathian mountain region

The Carpathian Mountains in Europe are a biodiversity hot spot; harbor many relatively undisturbed ecosystems; and are still rich in seminatural, traditional landscapes. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the Carpathians have experienced widespread land use change, affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Climate change, as an additional driver, may increase the effect of such changes...

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