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Carpathian Convention
Start date:	2002
Scope:	Regional
Policy area:	Environment
Legal status:	Legally binding
Type of instrument:	Regulatory
Form of instrument:	Convention
Language:	English
URL:	Carpathian Convention website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	UNEP Vienna
Country(ies):	Austria
Date:	10/4/2011

The Carpathian Convention is a framework type convention pursuing a comprehensive policy and cooperating in the protection and sustainable development of the Carpathians.

Objective	To conservate and restore the unique, rare and typical natural complexes and objects of recreational and other importance situated in the heart of Europe, preventing them from negative anthropogenic influences through the promotion of joint policies for sustainable development among the seven countries of the region (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and Ukraine).
Target	Environment and sustainable development in the Carpathian region
Policy and/or legal framework	Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians
Monitoring, assessing and reporting	Research activities, monitoring programmes and information systems proposed by the parties
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	UNEP/ROE, FOREST EUROPE, RAMSAR Convention, Alpine Convention, CBD
Main formal decision making body	Conference of the parties (COP)
Main implementing body	Ministries of the Carpathian Convention Signatory States
Keywords	Carpathian region, conservation, restoration, forest, tourism, energy, sustainable development

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Socio-economic functions, Biodiversity, Health and vitality	Corresponding indicators to the criteria listed on the left	Gross value added, Transport, Water use, Water and air pollution, Forest biodiversity