EXECUTIVE SUMMARY State Party: Ukraine Slovak Republic State, Province or Region: Transcarpathian Region, Prešov Self-Governing Region Name of Property: BEECH PRIMEVAL FORESTS OF THE CARPATHIANS Geographical coordinates to the nearest second: Table 1: Geographical coordinates of the nominated properties to the nearest second Site Name of the Country/Region Coordinates of element primeval forest Centre point No. 1 Chornohora Ukraine, Transcarpathian Region 48° 08’ 25” N 24° 23’ 35” E 2 Havešová Slovak Republic, Prešov Self- 49˚ 00’ 35” N Governing Region 22˚ 20’ 20” E 3 Kuziy-Trybushany Ukraine, Transcarpathian Region 47° 56’ 21” N 24° 08’ 26” E 4 Maramarosh Ukraine, Transcarpathian Region 47° 56’ 12” N 24° 19’ 35” E 5 Rožok Slovak Republic, Prešov Self- 48˚ 58’ 30” N Governing Region 22˚ 28’ 00” E 6 Stužica – Bukovské Slovak Republic, Prešov Self- 49˚ 05’ 10” N Vrchy Governing Region 22˚ 32’ 10” E 7 Stuzhytsia-Uzhok Ukraine, Transcarpathian Region 49° 04’ 14” E 22° 03’ 01” N 8 Svydovets Ukraine, Transcarpathian Region 48° 11’ 21” N 24° 13’ 37” E 9 Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh Ukraine, Transcarpathian Region 48° 18’ 22” N 23° 41’ 46” E 10 Vihorlat Slovak Republic, Prešov Self- 48° 55’ 45” N Governing Region 22° 11’ 23” E 1 Textual description of the boundaries of the nominated properties: General outline of the serial nominated property The principal axis of the serial transnational nominated property “Beech primeval forests of the Carpathians” is approximately 185 km long. It coincides with the divison between the sub-provinces of Outer Eastern Carpathians and the Inner Eastern Carpathians, extending from Maramorosh on the northern megaslope of the Rakhiv Mountains and the southern macroslope of the Chornohirskyi Range in the South-East, along the Polonynian Ridge (Polonyns'kyi chrebet) up to the Bukovské Vrchy Mts. and Vihorlat Mts. in the North-West. The individual properties are centered along this axis. The boundaries of individual properties Chornohora (property No. 1 in alphabetical order acc. to Tab 1) is located on the southern macroslope of the Chornohirskyi range. Its boundary of begins (clockwise) in the saddle between Mt. Hoverla and Mt. Menchil, then descends down to the Hemaneskul Brook, crosses the Horneskul Brook and ascends again on the South-Eastern ridge of Mt. Sheshu and Mt. Menchul. It continues in the West and North-Western direction until it reaches slopes overlooking the Black Tysa Valley. The boundary makes the a semicircle and returns along the contour lines of the North slopes of Mt. Menchul, then it crosses the crest connecting Mt. Petros and Mt. Sheshu and descends again into the valley of Rohneskul and then Hermaneskul brooks before it climbs back to the saddle between Mt. Hoverla and Mt. Menchil. Havešová (Property No. 2) extends under the main ridge of the Nastaz Range, a part of the Bukovské Vrchy Mts. The property has its boundaries in the form of a loop that follows the ridge between Mt. Kalidlo and Mt. Dielnica in the South direction, then turns West and Nort-West towards the right tributary of the Ublianka Brook. After it makes contact with the brook twice, it returns on the top of one of the side crests back on the main range of the Nastaz Mts. There it turns South-East until it reaches Mt. Kalidlo again. Kuziy-Trybushany (Property No. 3), located on the southern offspurs of the Svydovets range, extends from the North-Western slope immediately bellow Mt. Polonskyi in the Western and North-Western direction. Its boundary crosses the Valley of the River Kuziy, then makes a loop around Mt. Tempa and proceeds toward Mt. Menchul. From there, it runs in the North-Eastern direction until it reaches a ridge overlooking the Lykhyi Brook, descends towards Tysa and finally returns back to Mt. Polonskyi. Maramorosh (Property No. 4), extends on the Northern megaslope of the Rakhiv Mountains – one of the Maramoroskyi crystal massif’s offspurs. Its boundaries begin on the 2 Northern slope of Mt. Pip Ivan and coincide with the Southern limit of the Bylyi Brook watershed until it hits the Yavirnykovyi Brook. After that it copies the Northern limit of the Bylyi Brook, thus ascending towards bellow Mt. Berlebashka. Following a contourline it makes a loop around Mt. Petros, drops sharply and crosses the Radomyr Brook, climbs the ridge above and turns Northwards. Before hitting the connecting line between Mt. Menchul in the West and Mt. Bolotyn Hrun in the East, it makes a sharp turn towards the East and the River Kvasnyi. Then it follows the stream towards its headwaters and following one of its right tributaries climbs to the starting point below Mt. Pip Ivan. Rožok (Property No. 5) is located on the Western slope of the Javorník Ridge in the Bukovské Vrchy Mts. It is encompassed within boundaries that coincide