Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
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File:Beușnița (Beu) valley 42.jpg
Beușnița Waterfall in Nera Gorge-Beușnița National Park
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Location | (see map) |
Reference | 1133quater |
Inscription | 2007 (31st Session) |
Extensions | 2011, 2017, 2021 |
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is a transnational serial nature UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompassing 94 component parts (forests of European beech, Fagus sylvatica) in 18 European countries.[1][2] Together, the sites protect the largest and least disturbed forests dominated by the beech tree. In many of these stands (especially those in the Carpathians), these forests here were allowed to proceed without interruption or interference since the last ice age. These sites document the undisturbed postglacial repopulation of the species.[1]
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Carpathian region
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians include ten separate massifs located along the 185 km (115 mi) long axis from the Rakhiv mountains and Chornohora ridge in Ukraine over the Poloniny Ridge (Slovakia) to the Vihorlat Mountains in Slovakia. The Ancient Beech Forests of Germany include five locations, cover 4,391 hectares and were added in 2011.
The Carpathian site covers a total area of 77,971.6 ha (192,672 acres), out of which only 29,278.9 ha (72,350 acres) are part of the actual preserved area, while the rest is considered a "buffer zone". Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians cover areas of Zakarpattia and Prešov Regions. Over 70% of the site is located in Ukraine. The area includes two national parks, and some habitat controlled areas, mostly in Slovakia. Both national parks, along with a neighboring area in Poland, compose a separate biosphere reserve, the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. Besides Havešová, Rožok, and Stužica (all of them located in Bukovské vrchy), there is a fourth component situated in Slovakia, named Kyjovský prales of Vihorlat. Ukrainian locations include Chornohora, Kuziy-Trybushany, Maramarosh, Stuzhytsia–Uzhok, Svydovets, and Uholka–Shyrikyi Luh. Only a few of the ten components are accessible to visitors. Stužica is the only one of three locations in Bukovské vrchy (Slovakia) with available hiking trails. In 2017, UNESCO extended the site, adding forests in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain.[3] In 2021 UNESCO extended the site again adding forests in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, France, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland.[4]
The last intact virgin forest in the temperate latitudes of Europe is to be found in the Carpathians. Trees can live to a hundred years old in these forests, providing an important habitat for organisms such as mushrooms, moss, lichen, insects, rare birds (e.g. capercaillie and black grouse) and mammals (e.g. bats, brown bear, wolf and lynx). Large parts of the forest in the Romanian part of the Carpathians have been lost due to deforestation. The pressure on timber as a resource may increase due to international demand and European companies may start large-scale felling in neighbouring Ukraine. Currently unprotected areas of virgin forest can be permanently preserved in the Ukrainian Carpathians by expanding and reinforcing conservation areas. In the Ukrainian Carpathians there are nine national parks and two biosphere reserves. There is a general ban on tree felling in coniferous forest areas above 1,100 metres. If park administrations are shown to work, management of larger, previously unprotected areas of virgin forest to preserve them on a permanent basis, may occur. There are roughly 100,000 additional hectares of forest which could be integrated into the existing conservation areas.[5]
List of component parts
The component parts included in the site as of August 2021 are:[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][2]
Country | Serial ID No. or ID |
Component part | Component cluster | Property [ha] | Buffer zone [ha] |
Year inscrib. |
Centre point coordinates |
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Carpathian Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Ukraine | 1133-001 | Chornohora | 2,476.80 | 12,925.00 | 2007 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133-003 | Kuziy-Trybushany | 1,369.60 | 3,163.40 | 2007 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133-004 | Maramorosh | 2,243.60 | 6,230.40 | 2007 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133-007 | Stuzhytsia-Uzhok | 2,532.00 | 3,615.00 | 2007 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[n 1] | ||
1133-008 | Svydovets | 3,030.50 | 5,639.50 | 2007 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133-009 | Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh[n 2] | 11,860.00 | 3,301.00 | 2007 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-055 | Gorgany | 753.48 | 4,637.59 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-058 | Darvaika | Synevyr | 1,588.46 | 312.32 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-059 | Kvasovets | 561.62 | 333.63 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-060 | Strymba | 260.65 | 191.14 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-061 | Vilshany | 454.31 | 253.85 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-062 | Irshavka | Zacharovanyi Krai | 93.97 | 1,275.44 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-063 | Velykyi Dil | 1,164.16 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Slovakia | 1133-002 1133quater-103 SK-POLO-01* |
Havešová | Poloniny | 167.88 | 6,474.84 | 2007 2021* |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1133-005 1133quater-104 SK-POLO-02* |
