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Carpathian Convention
Duration:	2002 - ongoing
Scope:	Regional
Policy area:	Environment
Legal status:	Legally binding
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	Sustainable development of water, agriculture, forestry, transport,infrastructure, tourism, industry and energy, To preserve biological and landscape diversity, endangered species, cultural heritage, traditional knowledge
Monitoring, assessing and reporting	Research activities, monitoring programmes and information systems proposed by the parties
Keywords	Carpathian region/ conservation/ restoration/ forest/ tourism/ energy/ sustainable development

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
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