Natura%202000:%20success%20stories%20to%20learn%20from%20and%20further%20potential

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Natura 2000 success stories to learn from and
further potential
Natura 2000 Networking Programme
Programme's final conference

• Bernard Gorsak
• Kozjanski Park, Slovenia
• Brussels, 28th November 2007

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CONTENT
1 PREFACE
2 BACKGROUND
3 SUCCESS STORY
4 CONCLUSION
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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

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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

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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

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1.4 Natura 2000 in Slovenia

• Established 05. 2004
• Surface over 35 of the country
• Preparational phase 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

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1.5 Natura 2000 in Kozjanski Park

• Surface 67 of PA
• Structure 1 SPA, 3 pSCI

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SPA 37 SAC 32
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Code SI3000273 Orlica Species Lutra lutra,
Rhinolophus hippoideros,
Austropotamobius torrentium, Morimus
funereus, Rosalia alpina, Lucanus
cervus Habitats Aremonio-Fagion,
Luzulo-Fagetum,
Festuco-Brometalia (orchids)
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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
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2.1 What is hiding behind BIG words, like

• INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT
• PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT
• ADEPTIVE MANAGEMENT
• STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT
• HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT
• COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT

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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
  (hiddenagenda 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

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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)

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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

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KOZJANSKI PARK
RADENSKO POLJE
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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).

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Case 1 Meadow orchards restoration
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Case 2 Mountain dry grassland management
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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.

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EXHIBITION OF TRADITIONAL FRUIT VARIETIES
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OPENING
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75 STALLS
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EXHIBITION OF MUSHROOMS
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TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT
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ENTERTAINMENT
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GUESTS FROM CROATIA
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LOCAL GROUPS
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GAMES THE LONGEST PEEL
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TUG-OF-WAR
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DISTILLERY
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4 CONCLUSIONS

• Respons by almost all participants was nothing
  less but most positive
• Valuable lesson for each of us
• It takes time Our past, social environment
  (education, regime) and tradition was not in
  favour of open-minded and all-inclusive dialogue
• Our patience will achieve more than our force
  (E. Burke)

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NEXT PROJECTS
APPLE FESTIVAL
WORKSHOPS
NNi
REGIONAL PRODUCTS
TREE NURSERY
REJUVENATION CUT
N2K
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4 CONCLUSIONS

• Such occasions prove obstacles can be surmounted
  (just dont expect to much to soon)
• Sustainability can stand only if no one will be
  excluded
• Doors are open

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION