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(Verts/ALE) Y David Hammerstein Mintz (Verts/ALE) a La Comisión
PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-1166/07 de Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (Verts/ALE) y David Hammerstein Mintz (Verts/ALE) a la Comisión Asunto:Exclusión de Palakaria de la lista Natura 2000 El 15 de febrero de 2007, el Gobierno de Bulgaria excluyó de la lista Natura 2000 muchas de las zonas silvestres más famosas del país. Una de ellas es la de Palakaria. Está situada en el sur de Bulgaria, entre los montes de Vitosha y Rila. Abarca la parte occidental de la caldera de Samokov-Palakaria y el valle del río Palakaria. Su límite occidental se extiende por las laderas de los montes de Vitosha y Verila en el municipio de Yarlovo y por el este llega al río Iskar y a la villa de Samokov. Palakaria da cobijo a 104 especies de aves reproductoras, 4 de las cuales constan en el Libro Rojo de Datos sobre Bulgaria (1985). De las aves que pueden encontrarse en este territorio, son 37 las especies con un estado de conservación desfavorable (catalogadas como Species of European Conservation Concern, o SPEC) (BirdLife International, 2004), de las cuales 1 pertenece a la categoría SPEC 1 por estar amenazada en todo el mundo, 15 a SPEC 2 y 21 a SPEC 3, por ser especies amenazadas en Europa. La zona acoge hábitats apropiados para 15 especies que necesitan medidas de conservación especiales, incluidas en el anexo 2 de la Ley de biodiversidad y también en el anexo I de la Directiva sobre aves. La zona presenta la población reproductora más densa de cigüeña blanca (Ciconia ciconia) de Bulgaria. -
River Names As a Testament of Cultural Heritage
ONOMÀSTICA 5 (2019): 65–89 | RECEPCIÓ 28.10.2019 | ACCEPTACIÓ 28.11.2019 River names as a testament of cultural heritage (on hydronyms in the Iskar river basin) Anna Choleva-Dimitrova Department of Onomastics Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences [email protected] Abstract: River names are some of the oldest -onyms on record. The article examines 170 river names from the basin of the Iskar river – the largest tributary of the Danube in Bulgaria. The origin and significance of river names emerge through the application of traditional onomastic methods – onomastic (etymological) analysis and onomastic reconstruction. Comparative onomastic data from adjacent and more distant regions in Bulgaria and the Balkans are also drawn on. Conclusions about the relative antiquity of the hydronyms are drawn. Key words: river name, hydronym, Iskar river, Danube river, tributary of a river Els noms dels rius com a llegat del patrimoni cultural (Sobre hidrònims a la conca del riu Iskar) Resum: Els noms dels rius, o topònims fluvials, són uns dels noms més antics de què es té notícia. L’article examina 170 noms de rius de la conca del riu Iskar —el major afluent del Danubi a Bulgària. Tractem d’aclarir l’origen i la significació d’aquests noms a partir de l’aplicació de mètodes onomàstics tradicionals: anàlisi etimològica i reconstrucció onomàstica. També es recullen dades onomàstiques comparatives de regions de Bulgària i dels Balcans, més properes i més llunyanes. Proposem algunes conclusions sobre l’antiguitat relativa dels hidrònims. Paraules clau: nom de riu, hidrònim, riu Iskar, riu Danubi, afluent d’un riu 1 Introduction Hydronymy is one of the most important branches of onomastics. -
Geomorphological Hazards from the Reghin Hills with Risk Potential
RISCURI ŞI CATASTROFE, NR. XVI, VOL. 20, NR. 1/2017 GEOMORPHOLOGICAL HAZARDS FROM THE REGHIN HILLS WITH RISK POTENTIAL I.A. IRIMUŞ1, J. SZILÁGYI 1 Abstract: Geomorphological hazards from the Reghin Hills with risk potential. Current geomorphological processes have direct and indirect effects on both the environment and human activities. The exposed elements at risk are the population, settlements, infrastructure, economic activities and services that are in the area with potential manifestations of hazard. This study aims to identify the potentially hazardous geomorphological processes in Reghin Hills. Key words: hazard, geomorphological process, geomorphological risk, Reghin Hills. 