Did you know that ...
... one-third of all European vascular plant species can be found in the Carpathians? That means almost 4,000 plant species, and 481 of them are found only in the Carpathians!
… Gerlachovsky Peak (2,655 m altitude) in the High Tatras in Slovak Republic is the highest peak of the Carpathians?
… the European Union’s largest populations of brown bears, wolves, lynx, European bisons and imperial eagles (globally threatened species) are found in the Carpathians?
… 36 national parks, 51 nature parks and protected landscape areas, 19 biosphere reserves and 200 other protected areas are member of the Carpathian Network of Protected areas
… there are 36 registered UNESCO World Heritage sites and 49 important pilgrimage destinations in the Carpathian area?
… the number of hotels in the Carpathians has increased by nearly 60% in the last ten years?
… the Carpathians contain the continent's largest remaining natural mountain beech and beech/coniferous forest ecosystems and the largest area of pristine forest in Europe (outside Russia)?
... the Carpathians are the largest, most twisted and fragmented mountain chain in Europe? They are Europe’s largest mountains by area.
… in the 1970’s, about 1,000,000 people worked in the mining sector in the Carpathians? Today, the number of employees in this sector is about 340,000.
… the Carpathians were put on the WWF ‘Global 200’ list of major ecoregions in need of biodiversity and habitat conservation?
… more than half of the Carpathians are covered by forests? The Carpathian forests are a vital link between the forests of the north and those of the west and south-west of Europe.
COP5 - Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention
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| *COP5 serves also as a Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological and Landscape Diversity the Protocol on Sustainable Forest Management, the Protocol on Sustainable Tourism. |
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Technical Segment (10 – 11 October)
1. Official opening of the COP5 Technical Segment and welcome remarks
- ➣ Short presentation of the Czech Presidency
2. Organizational matters
- ➣ Election of Officers
- ➣ Review of credentials and full powers
- ➣ Adoption of the agenda
3. Status of contributions, Status of ratification of Biodiversity Protocol, Forest Protocol, Tourism Protocol, Transport Protocol
4. Implementation of the Carpathian Convention – Presentation of the activities, scientific inputs and draft decisions for COP5 on:
- ➣ Climate Change
- ➣ Administrative Units
- ➣ Conservation and sustainable use of biological and landscape diversity (biodiversity)
- ➣ Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
- ➣ Sustainable Forest Management
- ➣ Sustainable Tourism
- ➣ Cultural Heritage and Traditional Knowledge
- ➣ Sustainable Transport
- ➣ Education and awareness raising
- ➣ Cooperation with other institutions and EU Programmes
• Introduction to possible financial mechanisms supporting implementation ofthe Carpathian Convention
(Danube Transnational Programme, Life+, Central Europe, International Visegrad Fund)
• Cooperation with EUSDR – presentation on progress
• Cooperation with Alpine Convention
• Cooperation with ICPDR and presentation of the Jointisza project
• Cooperation with the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
5. Date and venue of the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP6)
6.Closing of the Technical Segment
Ministerial Segment (12 October)
1. Opening and welcome remarks
- ➣ Welcome by the Hungarian Presidency
- ➣ Welcome by the Czech Republic, outgoing Presidency
- ➣ Welcome by the UN Environment
2. Progress in the implementation of the Carpathian Convention
3. Future of the Carpathians
4. Moderated high level discussion
5. Presentation of the Pan – Carpathian expeditions
Adoption of the new Carpathian Convention Documents
6. Brief report on the COP5 Technical Segment by the Rapporteur
7. Adoption of the Article on Climate Change to the Carpathian Convention
8. Adoption and signature of the Protocol on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
9. Adoption of the COP5 Decisions
10. Closure of the meeting
Press conference