with two ridges limiting the Northern slope of Mt. Rožok and the crest of the opposite slope, running from the main range of Javorník. Boundaries of the Stužica – Bukovské Vrchy (Property No. 6) in the Bukovské Vrchy Mts. too begin on the top of Mt. Kremenets. From there the boundary follows (counter- clockwise) the state border between the Slovak Republic and Poland in the North-Western direction on the main ridge of the Bukovské Vrchy Mts and Nízke Beskydy Mts. It runs of over the top of several mountains, e. g. Mt. Čierťaž, Mt. Ďurkovec, Mt. Kruhliak, Mt. Beskyd and Mt. Čierny, before it reaches the springs of the Udava River. There, the boundary makes a loop around the Udava’s headwaters and returns in the South-Eastern direction along the countourline of the main ridge towards the headwaters area of the Stužica River. There, it diverges from the main ridge of the Bukovské Vrchy Mts. and runs on the top of Mt. Príkry and Mt. Packova Kýčera, where it again turns northwards along the Kamenistý Potok Brook, then the boundary traverses the western slope of Mt. Kalnica, reaches its top and continues to Mt. Kremenec. The boundary of Stuzhytsia-Uzhok (Property No. 7) on the Eastern and Southern slopes of Beskids Ridge, starts atop Mt. Kremenets and follows the main ridge that is at the same time a state border between Ukraine and Poland. It makes an convex arc towards Mt. Khresty and froms an Eastern oriented apex before Mt. V. Beskyd, from where it returns, crossing several right tributaries of the Stuzhytska River and the the river itself, to the the state border between Ukraine and the Slovak Republic south of Mt. Kalnytsya. It proceeds along the state border over the top of Mt. Kalnytsyia until it reaches the top of Mt. Kremenets again. Svydovets (Property No. 8) covers in the highest part of the Svydovets mountains. It has its boundaries following the contour line that starts in the saddle between Mt. Blyznytsia and Mt. Stara in the Western direction. It follows the aspect of the slope, turns North and proceeds 3 in that direction until it hits the bottom of the Kosiyska Brook Valley. At that point it turns South and runs under Mt. Menchul along the opposite side of the valley. South of Mt. Menchul it turns eastwards, crosses the Kosiyska Brook and travberses the Western slope of Mt. Stara, before it reaches the aforementioned saddle again. From there on, it follows the contour line across the North-Eastern slope of Mt. Stara, until it turns North and descends sharply to the valley bottom, where it crosses the Trostyanets Brook. From the point of crossing, it leads parallel to the contour line on Southern and Eastern slopes of Mt. Blyzhnitsa, crossing the Hropynets Brook. Before it hits the Trufanets Brook, it ascends up to the Eastern ridge of Mt. Blyznytsia, makes a wide loop and returns, again along a contourline at a higher elevation back to the saddle between Mt. Blyznitisa and Mt. Stara. The boundaries of Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh (Property No. 9) on the southern slopes of the Krasna mountain pasture, and its powerful offspur of the Menchul mountain pasture, start in the North under Mt. Topas. They encompass the headwaters area of the Luzhanka River approximately to Mt. Ivaniv Zvir where the boundary turns to the West, crosses the Luzhanka River and climbs the ridge radiating from Mt. Menchul. It follows that ridge southwards and at Mt. Rankul it makes a sharp turn to the West and follows the contourlines, crossing the rivers of Velyka Uholka and Mala Uholka. After that, it traverses the Western slopes of Mt. Vezha and Mt. Menchul, until it reaches its top. It then proceeds northwards on the top of the Mt. Menchul northern spurs until it turns, at an almost right angle, eastwards again and makes a comes a full circle under Mt. Topas. Vihorlat (Property No. 10) is located on both sides of the main range of Vihorlat. It has its boundaries traversing the South-Eastern and North-Western slopes of the Vihorlat main range, beginning at Mt. Vihorlat in the South-West and continuing along Mt. Motrogon and Mt. Sninský Kameň. At that point, the boundaries proceed towards Mt. Nežabec in the East, where there is a bifurcation point, from which one branch of the property extends towards Mt. Veža, the other towards Mt. Fedkov. 4 A4 size map of nominated property, showing boundaries and buffer zone 5 Justification Statement of Outstanding Universal Value The transnational nominated series “Beech primeval forests of the Carpathians” as a whole provides a superior representation of undisturbed biological and ecological processes in the monodominant mesotrophic European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) primeval forests on a wide range of substrates, in terms of area, growth and the assurance of conservation management.