Strasbourg, 18 February 2002 T-PVS/Emerald (2002) 2
[T-pvs Emerald 2e] English only
CONVENTION ON THE conservation of EUROPEAN wildlife
and natural habitats
Group of Experts for the setting up
of the Emerald Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest
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Emerald Network Pilot Project in Hungary
- Report -
Document established by
the Ministry of Environment, Authority of Nature Conservation
Hungary
Contents
1. Background............................................................................................................................ 3
2. Framework of the pilot project............................................................................................. 3
3. Building up a national Emerald team.................................................................................... 3
4. Nature conservation designation types in Hungary.............................................................. 4
5. List of Emerald species in Hungary...................................................................................... 5
6. List of Emerald habitats in Hungary..................................................................................... 5
7. Biogeographical region(s) in Hungary.................................................................................. 5
8. List of proposed Emerald sites in Hungary........................................................................... 5
9. Work table............................................................................................................................. 5
10. Follow-up activities.............................................................................................................. 5
11. Financial statement of expenditure with the break-down of the costs................................ 6
Appendix I – List of Emerald species in Hungary.............................................................................................................. 7
Appendix II – List of Emeral habitats in Hungary.......................................................................................................... 14
1. Background
Being a party to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Nature Habitats (Bern Convention) Hungary has fully taken into consideration provisions of the Convention and following the Recommendation No.16 (1989) and Resolution No. 3 (1996) has started setting up the Emerald Network.
Hungary is one of the countries invited by the Council of Europe to joint the Emerald process at the year 2001 by taking part in Emerald Pilot Project. The overall objection of the project was to develop a pilot database, containing a fair proportion of the Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI) and submit a proposal for selected sites designation to the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention. The pilot project is a starting point that will lay the basis for the development of the Emerald Network at the national level.
The legal basis for developing the network:
– Bern Convention, Articles Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6b, 9
– Resolutions Nos. 1 (1989) and 4 (1996), 5 and 6 (1998)
– Recommendations Nos.14 and 16 (1989), No. 25 (1991)
The main documents laying down the Emerald Network:
– Document T-PVS (99) 36 – The Emerald Network – a network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest
– Document T-PVS/Emerald (99)2 – Emerald Software version 1.1 User-Manual.
2. Framework of the pilot project
Framework of the pilot project is defined by contract No. 49/01 as follows:
1.1.Set up a national team of experts related to the development of the Emerald Network. This team should comprise technical, administrative and scientific persons;
1.2.Organise a workshop, during which the above mentioned team will be initiated to the Emerald principles and technicalities by the staff and the expert of the Council of Europe. In this work the Emerald Network software will be installed and explained together with instructions concerning the scientific background of the data collection;
1.3.Evaluate the results on presence of species and habitats within biogeographical region in the country;
1.4.Construct a pilot database on the real sites, which will eventually become Emerald sites using the Emerald software.
3. Building up a national Emerald team
The national Emerald Network team was formed after the project contract signing. The first meeting of the team was hold in August 2001 at the National Authority for Nature Conservation of the Ministry for Environment in Budapest. The structure of the team, terms or reference were guided by documents T-PVS/Emerald (99) 1 as presented at the meeting of the Group of Experts for setting up the Emerald Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest in Strasbourg on 22‑28 September 1999.
The network team consists of 6 people representing technical, scientific and administrative experts. List of members of the Emerald team with specific tasks is the following:
– Antal Sánta, team leader, habitats, administrative tasks (National Authority for Nature Conservation of the Ministry for Environment: “NANC –ME”);
– Zita Zsembery, database specialist (NANC –ME);
– PhD Gábor Magyar, zoologist – Vertebrates (NANC –ME);
– Dr András Ambrus, zoologist – Invertebrates (Hortobágy National Park Directorate);
– PhD Konstantin Dobolyi, botanist (Hungarian Museum of Natural History);
– Ferenc Horváth, CORINE Biotopes specialist (Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences).
Main working areas of the team were:
– installation and testing of the Emerald Software,
– preparing lists of Emerald Species and habitat types in Hungary (Resolution No.4 [1996] and No.6 [1998]),
– designation table for Hungary,
– criteria for ASCI selection, preparing a draft list,
– use of Emerald principles and software on national level,
– use of CORINE data,
– filling data into Standard Data Form,
– financial plan.
In the frame of the Emerald Pilot Project in Hungary, the Authority for Nature Conservation of the Ministry for Environment organised a workshop, which was held in Budapest on 6‑7 September 2001. To this workshop there was invited Ms. Helene Bouguesse from the Council of Europe and Mr. Marc Roekaerts to present the Emerald Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI), the Emerald Network database and the Standard Data Entry form.