Rožok | 74.37 | 1,138.89 | 2007 2021* |
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1133-006 1133quater-105 SK-POLO-03* |
Stužica – Bukovské Vrchy | 1,742.47 | 5,694.84 | 2007 2021* |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133-006 1133quater-106 SK-POLO-04* |
Udava | 455.82 | 814.69 | 2007 2021* |
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1133-010 1133quater-108 SK-VIHO-02* |
Vihorlat | 1,553.06 | 854.08 | 2007 2021* |
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Romania | 1133ter-035 | Cheile Nerei-Beușnița | 4,292.27 | 5,959.87 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-036 | Sinca secular forest (Codrul secular Șinca) | 338.24 | 445.76 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-037 | Slătioara secular forest (Codrul secular Slătioara) | 609.12 | 429.43 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-038 | Cozia Massif | Cozia | 2,285.86 | 2,408.83 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-039 | Lotrisor | 1,103.30 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-040 | Domogled-Coronini-Bedina | Domogled – Valea Cernei |
5,110.63 | 51,461.28 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-041 | Iauna Craiovei | 3,517.36 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-042 | Ciucevele Cernei | 1,104.27 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-043 | Izvorul Șurii | Groșii Țibleșului | 210.55 | 563.57 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-044 | Preluci | 135.82 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-045 | Izvoarele Nerei | 4,677.21 | 2,494.83 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-046 | Strâmbu Băiuț[n 3] | 598.14 | 713.09 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Poland | 1133quater-094 PL-BIES-01 |
Border Ridge and Górna Solinka valley[n 4] |
Bieszczady | 1,506.05 | 24,330.52 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1133quater-095 PL-BIES-02 |
Połonina Wetlińska and Smerek[n 5] | 1,178.03 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133quater-096 PL-BIES-03 |
Terebowiec stream valley | 201.00 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133quater-097 PL-BIES-04 |
Wołosatka stream valley | 586.66 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Polonic-Podoloc-Moldovan Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Ukraine | 1133ter-056 | Roztochchya[n 6] | 384.81 | 598.21 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-057 | Satanіvska Dacha | 212.01 | 559.37 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Baltic Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Germany | 1133bis-011 | Jasmund | 492.50 | 2,510.50 | 2011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133bis-012 | Serrahn | 268.10 | 2,568.00 | 2011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133bis-013 | Grumsin | 590.10 | 274.30 | 2011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Subatlantic-Hercynic Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Germany | 1133bis-014 | Hainich | 1,573.40 | 4,085.40 | 2011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133bis-015 | Kellerwald | 1,467.10 | 4,271.40 | 2011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Czech Republic | 1133quater-076 CZ-JIZE-01 |
Jizera Mountains | 444.81 | 2,279.40 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
France | 1133quater-082 FR-GRAN-01 |
Grand Ventron | 319.00 | 1,328.00 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Switzerland | 1133quater-074 CH-BETT-01 |
Bettlachstock Forest (Forêt de la Bettlachstock) |
195.43 | 1,094.16 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Alpic Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Austria | 1133ter-003 | Dürrenstein | 1,867.45 | 1,545.05 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-004 | Hintergebirg | Kalkalpen | 2,946.20 | 14,197.24 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-005 | Bodinggraben | 890.89 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-006 | Urlach | 264.82 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-007 | Wilder Graben | 1,149.75 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Switzerland | 1133quater-075 CH-LODA-01 |
Forest reserves of Lodano, Busai and Soladino Valleys | 806.78 | 2,330.74 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
France | 1133quater-078 FR-CHAP-01 |
Chapitre | 371.30 | 41.65 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Atlantic Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Belgium | 1133ter-008 | Forest Reserve “Joseph Zwaenepoel” | Sonian Forest (Forêt de Soignes) |
187.34 | 4,650.86 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1133ter-009 | Grippensdelle A | 24.11 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-010 | Grippensdelle B | 37.38 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-011 | Réserve forestière du Ticton A | 13.98 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-012 | Réserve forestière du Ticton B | 6.50 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Moesian-Balcanic Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Albania | 1133ter-001 | Lumi i gashit | 1,261.52 | 8,977.48 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-002 | Rrajca | 2,129.45 | 2,569.75 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
North Macedonia | 1133quater-093 MN-DLAB-01 |
