Environnement et infrastructure
Biodiversité

Farmers, forestry, National Park Directorates, professional conservation organisations, green NGOs, research institutions, politicians, Ministry of Rural Development.

The first country report on the implementation of Natura 2000 in Hungary and the situation of species and habitats of community interest highlight that the conservation status of certain water-related and forest habitats is unfavorable or bad in the Pannonian biogeographical region Hungary is belonging to. According to the country report, only 25 % of the species and 11 % of the habitats of community importance have a favorable conservation status in Hungary. The report further states that there is not enough information necessary for assessing the exact conservation status of all protected species and habitats.

Hungarian registration number: SH 4/8

The conservation status of 12 Natura 2000 areas with forests and wetlands is improved in coherence with European and Hungarian regulations. For this purpose, newly elaborated management plans lay a sound basis for an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable management of these Natura 2000 areas.

In a first step, countrywide surveys and assessments for data-deficient forest and wetland species and habitats shall be carried out. On the basis of this data, 12 management plans of Natura 2000 areas shall be elaborated with participation of stakeholders such as farmers or forestry. In the regions of Mátra and Kiskunság, the implementation of two plans will be closely monitored in practice and lessons learnt will be used to finalize all the management plans.

The expected results are:

• Survey results about 40 data-deficient species;
• Countrywide assessment data of forest and wetland habitats;
• 12 elaborated management plans for Natura 2000 areas in a participatory approach;
• Monitoring results of the implementation of two newly developed management plans.