After introduction of the participants, Mrs Bouguessa explained the legal framework of the Emerald Network, criteria for selection ASCI and introduced relevant Emerald documentation. Mr. Roekaerts explained the main features of the Emerald Network database, and the Standard Data Entry form, providing step-by-step explanations of the modus of introduction the data into the Emerald Network database. After these, the workshop continued with a short interactive work between the participants to carry out the Hungarian Emerald Network pilot project.
4. Nature conservation designation types in Hungary
Natural and other areas shall be declared protected by decree:
a. of the Minister of Environment, in case the area is of national importance;
b. of the Municipality, in case the area is of local importance.
Protected natural areas may – according to the comprehensiveness, objectives, national and international significance of the protection – be categorised as:
a. national parks;
b. landscape protection areas;
c. nature conservation reserves;
d. natural monument
Exclusively the Minister is entitled to establish national parks and landscape protection areas. The Minister may, in compliance with the international obligations of the Republic of Hungary, qualify by provision of law national parks, landscape protection areas and nature conservation reserves or certain parts of them as biosphere reserves, provided that they are of internationally outstanding, scientific value. The Minister shall, with the approval of the Minister of Agriculture, grant by provision of law forest reserve status – ranging it in out of the protected natural area categories – to any forest area which serves for the conservation of natural or near-natural forest communities, the undisturbed natural succession and the conduct of research. By virtue of the Act on Nature Conservation all springs, bogs, caves, sink-holes of sinking streams, salt lakes, tumuli and earthen fortification are protected.
Up-to-dated table on the protected areas in Hungary:
Categories |
Ownership |
Number |
Total area / ha |
National parks |
State, municipal, private |
9 |
440.839 |
|
Landscape protection areas |
State, municipal, private |
37 |
341.695 |
|
Nature conservation areas |
State, municipal, private |
1212 |
62.380 |
|
Total |
1258 |
844.914 |
5. List of Emerald species in Hungary
See Annex I.
6. List of Emerald habitats in Hungary
See Annex II.
7. Biogeographical region(s) in Hungary
The whole area of Hungary belongs to the Pannonic Biogeographical Region
8. List of proposed Emerald sites in Hungary
For inclusion into the Emerald Network, the following sites have been proposed:
|
Code |
Site name in Hungarian |
Site name in English |
HU 0000001 |
Budai Sas-hegy |
Sas Hill in Budapest |
|
HU 0000002 |
Ócsai Tájvédelmi Körzet |
Ócsa Bogs |
|
HU 0000003 |
Kis- és Nagyszénás |
Nagyszénás Hills |
|
HU 0000004 |
Péceli löszgyepek |
Loess grassland at Pécel |
|
HU 0000005 |
Dinnyési Madárrezervátum |
Dinnyés marsh and reed bed and Bird Reserve |
|
HU 0000006 |
Kerecsendi erdő |
Loess oak wood at Kerecsend |
|
HU 0000007 |
Hortobágyi szikes puszta |
Hortobágy Saline puszta |
|
HU 0000008 |
Bátorligeti legelő |
Sand pastures at Bátorliget |
|
HU 0000009 |
Fényi erdő |
Fényi wood |
|
HU 00000010 |
Fülöpházi homokbuckák |
Fülöpháza Inland sand dunes |
Site location is shown on the “Map of proposed Emerald Sites in Hungary”.
9. Work Table
Activity |
Months |
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J |
A |
S |
O |
N |
D |
J |
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1.Building up the national Emerald team |
X |
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2. Training of the national Emerald team |
X |
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3. Identification of the species and habitats within the Pannonic Biogeographical Region in Hungary |
X |
X |
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4. Selection of potential ASCIs |
X |
X |
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5. Description of the potential ASCIs |
X |
X |
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6. Designation of the ASCIs |
X |
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7. Building up the database of Emerald designated sites |
X |
X |
X |
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8. Submittal of proposals |
X |
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10. Follow-up activities
Emerald is a perfect tool for complete preparatory work for Natura 2000: data gathering and management at national level, selection work, definition of sites, filling in the Standard Data Form.
Despite few small software problems that might be met, Emerald software would further be considered as a basic tool for establishment of the database. In consequence of the software imperfection Linum dolomiticum, Pulsatilla grandis and Vincetoxicum pannonicum cannot be found in the Standard Data Forms. Linum dolomiticum and Vincetoxicum pannonicum occur in the site HU0000003, Pulsatilla grandis occurs in the sites HU0000001, HU0000003 and HU0000004. CORINE Biotopes project data would be basically relied on as well. The building up of the Hungarian Emerald Network requires the initiation into the work outside people, especially the relevant experts of the national park directorates. According to plan this network is going to be finalised until the year 2004, when Hungary may be joining the EU.
