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Group of Specialists on the European Diploma for Protected Areas Strasbourg, 19 February 2021 T-PVS/DE(2021)05 [de05e_2021.doc] CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF EUROPEAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HABITATS Group of Specialists on the European Diploma for Protected Areas 24 February 2021 (virtual meeting) COMPILATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE 2020 ANNUAL REPORTS Document prepared by the Directorate of Democratic Participation This document will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy. Ce document ne sera pas distribué en réunion. Prière de vous munir de cet exemplaire. T-PVS/DE (2021) 05 - 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Hautes Fagnes Nature Reserve, Belgium .............................................................................................. - 5 - 2. Camargue National Reserve, France .................................................................................................... - 7 - 3. Peak District National Park, United Kingdom ..................................................................................... - 10 - 4. Krimml Waterfalls Nature Site, Austria .............................................................................................. - 12 - 5. Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve, Germany ....................................................................................... - 14 - 6. Muddus National Park, Sweden ......................................................................................................... - 18 - 7. Sarek and Padjelanta National Parks, Sweden ................................................................................... - 20 - 8. Swiss National Park, Switzerland ........................................................................................................ - 23 - 9. Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise National Park, Italy ....................................................................................... - 25 - 10. Wollmatinger Ried Untersee-Gnadensee Nature Reserve, Germany .............................................. - 29 - 11. Boschplaat Nature Reserve, Netherlands......................................................................................... - 32 - 12. Siebengebirge Nature Rerserve, Germany ....................................................................................... - 34 - 13. Germano-Luxembourg Nature Park, Germany/Luxembourg ........................................................... - 37 - 14. Vanoise National Park, France .......................................................................................................... - 40 - 15. Kuşcenneti National Park, Turkey ..................................................................................................... - 42 - 16. Weltenburger Enge Nature Reserve, Germany ................................................................................ - 44 - 17. Cretan White Mountains National Park (Samaria), Greece.............................................................. - 48 - 18. Minsmere Nature Reserve, United Kingdom ................................................................................... - 52 - 19. Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom .................................................................. - 55 - 20. Purbeck Heritage Coast, United Kingdom ........................................................................................ - 57 - 21. Fair Isle National Scenic Area, United Kingdom ............................................................................... - 60 - 22. Scandola Nature Reserve, France ..................................................................................................... - 62 - 23. Sasso Fratino Integral Nature Reserve, Italy .................................................................................... - 65 - 24. Doñana National Park, Spain ............................................................................................................ - 67 - 25. Bayerischer Wald National Park, Germany ...................................................................................... - 71 - 26. Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, Spain ............................................................................. - 73 - 27. Store Mosse National Park, Sweden ................................................................................................ - 75 - 28. Bullerö and Långviksskär Nature Reserves, Sweden ........................................................................ - 77 - 29. Montecristo Island Nature Reserve, Italy ......................................................................................... - 80 - - 3 - T-PVS/DE (2021) 5 30. Wurzacher Ried Nature Reserve, Germany ...................................................................................... - 83 - 31. Teide National Park, Spain ................................................................................................................ - 88 - 32. Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany .......................................................................................... - 94 - 33. Maremma Nature Park, Italy .......................................................................................................... - 100 - 34. Selvagens Islands Nature Reserve, Portugal ................................................................................... - 103 - 35. Mercantour National Park, France ................................................................................................. - 106 - 36. Maritime Alps Nature Park, Italy .................................................................................................... - 108 - 37. Wachau Protected Landscape, Austria ........................................................................................... - 111 - 38. Oka National Biosphere Reserve, Russian Federation ................................................................... - 113 - 39. Teberda National Biosphere Reserve, Russian Federation ............................................................ - 115 - 40. Ipolytarnóc Protected Area, Hungary ............................................................................................. - 117 - 41. Szénás Hills Protected Area, Hungary............................................................................................. - 119 - 42. Berezinsky State Biosphere Reserve, Belarus ................................................................................ - 122 - 43. Nature Park Weerribben-Wieden, Netherlands ............................................................................. - 124 - 44. Seitseminen National Park, Finland ................................................................................................ - 127 - 45. Ekenäs Archipelago National Park, Finland .................................................................................... - 129 - 46. Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus ............................................................................. - 131 - 47. Port Cros National Park, France ...................................................................................................... - 134 - 48. Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine ......................................................................................... - 136 - 49. Poloniny National Park, Slovak Republic ........................................................................................ - 138 - 50. Bieszczady National Park, Poland ................................................................................................... - 141 - 51. Dobročský National Nature Reserve, Slovak Republic ................................................................... - 143 - 52. Kostomuksha Strict Nature Reserve, Russian Federation .............................................................. - 145 - 53. Tsentralno-Chernozemny Biosphere Reserve, Russian Federation ............................................... - 148 - 54. De Ostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Netherlands ................................................................... - 151 - 55. Bilé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic ............................................................... - 153 - 56. Karlstejn National Nature Reserve, Czech Republic ....................................................................... - 155 - 57. Podyji National Park, Czech Republic ............................................................................................. - 157 - 58. Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania ................................................................................... - 159 - 59. Thayatal National Park, Austria ...................................................................................................... - 162 - 60. Matsalu National Park, Estonia ...................................................................................................... - 165 - 61. Tihany Peninsula, Hungary ............................................................................................................. - 167 - 62. Triglav National Park, Slovenia ....................................................................................................... - 171 - T-PVS/DE (2021) 05 - 4 - 63. Naardermeer Nature Reserve, Netherlands .................................................................................. - 178 - 64. Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore e Massaciuccoli, Italy .................................................... - 183 - 65. Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy .................................................................................................
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