We aim to facilitate cooperation on a regional level between
all stakeholders - NGOs and state institutions involved in
the management of Military Training Areas. Our NGO partners
are mostly members of the Natura 2000 Working Group of CEEweb,
but other interested NGOs from the region are invited to participate
and contribute their own experiences. Besides building an
NGO network we search for the best ways to cooperate with
the relevant institutions - Ministries of Defence and Ministries
of Environment.
National coordinators
Slovakia: Katarina Klimova (BROZ)
Hungary: Sarolta Tripolszky (CEEweb Policy Office)
Serbia: Ivan Paunovic (Ecolibri)
Bulgaria: Doncho Kirov (Green Balkans)
Poland: Urszula Biereznoj (Naturalist Klub Poland)
Romania: Emilian Burdusel ( UNESCO Pro Natura)
Latvia: Ieva Rove (Latvian Fund for Nature)
Related projects in CEE countries
There are a few related pilot projects in the CEE region
which started within the last two years. While the beneficiaries
are in most cases state institutions, CEEweb members are involved
as NGO partner in most cases:
The project focuses on the restoration of suitable habitat
conditions and introduction of appropriate management on the
most valuable remaining pannonic inland sand dunes and dry
heaths at the territory of Military Training Area Zahorie,
which is one of the most important areas in Slovakia not only
for these particular habitats, but also for the biodiversity
in general.
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to
the development of the Natura 2000 network in Slovakia and
the conservation of habitats and species at national level.
The project aims to restore eight proposed Sites of Community
Interest (pSCI) in the Zahorie Lowland. Several of these pSCIs
is located in a Military Training Area. The proposed activities
target a network of mountain rivers and ponds, bogs, dunes,
and riparian and alder forests.
The selected project site Military Training Area Adazi is
the largest training area in Latvia and in the Baltic States,
most of which is a Natura 2000 site. It has been used for
military purposes from the 1930s and became a Natura 2000
site in 2004. Besides the conservation and restoration of
the Natura 2000 habitats and species one of the main objectives
of the project is to investigate possibilities of combining
nature protection and use for defence purposes. Visit
the project website >>
