Projects

RAMSAR CULTURE NETWORK DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARPATHIAN REGION PROJECT

The Carpathian Wetland Initiative implemented the project Ramsar Culture Network Development in the Carpathian Region submitted by the Ramsar Convention and financed from the MAVA Foundation. Project was implemented in 3 months (November 2017-January 2018). Its aim was to identify wetland sites important from cultural point of view (archaeological sites, historical sites, legends, songs, poems related to wetlands – rivers, springs, peatlands, wet forests, mystic places, traditionally used sites, landscapes, not necessarily at Ramsar sites) in the region. It gathered primary information on this topic from the area of Slovakia, Ukraine, partly Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Serbia.

We would like to present you a sample of material and non-material cultural elements identified during a rapid inventory in Carpathian countries.

Publication of Carpathian Cultural Heritage in Wetlands [PDF, 61.69 MB]

  • map of identified cultural values of wetlands in carpathian contries for project

Filled in Questionnaires on Ramsar Cultural Heritage in the Carpathian Countries [ZIP, 17.96 MB]

Interest in this topic continues to grow, and there is still much to explore. Therefore, we provide a Questionnaire to support further data collection. You can use it whenever you identify a new example or aspect of wetland cultural heritage in the Carpathians. We kindly welcome your contributions, as they will help us expand and strengthen this study even more.

Questionnaire based on the Ramsar Guidance on Rapid Cultural Inventories for Wetlands [DOCX, 617 KB]

CARPATHIAN RED LIST OF FOREST HABITATS AND SPECIES

BioREGIO Carpathians

BioREGIO Carpathians was a transnational EU cooperation project under the South East Europe Programme, priority area Protection and Improvement of the Environment. The project started in January 2011 and finished in June 2014. Its total budget reached 2,202,888.77 €. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) covered 1,872,455.45 € of this amount. A Serbian partner also contributed, supported by 200,000.00 € from the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia.

The project strengthened integrated management of protected areas and natural assets in the Carpathians. It promoted better cooperation across countries and helped increase the region’s attractiveness for both nature and people.

CWI handbook [PDF, 22.12 MB].
BioREGIO Carpathians [PDF, 183 KB].

To find out more about the BioREGIO Carpathians project please visit the project website:

Network of Carpathian Protected Areas and Ramsar Sites

Efforts to jointly protect wetlands in the Carpathians began in September 2003. At that time, Slovakia and Norway launched a project called “Network of Carpathian Protected Areas and Ramsar Sites.” The main goal was to connect Carpathian protected areas and Ramsar Sites and thus strengthen cooperation across the region. In addition, the project focused on adding more Carpathian wetlands to the official Ramsar List and as a result improving their representation in the international database.

Network of Carpathian Protected Areas and Ramsar Sites [PDF, 1.02 MB]