In order to develop the network of ASCIs, Hungary is going to request additional fund from the Council of Europe in the amount of 5.000 euro to continue the works of building up the Emerald Network.
11. Financial statement of expenditure with the break-down of the costs
|
1. Workshop, technical meeting |
380 euros |
|
2. Purchase of equipment |
1200 euros |
|
3. Project co-ordination and temporal technical assistance |
1580 euros |
|
4. Domestic consultants (scientific expert work) |
5540 euros |
|
Total |
8700 euros |
Map of proposed Emerald sites in Hungary
Annex I.
List of Emerald plant species in Hungary
PTERIDOPHYTA
Marsileaceae
Marsilea quadrifolia L.
ANGIOSPERMAE
Alismataceae
Caldesia parnassifolia (L.) Parl.
Asclepiadaceae
Vincetoxicum pannonicum (Borhidi) Holub
Caryophyllaceae
Dianthus serotinus Waldst. et Kit.
Compositae
Ligularia sibirica (L.) Cass.
Cruciferae
Armoracia macrocarpa (Waldst. et Kit.) Kit. ex Baumg.
Cyperaceae
Eleocharis carniolica Koch.
Droseraceae
Aldrovanda vesiculosa L.
Labiatae
Dracocephalum austriacum L.
Linaceae
Linum dolomiticum Borbas
Orchidaceae
Cypripedium calceolus L.
Liparis loeselii (l.) Rich.
Ranunculaceae
Pulsatilla grandis Wend
Pulsatilla patens (L.) Miller
Umbelliflorae
Angelica palustris (Besser) Hoffm.
List of Emerald animal species in Hungary
VERTEBRATES
Mammals
CHIROPTERA
Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus euryale
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Vespertilionidae
Barbastella barbastellus
Miniopterus schreibersi
Myotis bechsteini
Myotis blythii
Myotis dasycneme
Myotis emarginatus
Myotis myotis
RODENTIA
Sciuridae
Spermophilus citellus (Citellus citellus)
Microtidae
Microtus oeconomus
CARNIVORA
Canidae
Canis lupus
Ursidae
Ursus arctos
Mustelidae
Lutra lutra
Felidae
Lynx lynx
Birds
GAVIFORMES
Gaviidae
Gavia arctica
Gavia immer
Gavia stellata
PODICIPEDIFORMES
Podicipedidae
Podiceps auritus
PELECANIFORMES
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax pygmaeus
Pelecanidae
Pelecanus crispus
Pelecanus onocrotalus
CICONIIFORMES
Ardeidae
Ardea purpurea
Ardeola ralloides
Botaurus stellaris
Casmerodius albus
Egretta garzetta
Ixobrychus minutus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Ciconiidae
Ciconia nigra
Ciconia ciconia
Threskiornithidae
Plegadis falcinellus
Platalea leucorodia
Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus ruber
ANSERIFORMES
Anatidae
Anser erythropus
Aythya nyroca
Branta leucopsis
Branta ruficollis
Cygnus bewickii
Cygnus cygnus
Marmaronetta angustirostris
Mergus albellus
Oxyura leucocephala
Tadorna ferruginea
FALCONIFORMES
Accipitridae
Accipiter brevipes
Aegypius monachus
Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila clanga
Aquila heliaca
Aquila nipalensis
Aquila pomarina
Buteo rufinus
Circaetus gallicus
Circus aeruginosus
Circus cyaneus
Circus macrourus
Circus pygargus
Gyps fulvus
Haliaeetus albicilla
Hieraaetus fasciatus
Hieraaetus pennatus
Milvus migrans
Milvus milvus
Neophoron percnopterus
Pernis apivorus
Pandionidae
Pandion haliaetus
Falconidae
Falco columbarius
Falco eleonorae
Falco naumanni
Falco peregrinus
Falco vespertinus
GALLIFORMES
Tetraonidae
Bonasa bonasia
Tetrao tetrix tetrix
GRUIFORMES
Rallidae
Crex crex
Porphyrio porphyrio
Porzana parva
Porzana porzana
Porzana pusilla
Gruidae
Grus grus
Otididae
Otis tarda
Tetrax tetrax
Charadriiformes
Charadriidae
Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius morinellus
Chettusia gregaria