1. INTRODUCTION Panizza et al. (1999) define geomorphological risk by "the probability that certain geomorphological processes take place in a time in a territory with a specific intensity, causing loss of life or property damages". As the first element of risk, hazard is the source of an extreme event, with an energetic discharge at a certain time and in a magnitude difficult to predict, which causes imbalance on the development scale of systems towards a new equilibrium estate (Mac, Petrea, 2003). Geomorphological hazards interference with anthropogenic systems lead to risk appearance (Irimus, 2006). The frequency or hazard repeatability (vulnerability) condition risk appearance (geomorphic, hydrological, climatic, etc.). 2. DATA AND METHOD The geomorphological hazards manifestation is conditioned by natural factors (lithology, morphometric parameters of relief, climatic conditions), as well as anthropogenic factors (misuse of agricultural land, uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources) (Irimus, 2008; Szilagyi, Irimus, 2013 2016). The main geomorphological processes with risk potential, which are present in the studied area can be grouped into: fluvial processes (depth erosion, lateral erosion, 1 Babes-Bolyai Universioty, Faculty of Geography, Doctoral School of Geography, Cluj- N., [email protected]/ [email protected]. -
Discharge Alterations of the Mures River, Romania Under Ensembles of Future Climate Projections and Sequential Threats to Aquatic Ecosystem by the End of the Century
Water 2015, 7, 2753-2770; doi:10.3390/w7062753 OPEN ACCESS water ISSN 2073-4441 www.mdpi.com/journal/water Article Discharge Alterations of the Mures River, Romania under Ensembles of Future Climate Projections and Sequential Threats to Aquatic Ecosystem by the End of the Century Anastasia Lobanova *, Judith Stagl, Tobias Vetter and Fred Hattermann Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegraphenberg A 31, Potsdam 14473, Germany; E-Mails: [email protected] (J.S.); [email protected] (T.V.); [email protected] (F.H.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +49-331-288-207-53. Academic Editor: Athanasios Loukas Received: 22 April 2015 / Accepted: 22 May 2015 / Published: 9 June 2015 Abstract: This study aims to assess the potential alterations in the hydrological regime attributed to projected climate change in one of the largest rivers in the Carpathian Area, the Mures River, and to estimate associated threats to riverine ecosystem. The eco-hydrological model, Soil and Water Integrated Model (SWIM), was applied on the Mures River basin, calibrated and validated against records at a gauging station in Alba-Julia town. A set of nine future projections for climatic parameters under one emissions scenario A1B over the period 1971–2100 were fed into the SWIM model. To provide functional link between hydrological regimes and riverine ecosystems, each of the nine simulated discharge time series were introduced into the IHA (Indicators of Hydrological Alterations) tool. Triggered changes in hydrological patterns of the Mures River were assessed at the basin and sub-basin scales. -
Act Cciii of 2011 on the Elections of Members Of
Strasbourg, 15 March 2012 CDL-REF(2012)003 Opinion No. 662 / 2012 Engl. only EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW (VENICE COMMISSION) ACT CCIII OF 2011 ON THE ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF HUNGARY This document will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy. www.venice.coe.int CDL-REF(2012)003 - 2 - The Parliament - relying on Hungary’s legislative traditions based on popular representation; - guaranteeing that in Hungary the source of public power shall be the people, which shall pri- marily exercise its power through its elected representatives in elections which shall ensure the free expression of the will of voters; - ensuring the right of voters to universal and equal suffrage as well as to direct and secret bal- lot; - considering that political parties shall contribute to creating and expressing the will of the peo- ple; - recognising that the nationalities living in Hungary shall be constituent parts of the State and shall have the right ensured by the Fundamental Law to take part in the work of Parliament; - guaranteeing furthermore that Hungarian citizens living beyond the borders of Hungary shall be a part of the political community; in order to enforce the Fundamental Law, pursuant to Article XXIII, Subsections (1), (4) and (6), and to Article 2, Subsections (1) and (2) of the Fundamental Law, hereby passes the following Act on the substantive rules for the elections of Hungary’s Members of Parliament: 1. Interpretive provisions Section 1 For the purposes of this Act: Residence: the residence defined by the Act on the Registration of the Personal Data and Resi- dence of Citizens; in the case of citizens without residence, their current addresses. -
