S4C – 2nd Forum Carpaticum

What are the implications of the Carpathian Convention in the Carpathian Region? How can the Convention, and in particular its Biodiversity Protocol, be implemented? What is still missing and what is the concrete input that Carpathian science can provide in this process? What are the next steps?

These are the basic questions that have been further explored at the workshop on the Carpathian Convention and its Biodiversity Protocol, organized by the European Academy Bolzano in cooperation with UNEP Vienna – Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention (ISCC). It was intended to be an informal platform of exchange between decision makers involved in the Carpathian Convention process and the Carpathian scientists.

There was a special focus on the SEE Programme BIOREGIO Carpathians project, aimed at implementing the main provisions of the Carpathian Convention Biodiversity Protocol. In particular, the first results of the activities related to the elaboration of a Carpathian Red List of Species and Habitats have been presented.

The presentations were followed by a Round Table moderated by the European Academy Bolzano and to which decision makers, experts, the Science for Carpathians Initiative, and the UNEP Vienna – ISCC participated.