Dlaboka Reka | 193.27 | 234.70 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Bulgaria | 1133ter-013 | Boatin Reserve | Central Balkan | 1,226.88 | 851.22 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1133ter-014 | Tsarichina Reserve | 1,485.81 | 1,945.99 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-015 | Kozya stena Reserve | 644,43 | 289.82 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-016 | Steneto Reserve[n 7] | 2,466.10 | 1,762.01 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-017 | Stara Reka Reserve[n 8] | 591.20 | 1,480.04 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-018 | Dzhendema Reserve | 1,774.12 | 2,576.63 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-019 | Severen Dzhendem Reserve | 926.37 | 1,066.47 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-020 | Peeshti skali Reserve[n 9] | 1,049.10 | 968.14 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-021 | Sokolna Reserve | 824.90 | 780.55 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Illyric Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Croatia | 1133ter-022 | Forest reserves Hajdučki i Rožanski kukovi | 1,289.11 | 9,869.25 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-023 | Suva draga-Klimenta | Paklenica National Park | 1,241.04 | 414.76 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-024 | Oglavinovac-Javornik | 790,74 | 395.35 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Slovenia | 1133ter-047 | Krokar | 74.50 | 47.90 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-048 | Snežnik-Ždrocle | 720.24 | 128.80 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1133quater-073 BH-JANJ-01 |
Prašuma Janj | 295.04 | 380.74 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Central Mediterranean Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Italy | 1133ter-025 | Cervara Valley (Valle Cervara) | Abruzzo, Lazio & Molise | 119.70 | 751.61 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1133ter-026 | Selva Moricento | 192.70 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-027 | Coppo del Morto | 104.71 | 415.51 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-028 | Coppo del Principe | 194.49 | 446.62 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-029 | Fondillo Valley (Val Fondillo) | 325.03 | 700.95 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-030 1133quater-088 IT-POLL-01* |
Cozzo Ferriero | Pollino National Park | 95.75 | 2,851.83 | 2017 2021* |
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1133quater-089 IT-POLL-02 |
Pollinello | 477.94 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133quater-090 IT-VALL-01 |
Infernale Valley (Valle Infernale) | 320.79 | 2,191.36 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-031 1133quater-086 IT-FUMB-01* |
Falascone | Umbra Forest (Foresta Umbra) |
254.30 | 3,486.29 | 2017 2021* |
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1133quater-087 IT-FUMB-02 |
Pavari-Sfilzi | 667.13 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-032 | Monte Cimino | 57.54 | 87.96 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-033 | Monte Raschio | 73.73 | 54.75 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
1133ter-034 | Sasso Fratino | 781.43 | 6,936.64 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Pyrenaic-Iberian Beech Forest Region | |||||||
Spain | 1133ter-049 | Tejera Negra | Beech forests of Ayllón (Hayedos de Ayllón) |
255.52 | 13,880.86 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[n 10] |
1133ter-050 | Montejo | 71.79 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-051 | Lizardoia | Beech forests of Navarra (Hayedos de Navarra) |
63.97 | 24,494.52 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-052 | Aztaparreta | 171.06 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
1133ter-053 | Cuesta Fria | Beech forests of Picos de Europa (Hayedos de Picos de Europa) |
213.65 | 14,253.00 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
1133ter-054 | Canal de Asotin | 109.58 | 2017 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
France | 1133quater-083 FR-MASS-01 |
Massane | 239.50 | 1,432.30 | 2021 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
* Only boundary modification.
Udava (Bukovské Vrchy, Slovakia) was created by modifying the boundary of Stužica before. Falascone (Italy) in turn was named previously Umbra Forest (Foresta Umbra).[12][13][2]
This is a transnational serial nature UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompassing 94 component parts (forests) in 18 European countries.[1][2] The total area of component parts is 98,125.15 ha (242,472.5 acres), including buffer zones 392,846.02 ha (970,743.7 acres). The largest total area of component parts is in Ukraine and Romania – 54% total (41% including buffer zones).
Forms of protection
Component parts of this property overlap more or less with various protected areas like national parks, nature reserves, Natura 2000 network.[14][15][16][10][12][17][18]
Abbreviations:
C – count of component parts in a given cluster
N – overlapping with Natura 2000 areas
Tentative list
This forest is placed on the World Heritage Tentative list as a proposal for the expansion of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe site:
Montenegro[19]
- Virgin Forest Reserve in NP Biogradska Gora
Gallery
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Ручей в Стужице.JPG
Freshwater stream in Stužica
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Dlaboka River Valley in Macedonia.jpg
Dlaboka Reka
Notes
- ↑ Geographic coordinates corrected from "N49 4 14 E22 3 1" to N49°4’58’’ E22°35’45’’
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Uholka-Shyrikyi Luh" corrected to "Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Strimbu Băiuț" changed to "Strâmbu Băiuț".
- ↑ "Gorna Solinka" corrected to "Górna Solinka".
- ↑ "Polonina Wetlinska" corrected to "Połonina Wetlińska".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Roztochya" corrected to "Roztochchya".
- ↑ "Stara reka Reserve[9][11]" corrected to "Steneto Reserve[6][9]".
- ↑ "Severen Dzhendem Reserve[9][11]" corrected to "Stara Reka Reserve[6][9]".
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Peesh skali" corrected to "Peeshti skali".
- ↑ Latitude corrected from "N41 143" to N41°14’43’’
References
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