CLIMATIC REGIONS of KOSOVO and METOHIJA Radomir Ivanović
UNIVERSITY THOUGHT doi:10.5937/univtho6-10409 Publication in Natural Sciences, Vol. 6, No 1, 2016, pp. 49-54. Original Scientific Paper CLIMATIC REGIONS OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA Radomir Ivanović1, Aleksandar Valjarević1, Danijela Vukoičić1, Dragan Radovanović1 1Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Priština, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia. ABSTRACT The following the average and extreme values mountainous parts of Kosovo. It affects parts of of climatic elements, specific climatic indices and northern Metohija, Drenica and the entire Kosovo field research, we can select three climatic types in valley along with smaller sidelong dells - Malo Kosovo and Metohija - the altered Mediterranean, Kosovo and Kosovsko Pomoravlje. Because of their continental and mountainous type. The altered exquisite heights, the mountains that complete the Mediterranean type is present in southern and Kosovo Metohija Valley have a specific climatic western Metohija, to be specific, it affects the type, at their lower slopes it is sub - mountainous Prizren Field, the Suva Reka and Orahovac Valley and at the higher ones it is typically mountainous. as well as the right bank of the Beli Drim from Within these climatic types, several climatic sub Pećka Bistrica to the Serbia - Albania border. regions are present. Their frontiers are not precise Gradually and practically unnoticeably, it or sharp. Rather, their climatic changes are transforms itself into a moderate continental type gradual and moderate from one sub-region to the which dominates over the remaining valley and other. Key words: Climatic regions, climatic sub-regions, Kosovo and Metohija. 1. INTRODUCTION The climatic regional division of Kosovo and good, but anyway it offers the possibilities of Metohija has been made following the previous observing Kosovo and Metohija climate. -
UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo Order Online
UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo Order online Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Glossary 1. Executive Summary The 1999 Offensive The Chain of Command The War Crimes Tribunal Abuses by the KLA Role of the International Community 2. Background Introduction Brief History of the Kosovo Conflict Kosovo in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovo in the 1990s The 1998 Armed Conflict Conclusion 3. Forces of the Conflict Forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Army Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs Paramilitaries Chain of Command and Superior Responsibility Stucture and Strategy of the KLA Appendix: Post-War Promotions of Serbian Police and Yugoslav Army Members 4. march–june 1999: An Overview The Geography of Abuses The Killings Death Toll,the Missing and Body Removal Targeted Killings Rape and Sexual Assault Forced Expulsions Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions Destruction of Civilian Property and Mosques Contamination of Water Wells Robbery and Extortion Detentions and Compulsory Labor 1 Human Shields Landmines 5. Drenica Region Izbica Rezala Poklek Staro Cikatovo The April 30 Offensive Vrbovac Stutica Baks The Cirez Mosque The Shavarina Mine Detention and Interrogation in Glogovac Detention and Compusory Labor Glogovac Town Killing of Civilians Detention and Abuse Forced Expulsion 6. Djakovica Municipality Djakovica City Phase One—March 24 to April 2 Phase Two—March 7 to March 13 The Withdrawal Meja Motives: Five Policeman Killed Perpetrators Korenica 7. Istok Municipality Dubrava Prison The Prison The NATO Bombing The Massacre The Exhumations Perpetrators 8. Lipljan Municipality Slovinje Perpetrators 9. Orahovac Municipality Pusto Selo 10. Pec Municipality Pec City The “Cleansing” Looting and Burning A Final Killing Rape Cuska Background The Killings The Attacks in Pavljan and Zahac The Perpetrators Ljubenic 11. -
Administraţia Bazinală De Apă Mureş
