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| Salvatori, V. | |
| The development of an ecological network in the Carpathian Ecoregion: identification of special areas for conservation of large carnivores | |
| 2002 Full Book | |
Within the Habitat Directive of the European Union, the Council of Europe, Natural Heritage Division, is promoting the identification of Ecological Networks (EN) at pan-European level. Although most of the countries taking part to the Union have undertaken the process of identifying Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) for the protection of habitats and species covered by the Habitat Directive, some of the countries in the accession process have only recently started to identify such areas. This report focuses on a geographical area that includes four countries in Central Europe. It only represents the first stage of a process aiming at identifying SACs that could be part of an ecological network, and it is based on information about the presence of three species of large carnivores: the brown bear (_Ursus arctos_), the Eurasian lynx (_Lynx lynx_) and the grey wolf (_Canis lupus_). The consideration of three species only represents a limitation for a comprehensive ecological analysis required for identifying potential SACs. Such analysis should be based on an exhaustive database on biodiversity, including different taxa of animals and plants, and will be the focus of the second stage of the EN identification process. |
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