Hoplopterus spinosus
Pluvialis apricaria
Scolopacidae
Gallinago media
Limosa lapponica
Numenius tenuirostris
Philomachus pugnax
Tringa glareola
Xenus cinereus
Recurvirostridae
Himantopus himantopus
Recurvirostra avosetta
Phalaropodidae
Phalaropus fulicarius
Phalaropus lobatus
Burhinidae
Burhinus oedicnemus
Glareolidae
Glareola nordmanni
Glareola pratincola
Laridae
Chlidonias hybridus
Chlidonias leucopterus
Chlidonias niger
Gelochelidon nilotica
Larus melanocephalus
Sterna albifrons
Sterna caspia
Sterna hirundo
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna sandvicensis
STRIGIFORMES
Strigidae
Aegolius funereus
Asio flammeus
Bubo bubo
Glaucidium passerinum
Nyetea scandiaca
Strix uralensis
Susnia ulula
CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgus europaeus
CORACIIFORMES
Alcedinidae
Alcedo atthis
Coraciidae
Coracias garrulus
PICIFORMES
Picidae
Dendrocopos leucotos
Dendrocopos medius
Dendrocopos syriacus
Dryocopus martius
Picus canus
PASSERIFORMES
Alaudidae
Calandrella brachydactyla
Lullula arborea
Melanocorypha calandra
Motacillidae
Anthus campestris
Laniidae
Lanius collurio
Lanius minor
Muscicapidae
Luscinia svecica
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Acrocephalus paludicola
Sylvia nisoria
Ficedula albicollis
Ficedula parva
Emberizidae
Emberiza hortulana
Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Reptiles
CHELONIA (TESTUDINES)
Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
OPHIDIA (SERPENTES)
Viperidae
Vipera ursinii
Amphibians
CAUDATA
Salamandridae
Triturus cristarus
Triturus dobrogicus
ANURA
Discoglossidae
Bombina bombina
Bombina variegata
Pelobatidae
Pelobates fuscus insubricus
Fish
PETROMYZONIFORMES
Petromyzonidae
Eudontomyzon mariae
Eudontomyzon donfordi
SALMONIFORMES
Salmonidae
Hucho hucho
CYPRINIFORMES
Cyprinidae
Aspius aspius
Barbus meridionalis ++
Chalcalburnus chalcoides
Gobio albipinnatus
Gobio uranoscopus
Leuciscus souffia
Phaxinus phaxinus
Rhodeus sericeus amarus
Rutilus frisii meidingeri
Rutilus pigus
Cobitidae
Cobitis taenia
Misgurnus fossilis
Sabanejewia aurata
SCORPAENIFORMES
Cottidae
Cottus gobio
PERCIFORMES
Percidae
Gymnocephalus schraetzer
Zingel zingel
Zingel stueher
CLUPEIFORMES
Clupeidae
Caspialosa kessleri
INVERTEBRATES
Arthropods
INSECTA
Mantodea
Apteromantis aptera
Odonata
Coenagrion hylas (Coenagrion freyi)
Coenagrion mercuriale
Gomphus graslinii
Leucorrhinia pectoralis
Lindenia tetraphylla
Macromia splendens
Ophiogomphus cecilia
Oxygastra curtisii
Coleoptera
Agathidium pulchellum
Boros schneideri
Buprestis splendens
Carabus menetriesi pacholei
Carabus olympiae
Cerambyx cerdo
Corticaria planula
Cucujus cinnaberinus
Dytiscus latissimus
Graphoderus bilineatus
Limoniscus violaceus
Lucanus cervus
Macroplea pubipennis
Mesosa myops
Morimus funereus
Osmoderma eremita
Oxyporus mannerheimii
Pytho kolwensis
Rosalia alpina
Stephanopachys linearis
Stephanopachys substriatus
Xyletinus tremulicola
Hemiptera
Aradus angularis
Lepidoptera
Agriades glandon aquilo
Callimorpha (Euplagia, Panaxia) quadripunctaria
Coenonympha oedippus
Erebia calcaria
Erebia christi
Erebia medusa polaris
Eriogaster catax
Euphydryas (Eurodryas, Hypodryas) aurinia
Hesperia comma catena
Lycaena dispar
Maculinea nausithous
Melanargia arge
Papilio hospiton
Plebicula golgus
Xestia borealis
Xestia brunneopicta
CRUSTACEA
Decapoda
Austropotamobius pallipes
ARACHNIDA
Pseudoscorpiones
Anthrenochernes stellae
Molluscs
GASTROPODA
Dyotocardia
Gibbula nivosa (Med.)