PLANUL DE MANAGEMENT AL RISCULUI LA INUNDAŢII Administraţia Bazinală de Apă Mureş Planul de Management al Riscului la Inundaţii Administraţia Bazinală de Apă Mureş Planul de Management al Riscului la Inundaţii Administraţia Bazinală de Apă Mureş CUPRINS Abrevieri ................................................................................................................................... 4 Cap. 1: Prezentarea generală a bazinului hidrografic Mureș .................................................. 6 Cap. 2: Riscul la inundaţii în bazinul hidrografic Mureş ....................................................... 14 2.1. Descrierea lucrărilor existente de protecție împotriva inundațiilor ............................. 14 2.2. Descrierea sistemelor existente de avertizare - alarmare şi de răspuns la inundaţii ............................................................................................ 43 2.3. Istoricul inundaţiilor .................................................................................................... 51 2.4. Evenimentele semnificative de inundaţii ..................................................................... 53 2.5. Zone cu risc potențial semnificativ la inundații ........................................................... 55 2.6. Hărți de hazard și hărți de risc la inundații .................................................................. 59 2.7. Indicatori statistici ....................................................................................................... 63 Cap. 3: Descrierea obiectivelor -
Pearls of the Pčinja Valley – Rural Tourism Attractions
(JPMNT) Journal of Process Management – New Technologies, International Vol. 1, No.4, 2013. PEARLS OF THE P ČINJA VALLEY – RURAL TOURISM ATTRACTIONS OF THIS AREA PhD Svetlana Trajkovi ć, Collage of applied professional studies, Vranje, Serbia PhD Predrag Trajkovi ć, Mapro, Vranje, Serbia MSc Ivana Zdravkovi ć, School „Radoje Domanovic“, Vranje Abstract ‘’However, because of the modernization and automation of lighting devices, lighthouses River Valley P činja, with its source part and have been declared the monuments of the tributaries that make up the Aegean Sea with its highest category, and at the beginning of this configuration, where the gorge turns between decade an extremely imaginative idea to turn nearby mountains and flat areas, meadows, gardens their interiors into unique apartments for and of our arable land, remains of old mills, houses and villages, which, still do not leave the tourists has come up. This was the beginning inhabitants of this region, contains tourist potential. of a new form of adventure tourism, renting a This valley is adorned with rich flora and fauna lighthouse, which is original enough even for where one can see examples of the unique flora and the most demanding tourists, and it delights fauna, with its diversity and natural material in the more and more visitors a year after a year’’. 1 form of a "devil's stone" Witness antiquities and places of worship as well as a special value of the We will try to highlight, everything that is Monastery of St. Prohor of Pcinja. The pleasant interesting in this valley, through which flows climate and in some areas of the river gurgling clear Mountains Rivers. -
Degradation and Protection of Wetlands in Special Nature Reserves in Vojvodina
Degradation and Protection of Wetlands in Special Nature Reserves in Vojvodina Degradation and Protection of Wetlands in Special Nature Reserves in Vojvodina Stojanović, Vladimir1 Introduction cal and technological accomplishments Wetlands, with their swamps, marshes leave an impression that man is independ- and water surfaces on peat land, natural ent of nature. However, natural disas- Abstract and artificial, steady and periodical, with ters, such as floods, storms, erosions, and In accordance with ecological, economic, stagnant or running water, are becoming droughts - suggest the opposite. The real- scientific and cultural importance of wet- an area of interest in the field of environ- ity is that the civilization is still quite de- lands and their ecosystems, in the last cou- mental protection. They have a key ecolog- pendant on nature and the ecosystems in ple of years there has been a much greater ical function as regulators of water regime the surrounding area. The historical de- interest in these areas and their adequate and as places of rich biodiversity. These ar- pendence of man and society in wetlands preservation. Moreover, that is because eas often unite significant economic, cul- is noticeable on the example of special na- wetlands are considered to be areas af- tural, scientific and recreational values of ture reserves in the valleys of the rivers in fected by various phenomena. As condi- their territory and that is why they have to Vojvodina. A medieval town of Bodrog, tions of natural-geographical environment be preserved. Human ecological faltering which is also mentioned as the centre of became favourable, numerous floodable and the loss of these kinds of ecosystems the whole region, was located on the terri- plains emerged in valleys of big rivers in can cause a serious damage to the environ- tory of special nature reserve “Gornje Po- Vojvodina, both in geological and the near ment (The Convention on Wetlands - bro- dunavlje”. -
