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Please keep in mind that these are just some of the trainings provided for Protected Areas staff in Poland. This is due to the lack of recorded information regarding trainings at a national level. Data classified by the Regional Directorate of Environmental Protection in Białystok: Certified Name of training Provider Duration with? Impact of Natura 2000 sites on the Polish Academy of Sciences - development of rural communities – an Institute for Rural Areas 1 day No impulse or a brake? Development and Agriculture Different images of Natura 2000 Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in 2 days No Szczecin Different possibilities of ecosystem protection in Natura 2000 site “Puszcza Regional Directorate of 2 days No Białowieska” within the forestry Forestry in Białystok management plan. Workshops: “Natura 2000 network – as a General Directorate of 3 days No way to development”. Environmental Protection Workshop on preparation of LIFE+ National Found for proposal Environmental Protection and 1 day No Water Management Effective preparation and realisation of Ekodialog (ngo) 1 day No investments within Natura 2000 sites Expert training in the field of Natura 2000 General Directorate of Network and environmental impact 2 days No Environmental Protection assessments Data classified by the Bory Tucholskie National Park: Certified Name of training Provider Duration with? “Maps in the net” Zakopane Warsaw University, Cartography 3 days No Institute and Tatra National Park “Implementation of the projects co- Ministry of Environment, Economy financed by foreign entities in public 1 day No Department bodies” Raszyn Training about archives Bydgoszcz National Centre for Archives and 10 days No Education Defense training, Warszawa Ministry of Environment 2 days No Training in the field of closing Tatra National Park 2 days No “Supporting Farm” Information edited within the Project ”Capacity Building Plans for Efficient Protected Area Management in Eastern Europe”, commissioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and implemented by ProPark Foundation for Protected Areas in Romania. 1 Certified Name of training Provider Duration with? Organisation of research and Wigry National Park 2 days No monitoring in national parks Nature monitoring in national parks Warta Mouth 2 days No National Park How to manage tourism within Karkonosze National Park 2 days No national parks and Natura 2000 sites Training for Park Rangers in the field No Wolin National Park 3 days of skills improvement Creating a public image of the Czernica (ngo) 3 days No national park Training for Park Rangers in the field Drawa National Park 3 days No of skills improvement International Conference University of Warmia and Mazury, “Ichtiological biodiversity of the Deparment for Environmental 2 days No lakes” Mazury Protection and Fishery Natura 2000 network and Polish Białowieża National Park 2 days No national parks Use of the GPS device in Tatra National Park 3 days No environmental protection Training for teachers within the Education Center "Springs" (ngo) 1 day No project “Don’t disappear” Defense training for Park Rangers Research Institute for Forestry 3 days No Tax training PROVAT (company) 1 day No Training in the field of work law – inspections of National Work LOGOS (company) 1 day No Inspectorate Training in personal costs in 2011 – LOGOS (company) 1 day No problems with law interpretations Conference “Tracing the wolf” Regional Directorate of Forestry in 1 day No Gdańsk Eco-mediator as a promoter of Lublin Education Center 2 days No sustainable development Income tax from legal persons in Training Office STONOGA 1 day No national parks (company) VAT tax within changes planned Training Office STONOGA 1 day No from 1st January 2013 (company) INSPIRE Directive Łódź University 3 days No Training for Park Rangers in the field Warta Mouth National Park 3 days No of skills improvement “Szymbark 2011” – training for Landscape Parks Association peoples working with ecological 2 days No Pomorze Region education in Pomorskie Voievodship Information edited within the Project ”Capacity Building Plans for Efficient Protected Area Management in Eastern Europe”, commissioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and implemented by ProPark Foundation for Protected Areas in Romania. 2 Certified Name of training Provider Duration with? Working time - workshops Law Office Stanisławscy Łódź 1 day No (company) LIFE+ Information Day National Found for Environmental 1 day No Protection and Water Management Income tax from legal persons Kampinos National Park 2 days No Rules of issuing invoices in the Institute for Tax Studies departments of sales, logistics and Modzelewscy and Company, 1 day No customer service, Gdańsk Warszawa (company) Sales and assistance tax – evidencing and declarations – Ekspert Bytów (company) 1 day No changes. Training for Fire Prevention Officers Fire Service 26 days No Defense trainings, Białowieża Ministry of Environment 2 days No Training on American mink Bory Tucholskie National Park, 1 day No Charzykowy Training on owls Bory Tucholskie National Park, 1 day No Charzykowy Training on National System of Ministry of Environment, Research Information on Forest Fires, Sękocin 2 days No Institute for Forestry Stary Conference “Active Nature Forest Research Institute of Conservation Methods in University of Life Sciences in 2 days No Sustainable Forestry – invasive Warsaw, Center of Nature and species in the forests” Forest Education in Rogów Conference “Modern problems of ecological education in Poland”, Education Center "Springs" (ngo) 2 days No Warszawa Information edited within the Project ”Capacity Building Plans for Efficient Protected Area Management in Eastern Europe”, commissioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and implemented by ProPark Foundation for Protected Areas in Romania. 3 .
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  • Alpine Tundra of the Krkonoše and Carpathian Mountains

    Alpine Tundra of the Krkonoše and Carpathian Mountains

    ALPINE TUNDRA OF THE KRKONOŠE AND CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS Report on study tour funded by Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarship 2016 by Dr. Tymur Bedernichek, M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden (Ukraine) Text: Tymur Bedernichek Photos: most of the photos were taken by Tymur Bedernichek; except for those listed below: fig. 6 credit to the British Museum fig. 7 & 13 credit to Robert Erik fig 10 & 11 credit to censor.net.ua fig. 12 credit to vorobus.com fig. 14 credit to podstudnicnou.cz fig. 16 credit to Roman Cherepanyn Sponsorship: this report is the result of study tour funded by Alfred Toepfer Foundation and EUROPARC Federation © EUROPARC Federation, 2017 © Alfred Toepfer Foundation, 2017 2 Acknowledgements I am extremely grateful to EUROPARC Federation and Alfred Toepfer Foundation for the Scholarship. It was not only a very timely support, but also a key that opened many doors. It entailed many pleasant and useful contacts and lucky coincidences, and in the end, I managed to do much more than I had planned. Several people significantly helped me during the study tour: Prof. Natalia Zaimenko, Dr. Blanka Skočdopolová, Dr. Irena Kholová and Prof. Zofia Rączkowska. They were my colleagues, friends and sometimes, even guardian angels. Without their support, I probably would not have been able to complete the project. I would also like to thank Erika Stanciu. Six years ago, she made a presentation at RAPPAM workshop in Ukraine, which I attended with other PhD students. She told us about various funding opportunities for nature conservationists, including Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarship, and emphasized how important it is to prepare a strong application.