Welcome to the CERI webpage!
Carpathian EcoRegion Initiative is a coalition of NGOs and research institutes working towards a common vision for conservation and sustainable development of the Carpathians.
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Become a member
Membership is open to NGOs, academic and research institutes committed to sign up to the CERI vision statement and accepting the CERI Statutes.
Support us
All support will be used within the CERI vision, for conservation of the unique Carpathian Biodiversity.
for any kind of cooperation or support
Provide us with your pictures/photographs to be used for free for the promotion of Carpathian region and conservation of biodiversity
Initiate cooperation with CERI network, contact us to elaborate common project
Take advantage of CERI expertise and involve CERI experts into your projects
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Sustainable development in the Carpathians
As the CERI is the main NGO network partner supporting the implementation of the Carpathian Convention – officially titled, the “Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians,” (in addition to articles 6, 7, 8 and 9) sustainable development underlies all the work that CERI has done to date and plans to conduct in the future.
Sustainable management of natural resources and waste
Management of natural resources and waste is another theme that runs throughout the draft framework Carpathian Convention (Articles 4, 6, 7 and 10), which CERI supports primarily through its work towards development of the Carpathian Ecological Network, and through three major working groups – Management Planning Working Group, Environmental Policy and Rural Development Working Group and Tourism Working Group, as well as the member projects.
Important contribution to this objective is ensured through the activities of Management Planning Working Group (WG) which is focused on the management of protected areas and valuable nature sites, including management of natural resources in a sustainable way. This WG started its activities in spring 2006 and in autumn the first meeting of experts and NGO representatives took place. At the meeting the regional priorities were identified and based on them the concrete activities of the WG were planned for upcoming months and, within the longterm vision also for next years. This WG provides space for expert as well as non-expert discussions and ensures the exchange of experiences in the area of sustainable management of natural resources among all the Carpathian countries, identification and broad dissemination of model approaches and successful case studies. Effective and proper management planning forms the bases for efficient conservation of natural resources, therefore all activities undertaken by the Management Planning Working Group are planned in this direction.
Identification of threats and obstacles to sustainable development in the Carpathians
Activity has started in 2006 with the identification of threats and obstacles in certain areas of biodiversity conservation in the Carpathians. Main threats and obstacles were identified in the area of protected areas management, protection of endangered species and ecotourism activities in the region. Identification analyses will continue in 2007 in order to gain complex results. The synthesis of the results will start in second half of the year. This identification is closely interlinked with other CERI initiatives and activities. The results will be used for the adjustment of the main conservation targets identified for the development of the Carpathian Ecological Network.
This activity is coordinated within the Workpackage 4 in the frame of the ongoing MATRA BBI Project. Workpackage 4 is aimed at strengthening the organisational structure and capacities of the CERI to support the implementation of the Carpathian Convention and to design, implement and monitor sustainable development in the Carpathians. Besides the identification of threats and obstacles for sustainable development of the Carpathian region, the experts work on elaboration of the strategy for enhancing sustainable development in the Carpathians and the proposed role of CERI. The results of identification of threats and obstacles will form the bases for elaboration of the strategy.