DRBM Plan – Update 2015
The Danube River Basin District Management Plan – Update 2015 ANNEX DRAFT May 2015 ICPDR / International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River / www.icpdr.org DRAFT Danube River Basin District Management Plan – Update 2015 List of Annexes Annex 1: Competent Authorities and Weblinks to National RBM Plans in the DRBD Annex 2: Update on DRBD Surface Water Typology Annex 3: Urban Waste Water Inventories Annex 4: Industrial Emission Inventories Annex 5: Future Infrastructure Projects Annex 6: Groundwater Annex 7: Detailed Results Status Assessment Surface Water Bodies Annex 8: Inventory of Protected Areas Annex 9: Economic Analysis Annex 10: Progress in Urban Wastewater and industrial Sectors Annex 11: Overview on Agricultural Measures Annex 12: Progress on Measures Addressing Hydromorphological Alterations Annex 13: Ecological Prioritisation Approach River and Habitat Continuity Restoration Annex 14: Detailed list on Hydrological Alterations Annex 15: Financing the Joint Programme of Measures ICPDR / International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River / www.icpdr.org Competent authorities and Weblinks to National RBM Plans in the DRB Annex 1 DRAFT DRBM Plan – Update 2015 ICPDR / International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River / www.icpdr.org DRAFT Danube River Basin District Management Plan – Update 2015 Austria Hungary Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment Ministry of Interior and Water Management Jozsef Attila u. 2-4 Stubenring 1 H-1051 Budapest A-1012 Wien Web link: www.kormany.hu/hu/belugyminiszterium Web link: www.bmlfuw.gv.at Web link national RBM Plan: www.euvki.hu; Web link national RBM Plan: http://wisa.bmlfuw.gv.at www.vizeink.hu Bosnia and Herzegovina Moldova Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Ministry of Ecology, Construction and Territorial Musala 9 Development BiH-71000 Sarajevo 9 Cosmonautilor St. -
Settlement History and Sustainability in the Carpathians in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Munich Personal RePEc Archive Settlement history and sustainability in the Carpathians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Turnock, David Geography Department, The University, Leicester 21 June 2005 Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/26955/ MPRA Paper No. 26955, posted 24 Nov 2010 20:24 UTC Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics, vol. I, no.1, 2006, pp 31-60 SETTLEMENT HISTORY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CARPATHIANS IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES David TURNOCK* ∗ Geography Department, The University Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K. Abstract: As part of a historical study of the Carpathian ecoregion, to identify salient features of the changing human geography, this paper deals with the 18th and 19th centuries when there was a large measure political unity arising from the expansion of the Habsburg Empire. In addition to a growth of population, economic expansion - particularly in the railway age - greatly increased pressure on resources: evident through peasant colonisation of high mountain surfaces (as in the Apuseni Mountains) as well as industrial growth most evident in a number of metallurgical centres and the logging activity following the railway alignments through spruce-fir forests. Spa tourism is examined and particular reference is made to the pastoral economy of the Sibiu area nourished by long-wave transhumance until more stringent frontier controls gave rise to a measure of diversification and resettlement. It is evident that ecological risk increased, with some awareness of the need for conservation, although substantial innovations did not occur until after the First World War Rezumat: Ca parte componentă a unui studiu asupra ecoregiunii carpatice, pentru a identifica unele caracteristici privitoare la transformările din domeniul geografiei umane, acest articol se referă la secolele XVIII şi XIX când au existat măsuri politice unitare ale unui Imperiu Habsburgic aflat în expansiune.