Representatives from two Czech protected areas joined our autumn mission to Moldova to share their knowledge and experience with local foresters, mayors, protected area managers and activists.
Anna Josefovičová from the Krkonoše National Park and Vladan Riedl from the Pálava Protected Landscape Area visited three protected areas in Moldova - the Lower Dniester National Park, the Codru Nature Reserve and the Orhei National Park - to meet with their respective colleagues and share Czech (and their own) experiences of river and forest management.
Both countries face similar challenges - increasingly frequent droughts, drying rivers, water and wind erosion, straightened riverbeds, artificial obstacles in waterways or dying forest monocultures. The experts described how these issues are being addressed in the Czech Republic, gave examples of good and bad practice, and discussed with interested interlocutors how protected area administrations, state agencies, municipalities, foresters or volunteers can contribute to a more natural and long-term positive state of rivers and forests.
You can download Mr. Riedel's presentation, which summarizes his experience in forest area management, below the article.
Arnika, together with the local NGO Biotica, is assisting Moldova on this journey through a joint project "Natura 2000 Moldova: Promoting an European Approach to Nature Conservation in Moldova" supported by the Transition Promotion Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the project "Czech Support for Better Management of Protected Areas in Moldova" implemented under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Challenge Fund.
