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Natura 2000 Networking Programme. Natura 2000: success stories to learn from and further potential. Programme's final conference. Bernard Gorsak Kozjanski Park, Slovenia Brussels, 28th November 2007. CONTENT. 1 PREFACE. 2 BACKGROUND. 3 SUCCESS STORY. 4 CONCLUSION. 1.1 Personal ID.
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Natura 2000 Networking Programme Natura 2000: success stories to learn from and further potential Programme's final conference Bernard Gorsak Kozjanski Park, Slovenia Brussels, 28th November 2007
CONTENT 1 PREFACE 2 BACKGROUND 3 SUCCESS STORY 4 CONCLUSION
1.1 Personal ID • Bernard Gorsak (39), environmentalist • Employee of Public Institution Kozjanski Park (9) • Head of Nature Protection Department • Elaboration and execution of projects: Phare, Life, Interreg, Life+ • Cooperation with other competent authorities (Ministry, Institution of Nature Protection, Forest Management, Agriculture Advisory Service) • Education, public awareness, media • Natura 2000 Ambassador
1.2 Our organization ID • Public Institution • Governmental, non-profit • Staff: 18 (+ public workers + project coordinator) • Budget: 500.000 €/year • Competence: manager of protected area • Field of work: protection of natural and cultural heritage • HQ: medieval town Podsreda
1.3 Protected area ID • Regional Park, IUCN V • East of Slovenia, on border to Croatia • Established: 1981 by Parliament of RS • Size: 200 km2 • Population: 10.000 • 5 municipalities • Undeveloped • Lowest GDP in SLO
1.4 Natura 2000 in Slovenia • Established: 05. 2004 • Surface: over 35% of the country • Preparationalphase: formation of so called “N2K Communicators Groups”; composed out of different experts (Forest Management, Agriculture Advisory Service, environmentalists, PAs managers ..) • Structure: large part covered by forest • Management: where N2K proclaimed because of forest habitats or animals existing Forest Management Plans will be adopted as N2K MP (with some modifications) • Challenge: where N2K situated in cultural landscape
1.5 Natura 2000 in Kozjanski Park Surface: 67% of PA Structure: 1 SPA, 3 pSCI
SPA: 37 % SAC: 32%
Code: SI3000273 Orlica Species: Lutra lutra, Rhinolophus hippoideros, Austropotamobius torrentium, Morimus funereus, Rosalia alpina, Lucanus cervus Habitats: Aremonio-Fagion, Luzulo-Fagetum, Festuco-Brometalia (orchids)
Code: SI3000274 Bohor Species: Buxbaumia viridis, Dicranum viride, Lutra lutra, Austropotamobius torrentium, Morimus funereus, Rosalia alpina, Lucanus cervus, Cucujus cinnaberinus Habitats: Aremonio-Fagion, Luzulo-Fagetum, Festuco-Brometalia (orchids), Molinion caeruleae
2.1 What is hiding behind BIG words, like: • INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT • PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT • ADEPTIVE MANAGEMENT • STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT • HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT • COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT
2.2 Maybe just “Common sense” • Personal twist of mind - turning points: • My Belgian professor, true anecdote • Project experience (Interreg IIIA, collision with Local Community and Forest Management) • N2K Communicators Group • N2K Ambassador • Shortest way is not (necessarily) the quickest nor the best
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3.1 Framework • NNi – resolutions reached on workshop in Austria • Apple Festival: Annual event of the year in KP (“hidden”agenda: promoting N2K) • Organizational frame: EUROPARC (major sponsor) + 2 PAs (Radensko Polje and Kozjanski Park) • Main aim: to involve all N2K stakeholders • Topic: “N2K - between hammer and anvil of development strategies”
3.2 Programme: PART ONE Date: Friday, 12. October 2007 Venue: Podsreda, Kozjanski Park Schedule: from 9,30 – 12,00 presentations: • M. Šolar (Triglav National Park): Europarc and NNI project • P. Skoberne (Ministry of Environment): Natura 2000 - updates • B. Wieser (N2K Austria): Experiences of Natura 2000 guardian in Austria • B. Grabrijan (ELO): To be owner and nature protectionist in Natura 2000 Participants: alltogether 47 (local municipalities, PAs, landowners, Agriculture Advisory Service, Forest Management, Ministry)
3.3 Programme: PART TWO Friday, afternoon: • Transfer to the PA Radensko polje; case studies from other protected areas: • J. Dobravc (Triglav National Park), • A. Lenar (PA Logarska dolina), • L. Kebe (PA Notranjski park), • T. Mikuš (PA Radensko polje), • Guided field excursion to Radensko polje. • Return to Kozjanski Park, supper, discussion
KOZJANSKI PARK RADENSKO POLJE
3.4 Programme: PART THREE • Saturday, 13. October, forenoon: • Two examples of good practice; on-site presentation: • Meadow orchards restoration project (Interreg III A) • Mountain dry grassland project (Life).
3.5 Apple Festival • Emphasis on stakeholders’ participation and next plans. Discussion, reviewing the experiences of last two days, lunch and visit of the Festival.