International Workshop for CEE Countries “Tourism in Mountain Areas and the Convention on Biological Diversity" 1st – 5th October, 2002 Sucha Beskidzka, Babia Gora National Park, Poland Organized by Ecological Tourism in Europe, Bonn/Germany Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tourism, Krakow/Poland Supported by The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Centrum vedeckého turizmu pri Ústave ekológie lesa Slovenskej akadémie vied, Štúrova 2, 960 53 Zvolen Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia at the Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Štúrova 2, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovakia Tel.: +421 45 5330 914, Fax: +421 45 5479485, E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.ecosystems.sk CASE STUDY THE TOURISM POTENTIALS AND IMPACTS IN PROTECTED MOUNTAIN AREAS POĽANA PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA – BIOSPHERE RESERVE, SLOVAKIA September 2002 Magdalena Sorokova, Ph.D. Viliam Pichler, Ph.D. 2 Centrum vedeckého turizmu pri Ústave ekológie lesa Slovenskej akadémie vied, Štúrova 2, 960 53 Zvolen Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia at the Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Štúrova 2, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovakia Tel.: +421 45 5330 914, Fax: +421 45 5479485, E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.ecosystems.sk Content Introduction ………………………………………………………………... 4 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA …………………………….. 4 1.1 History of protection ……………………………………………………….. 5 1.2 Nature ……………………………………………………………………….. 6 1.2.1 Geology and morphology …………………………………………………. 6 1.2.2 Climate ……………………………………………………………..……….. 7 1.2.3 Soil …………………………………………………………………………… 7 1.2.4 Flora ……………………………………………………………………...….. 7 1.2.5 Fauna ……………………..……………………………………………….… 8 2. THE HUMAN DIMENSION ……………………………………………….. 10 2.1 Forestry ………………………………………………………………..……. 10 2.2 Hunting …………………………………………………………………...….