Carpathian Convention
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| Carpathian Convention | |
|---|---|
| Start date: | 2002 |
| Scope: | Regional |
| Policy area: | Environment |
| Legal status: | Legally binding |
| Type of instrument: | Regulatory, Informational (checking needed) |
| Main formal decision making body: | Conference of the parties (COP) |
| Main implementing body: | Ministries of the Carpathian Convention Signatory States |
| 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, 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 |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians", UNEP |
| 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, Overall policies, institutions and instruments for sustainable forest management | No FOREST EUROPE indicators for this Policy process | Gross value added, Transport, Water use, Water and air pollution, Forest biodiversity |
