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2014-2024 Management Plan Prespa National Park in Albania 2014-2024 Management Plan Prespa National Park in Albania MANAGEMENT PLAN of the PRESPA NATIONAL PARK IN ALBANIA 2014-2024 1 2014-2024 Management Plan Prespa National Park in Albania ABBREVIATIONS ALL Albanian Lek a.s.l. Above Sea Level BCA Biodiversity Conservation Advisor BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany CDM Clean Development Mechanism Corg Organic Carbon DCM Decision of Council of Ministers DFS Directorate for Forestry Service, Korca DGFP Directorate General for Forestry and Pastures DTL Deputy Team Leader EUNIS European Union Nature Information System GEF Global Environment Facility GFA GFA Consulting Group, Germany GNP Galicica National Park GO Governmental Organisation GTZ/GIZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (Name changed to GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature The World Conservation Union FUA Forest User Association Prespa KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau - Entwicklungsbank/German Development Bank LMS Long Term Monitoring Sites LSU Livestock Unit MC Management Committee of the Prespa National Parkin Albania METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool MoE Ministry of Environment of Albania MP Management Plan NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NP National Park NPA National Park Administration NPD National Park Director (currently Chief of Sector of Directorate for Forestry Service, Korca) PNP National Park Prespa ÖBF AG Österreichische Bundesforste AG/ Austrian Federal Forest Enterprise PEEN Pan-European Ecological Network PPCC Prespa National ParkCoordination Committee PPMC Prespa National ParkManagement Committee (replaces PPCC) PPNEA Preservation and Protection of Nature and Environment of Albania REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation PEBLDS Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy SAP Strategic Action Plan for the Prespa National Park(Watershed of the Prespa Lakes) SOM Soil Organic Matters SPP Society for Protection of Prespa TL Team Leader UNDP United Nations Development Programme WFD Water Framework Directive ZGF Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt/Frankfurt Zoological Society Picture Front page:: W.Fremuth 2011/2013 Version 07.03.2014 2 2014-2024 Management Plan Prespa National Park in Albania THE TEAM OF AUTHORS Prepared by With contributions of: Wolfgang Fremuth, Team Leader, Zoological Society Ass. Prof Dr. Thimaq Lako, Deputy Team Leader, Forest Engineer Til Dieterich, Botanist, Expert Frankfurt Lulezim Shuka, Botanist, Expert Prof. Dr. Spase Shumka, Biodiversity Conservation Marko Jankovic, Ornithologist, Expert Advisor Olsi Duma, Chief of the National Park Administration Vasil Male, Chief Warden of National Park Administration Gottfried Pausch, Conservation and Forestry Expert Mihallaq Quirjo Forestry Expert Michael Jungmeier, Trainer, Expert Despina Kitanova, Biologist, Expert Winfried Süss, ÖBF, Expert Alois Schuschnigg, ÖBF, Expert Dr. Dorothe Lütkemöller , Soil Expert Jan-Michel Jockheck, Soil Expert Genc Salja GIS Expert Dr. Tasos Dimalexis, NCC Ltd. (expert Reed Management) Irene Koutseri, SPP (Ornithologist) Dr. Giorgos Fotiadis, (Expert on Reed Flora and habitat) Dr. Michael S. Vrahnakis, TEI of Larissa (Expert Reed Flora and habitat) Dr. Sinos Giokas, University of Patras (Invertebrate expert) Dr. Savas Kazantzidis, Hellenic Agricultural Organization «Demeter», Forest Research Institute (Passerine birds expert) Jan van der Winden, Bureau Waardenburg bv (International reed management expert) Haris Nikolaou, SPP (Fish sampling field worker) Dr. Olga Alexandrou, SPP (Ornithologist) Xenophon Pasoulas, NCC Ltd. (GIS expert) Margarita Tzali, NCC Ltd. (Environmental engineer) Dolna Gorica/Gorica ë Vogel; Pustec/Liqenas, Korca, 2013 3 2014-2024 Management Plan Prespa National Park in Albania Content ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 THE TEAM OF AUTHORS ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 PART 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA ........................................................................................................................... 13 1.1. THE NATIONAL PARK ............................................................................................................................................ 14 1.1.1 OBJECTIVES FOR CREATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK ............................................................................................................................... 19 1.1.2 LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ON PROTECTED AREAS IN ALBANIA .................................................................................................. 19 1.2 RELATED NATIONAL LEGISLATION ............................................................................................................................. 20 1.2.1 INSTITUTIONAL SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 1.2.2. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................... 21 1.2.2.2 Fishery ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 1.3 DESCRIPTION OF ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NATIONAL PARK PRESPA ......................................................................................... 22 1.3.1. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS .......................................................................................................................................... 22 1.3.1.1 LAKES AND STILL WATERS............................................................................................................................................................... 22 1.3.1.2 REED BEDS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 1.3.2 TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 1.3.2.1 VEGETATION TYPES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.3.2.1.1 FORESTS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 1.3.2.1.1. FOREST FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23 1.3.2.1.2 VEGETATION FORMATIONS: DECIDUOUS OAK FORESTS THE OAK FOREST ZONE .................................................................................. 24 1.3.2.1.3 DECIDUOUS BEECH FORESTS OF FAGETUM MOESIACUM: THE BEECH FOREST ZONE .............................................................................. 24 1.3.2.1.4 Mixed Beech –Fir Tree Forests ................................................................................................................................................... 25 1.3.2.1.5 GREEK JUNIPER FORESTS ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 1.3.2.1.6 SUB-ALPINE VEGETATION OF DWARF SHRUBS ................................................................................................................................... 25 1.3.2.1.7 FOREST AND SHRUB FORMATIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 25 1.3.2.1.8 FORESTS IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COMMUNES ................................................................................................................................... 26 1.3.2.1.9 FORESTS IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE STATE ........................................................................................................................................... 26 1.3.2.2 GRASSLAND .................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 1.3.2.2.1 MEADOWS AND PASTURES ...............................................................................................................................................................
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