| Autor: |
Novotny, Vladimir, Kerovec, Maja, Dekanić, Stjepan, Nemeš, Tomislav, Ivanović, Anđelina |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Radojčić Redovniković, Ivana, Raadošević, Kristina, Jakovljević, Tamara, Stojaković, Renata, Gaurina Srček, Višnja, Erdec hendrih, Dina |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Popis: |
The unique and highly diverse pedunculate oak floodplain forests all but disappeared from European riverine landscapes due to the conversion of forests to agricultural land, construction of hydropower plants, river regulation and flood protection. Unlike many other countries in Europe, Croatia managed to retain a large share of the area once covered with old-growth oak floodplain forests. In many instances, areas of felled old growth forests were regenerated with pedunculated oak resulting in contemporary floodplain oak stands. Current stands differ in structure compared to old growth forests, but have retained significant share of its original biodiversity which led to the high percentage of these forests being protected in some kind of nature protection category. In some cases, the same forest stands are protected under several protection categories resulting in differing jurisdictions and implications for forests management. Aim of our contribution is to analyze the protection status of managed oak floodplain forests in Croatia with regard to the timing of protection and distribution of forest area in national nature protection categories and Pan-European Natura 2000 network. For the purpose of this exercise we used readily available spatially defined sources we analyzed in the GIS environment. Distribution of floodplain oak forests in Croatia was extracted from the map of habitat types according to the National habitats classification of Croatia. Total area analyzed amounted to 110, 370.29 ha. Forest area was overlaid with areas of national nature protection categories, polygons of National Ecological Network (2007-2013) and Natura 2000 sites (2013-). Today, 72% (79, 470.72 ha) of analyzed floodplain oak forests in Croatia are under some category of nature protection. Under national nature protection categories, floodplain oak forests are protected as significant landscapes (13.87%), nature parks (12.12%), special reserves (1.03%) and regional parks (0.24%). In 2013 the Pan-European Natura 2000 network was established with the accession of Croatia to European Union. Currently 66.04% of floodplain oak forests are included in SPA sites and 54.13% in pSCI sites. In some instances, the same forest stands are protected under two national categories of nature protection (e.g. nature park and special reserve) and two Natura 2000 site types (SPA and pSCI). We discuss in our contribution the underlying responsibilities, protection measures, planning process and other aspects of forest management that are influenced or need to be adapted in the case of managing forests under single and multiple protection categories. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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