Sylommatophora
Discula leacockiana
Discula tabellata
Helicopsis striata austriaca
Idiomela (Helix) subplicata
Leiostyla abbreviata
Leiostyla corneocostata
Leiostyla gibba
Leiostyla lamellosa
Vertigo angustion
Vertigo genesii
Vertigo geyeri
Vertigo moulinsiana
BIVALVIA
Unionoida
Margaritifera margaritifera
Unio crassus
Annex II. List of Emerald habitat types in Hungary
Code Habitat type name
15.1151 Pannonic glassworth-seablife-saltwort swards
15.14 Central Eurasian crypsoid communities
15.A11 Saline puszta
15.A12 Pannonic saline meadows
15.A13 Pannonic solonetz hollows
15.A14 Pannonic solonchak hollows
22.35 Central Eurasian amphibious communities
22.411 Duckweed covers
22.412 Frogbit rafts
22.415 Salvinia covers
22.416 Aldrovanda communities
22.422 Small pondweed communities
22.43112 Northern Nymphaea beds
22.4312 Water chestnut carpets
22.4313 Fringed waterlily carpets
22.4321 Water crowfort communities
22.4323 Water violet beds
23.211 Athalassic seagrass communities
31.228 Illyrian heats
31.8B12 Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrub
31.8B13 Peri-Pannonic thicets
34.3151 Sub-Pannonic steppes
34.35114 Pannonic Sesleria sadleriana rock grasslands
34.3522 Circum-Pannonic calacicline pale fescue grasslands
34.3532 Circum-Pannonic siliceous pale fescue grasslands
34.91 Pannonic loess steppic grasslands
34.A11 Pannonic sand pioneer sevards
34.A12 Pannonic open sand steppes
34.A131 Central Pannonic Festuca wagneri sand steppes
34.A14 Pannonic closed sand steppes
34.A15 Pannonic sand puszta
37.216 Thread rush meadows
37.262 Peri-Pannonic humid meadows
37.263 Danubio-Pannonic riverine and humid meadows
37.264 Ponto-Sarmatic humid meadows
37.32 Heat rush meadows and humid mat-grass swards
41.1114 Western sub-Pannonic collinar woodrush Beech forests
41.1115 Pannonic collinar woodrush beech forests
41.135 Pannonic neutrophille beech forests
41.1615 Pannonic limestone beech forests
41.1C1 Illyrian woodrush-beech forests
41.267 Sub-Pannonic primrose oak-hornbeam forests
41.2A12 Illyrian neutrocline sessile oak-hornbeam forests
41.2C South-eastern European oak-hornbeam forests
41.4632 Illyrian mixed sycamore ravine forests
41.4633 Illyrian lime-beach-yew ravine forests
41.5711 Western Hercyinian woodrush-hawks beard oak forests
41.57122 Peri-Bohemian dyer’s green weed oak forests
41.57331 Pre-Carpathian chestnut-sessile oak forests
41.582 Cowberry pine- oak forests
41.7374 Pannonian white oak woods
41.7A12 Pannonic turkey oak-sessile oak woods
41.7A13 Pannonic hairy green weed sessile oak woods
41.7A211 Pannonic loess steppe oak woods
41.7A212 Pannonic alkali steppe oak woods
41.7A2131 Pannonic dry sand steppe oak woods
41.7A2132 Pannonic mesophile sand steppe oak woods
41.842 Oro-Pannonic steppe ash-lime woods
41.882 Pannonic mixed karstic woods
42.2541 Medio-European beech-spruce forests
42.5234 Pannonic Scots pine steppe woods
44.1281 Pannonic willow scrub
44.161 Pannonic willow galleries
44.163 Central Eurasian willow galleries
44.31 Ash-alder woods of rivulets and springs
44.32 Ash-alder woods of fast-flowing rivers
44.4312 Illyrian greenweed oak-ash forests
44.433 Pannonic ash-oak-alder forests
44.9141 Pannonic swamp alder-ash forests
51.1125 Eriophorum-Sphagnum recurvum lawns
53.31 Fen Cladium beds
54.1221 Hard water bryophyte springs
54.215 Pannonic black bog-rush fens
54.216 Intra-Carpathian black bog-sedge fens
54.233 Bohemio-Pannonic Davall sedge fens
54.238 Blue moorgrass fens
54.261 Middle European black sedge alkaline fens
54.4264 Peri-Pannonic black-white star sedge fens
54.511 Brown moss slender-sedge swards
54.512 Sphagnum slender-sedge swards
54.532 Basicline bottle sedge quaking mires
54.58 Sphagnum and cottongrass rafts
54.61 Nemoral bare peat communities
64.71 Pannonic inland dunes
65 Caves
93.1 Pannonic wooded steppes