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International Treaties and Initiatives
of Biodiversity
During
last two-three decades a number of international initiatives for conservation
of biodiversity and ecosystems in threat has increased. The Slovak Republic
has also signed several international conventions on nature conservation
(e.g. the Ramsar Convention, the World Heritage Convention, CITES, the
Bonn Convention, the Bern Convention, the Convention on Biological Diversity).
| International Conventions | Place and Year of Undertaken of Conventions | Entry into Force of Convention of the SR |
| The Ramsar Convention | Ramsar, 1971 | 2nd Juni. 1990 |
| The World Heritage Convention | Paris, 1972 | succession to 1st January 1993 |
| The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) | Washington, 1973 | succession to 2nd March 1993 |
| The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) | Bonn, 1979 | 1995 |
| The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention), | Bern, 1979 | accession
on 28th April 1994
entry into force on 1st January 1997 |
| The Convention on Biological Diversity | Rio de Janeiro, 1992 | accession
on 19th May 1993
compliance of Slovak National Parliament on 18th August 1994 by Decree no. 556/1994 ratification by president of the SR on 23rd August 1994 |
The list of native species of plants and of animals important from the international treaties and initiatives point of view is compiled of annexes and appendices of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention), the Council Directive 93/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (Habitats Directive), the Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds (Birds Directive), the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention), the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals (1996). From this list it is possible to look for so called ”priority species” which are in the highest consideration of the international community and which need the appropriate readiness of Contracting Parties to provide relevant conservation and information on their status and threats on national level.
In all taxa of native plants and 508 taxa of indigenous species of animals of Slovakia are included at least in one of the lists of the international instruments and initiatives:
39
species of plants are included in Appendix I, 313 species of animals are
included in Appendix II and
157 species in Appendix III
of the Bern Convention.
107
bird species are included in Annex I of the Birds Directive,
13
species are included in Appendix I and 213 species in Appendix II
of the Bonn Convention,
4 species and 1 whole familie (Orchidaceae) are included in Appendix II,
7 species of animals
are included in Appendix
I, 55 species of animals in Appendix II and 10 Species of animals in
Appendix III of CITES
120
taxa of the Slovak fauna are listed in 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened
Animals of which
47 are in a category
of threat (2 species are Critical, 4 species are Endangered and 41 are
Vulnerable).
Number of plant taxa included in individual lists
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* The Orchidaceae family is involved in CITES anneex II
as a whole. According to Checklist of non - vascular and vascular plants
of Slovakia being prepared there are 110 taxons in it in Slovakia,
from which there are 69 species, 17 subspecies and 24 hybrids.
Number of animal species included in individual
listsCrustacea
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Bern III Habitat III V V Birds D I Bonn I Bonn II AEWA CITES I CITES II CITES III IUCN RL-CR EN VU LR:cd LR:nt LR:lc DD |
30 40 - - 24 - 1 4 1 - 2 8 1 14 1 - |
80 - 107 13 189 103 6 47 9 1 - 11 - 6 1 - |
4 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - |
8 12 - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 - 1 |
30 22 - - - - - 2 - (1) 2 5 - 4 - 12 |
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2 2 - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - |
1 28 - - - - - 1 - - - 8 - 9 2 3 |
1 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - |
1 5 - - - - - - - - - 4 3 8 - 4 |
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