Fundamentals for a Modern Management Concept for The
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Fundamentals for a modern management concept for the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (Transcarpathia, Ukraine – including the Ukrainian parts of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians“) Final Project Report Eberswalde, January 2011 Funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) Fundamentals for a modern management concept for the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (Transcarpathia, Ukraine – including the Ukrainian parts of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians“) Final Project Report Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde, January 2011 Responsible and contact: Prof. Dr. Pierre L. Ibisch - Professor for Nature Conservation, Research professorship for "Biodiversity and natural resource management under global change"; Faculty of Forest and Environment Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (University of Applied Sciences); Alfred-Möller-Str. 1, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany. Tel. +49 3334 65 479; Fax +49 3334 65 428; eMail: [email protected] Funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) Project number: AZ 27189-33/2 Project title: Erarbeitung der Grundlagen eines modernen Managementkonzepts für das Karpaten-Biosphärenreservat (Transkarpatien, Ukraine – einschließlich der ukrainischen Anteile am UNESCO-Weltnaturerbe „Buchenurwälder der Karpaten“) Fundamentals for a modern management concept for the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (Transcarpathia, Ukraine – including the Ukrainian parts of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians“) Project period: 01.07.2009 - 31.10.2010 Authors: Juliane Geyer Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Forest and Environment Lars Schmidt Freelance Consultant Felix Cybulla Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Forest and Environment Yaroslav Dovhanych Carpathian Biosphere Reserve Victoria Gubko Carpathian Biosphere Reserve Fedir D. Hamor Carpathian Biosphere Reserve Hanns Kirchmeir E.C.O.Institute of Ecology Klagenfurt Judith Kloiber Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Forest and Environment Faculty of Landscape Management and Nature Conservation (Sustainable Tourism) Ivan Kruhlov Ivan Franko National University Lviv, Department of Geography Vasyl Pokynchereda Carpathian Biosphere Reserve Hartmut Rein Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Forest and Environment Faculty of Landscape Management and Nature Conservation (Sustainable Tourism) Lena Strixner Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Forest and Environment Pierre L. Ibisch Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Forest and Environment Table of content List of figures ............................................................................................................................... 2 List of tables ................................................................................................................................. 4 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 9 1.2 Project idea and aim ............................................................................................................. 11 1.3 Project partners .................................................................................................................... 12 2 Material and methods ........................................................................................................ 14 2.1 General approach, methods and data sources .................................................................... 14 2.1.1 Methodological framework: The Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation ........................ 14 2.1.2 Development and adaptation of the Open Standards ........................................................................ 17 2.1.3 Data sources ..................................................................................................................................... 17 2.1.4 Stakeholder and expert workshops ................................................................................................... 23 2.1.5 Field surveys .................................................................................................................................... 24 2.1.6 Spatial analysis ................................................................................................................................. 25 2.2 Institutional networking and generation of new opportunities ........................................ 31 3 Results ................................................................................................................................ 32 3.1 General results ...................................................................................................................... 32 3.2 Application of the extended Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation to the CBR 34 3.2.1 Project team and stakeholders of the CBR ....................................................................................... 34 3.2.2 Project scope .................................................................................................................................... 43 3.2.3 Long-term vision .............................................................................................................................. 46 3.2.4 Complete situation analysis .............................................................................................................. 47 3.2.5 Strategies ........................................................................................................................................ 115 3.3 Institutional networking and generation of new opportunities ...................................... 122 3.3.1 International public outreach .......................................................................................................... 122 3.3.2 Extension of the institutional network and establishment of new cooperation .............................. 123 3.3.3 Follow-up projects and project proposals ....................................................................................... 124 4 Conclusion and outlook .................................................................................................. 126 5 Literature Cited ................................................................................................................ 128 1 List of figures Figure 1: Diversity of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (top: Uholka primeval beech forest, Narcissus poeticus; bottom: Bielza coerulans, mountain sheep farm in Svydovets Massif). ...... 9 Figure 2: Scenic view in Chornohora Massif. ............................................................................ 10 Figure 3: Work cycle - Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation (CMP 2007). ........... 14 Figure 4: General structure of a conceptual model as used in the Open Standards. .................. 15 Figure 5: Direct and indirect threats (CMP 2007). ..................................................................... 16 Figure 6: Biodiversity targets, project scope and vision (CMP 2007). ...................................... 16 Figure 7: Project stakeholder workshop in March 2010 in Rakhiv. ........................................... 24 Figure 8: ‘Immediate priority’ matrix to direct conservation actions. ....................................... 27 Figure 9: Result of the stakeholder analysis workshop 2008 in CBR (Kirchmeir et al. 2008). 40 Figure 10: Protected areas in- and outside the management scope of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. ...................................................................................................................................... 45 Figure 11: Conceptual model for the situation of biodiversity conservation in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. ..................................................................................................................... 49 Figure 12: Industrial ruin near Rakhiv. ...................................................................................... 50 Figure 13: Typical rural homestead with subsistence farming near the house. ......................... 50 Figure 14: Mountain sheep farm in Chornohora. ....................................................................... 51 Figure 15: Tourism infrastructure development in Bukovel. ..................................................... 51 Figure 16: Tourism infrastructure development in Dragobrat. .................................................. 52 Figure 17: Selected tourist attractions of the CBR territory (top left: Pip Ivan peak (1936m) acknowledged as the most beautiful peak of the Ukrainian Carpathians; top right: old-growth beech and mixed forests; bottom left: Narcissi Valley with Narcissus meadows ...................... 55 Figure 18: Number of registered visitors entering the CBR territory. ....................................... 55 Figure 19: Geographical distribution of the most frequented tourism sites, hiking trails and supporting tourism infrastructure within the CBR region. ......................................................... 56 Figure 20: Primeval beech forest in Uholka. .............................................................................. 57