NATURE – GIS CZ +SK WorkshopNATURE – GIS CZ +SK Workshop

Hotel Pyramida, Praha, 2.10.2002

Ochrana životného prostredia Ochrana životného prostredia na Slovenskuna Slovensku

Environmental protection in Environmental protection in SlovakiaSlovakia

Žilinská univerzita v Žiline Žilinská univerzita v Žiline Fakulta riadenia a informatikyFakulta riadenia a informatiky

Peter FabiPeter Fabiánán

peter.fabian@fri.utc.skhttp://tempus1.fri.utc.sk/nature-gis

KontaktnKontaktné miesto projektu v SRé miesto projektu v SRSídlo národného sekretariátu GISIGSídlo národného sekretariátu GISIGSídlo CETRA – Centra excelencie, Sídlo CETRA – Centra excelencie, uznaného a podporovaného EKuznaného a podporovaného EKSídlo Team Geomedia RRLSídlo Team Geomedia RRL

National action plan for National action plan for the the environmental protectionenvironmental protection

NEAP I. - Národný environmentálny akčný program SR I. - 1996

National action plan for the environmental protection

NEAP II.- Národný environmentálny akčný program SR II. – 1999

Based on the environmental situation in Slovakia in 1998 – 99

Approved by decree of the Slovak government No. 1112 (16.12.1999)

Contains actions concerning investments, programs, conceptions, legislation, administrationeducation, awareness raising.

National action plan for National action plan for the the environmental environmental protectionprotection

STAGES till 2000 till 2002, till 2003 & beyond

Defines financing, institutional responsibility

10 sectors

 A : Protection of air and ozone layer B : Protection and rational use of water  C : Waste management  D : Risc factors and nuclear safety  E : Protection of the environment,

landscape and territorial development

National action plan for environmental National action plan for environmental protectionprotection

 F : Protection and rational use of deposits (mining), soils and forests

 G : Economy of the environment  H : Environmental information and

monitoring   I : Environmental education and

awareness rising   J : Management of the environmental

protection.

Národný environmentálny akčný programNárodný environmentálny akčný program National action plan for environmental National action plan for environmental

protectionprotection

Slovenská agentúra pre životné prostredieSlovenská agentúra pre životné prostredieSlovak Agency for EnvironmentSlovak Agency for Environment (SAE) (SAE)

Established - 17.5.1993 by Ministry of Environment

264 Employees (31.12.2001)

Finance 91 mil. SKK ( approx. 2 mil. Euro)

Focal point of EEA (European Environmental Agency)

Slovak Agency for EnvironmentSlovak Agency for Environment - distribution - distribution

Slovak Agency for EnvironmentSlovak Agency for Environment - structure - structure

SAE- SAE- Centre for Centre for Environmental Science and Environmental Science and InformaticsInformatics

Administers the register of basic settlement units,

Builds the Territorial Information System in co-operation with other professional organisations in the SR,

Interconnects information about the territory and environment in the overall SEA’s structure and in relation to the Integrated Environmental Information and Monitoring System of the SR,

Professionally supervises and co-ordinates the Integrated Environmental Monitoring and Information System of the SR in national as well as international context,

SAE- SAE- Centre forCentre forEnvironmental Science and Environmental Science and InformaticsInformatics

Department of Environmental Information  

Co-ordinates individual partial monitoring systems from the point of view of the information system of monitoring development and ensures its development,

Develops the Information System of SEA as the subsystem of the Integrated Environmental Information and Monitoring System of the SR,

Develops  methodologies  for  individual layers of the geographic information system within the framework of SEA’s information system ,

7 PARTSAIR EMISIONS, IMISIONS, CLIMATOLOY AND METEOROLOGY, Partial Monitoring System (PMS) AIR, STANDARDS

WATER DRINKING W; SURFACE W; UNDERGROUND W; WASTE W;  W. QUALITY, RESOURCES, PMS WATER

SOILS ARABLE, WOODS, OTHER, WIND EROSION, WATER E; PMS SOIL

Information System on Environment IS-ŽPIS-ŽP

Information System on Environment IS-ŽPIS-ŽP

FORESTS TYPES, DIVERSITY, STATE, PMS FORESTS

GEOLOGY MINING, RESOURCES, PMS GEOLOGICAL FACTORS

BIOTA PMS BIOTA, FLORA, FAUNA, BIODIVERSITY, CATALOGUE OF PROTECTED TREES

LANDSCAPE RELIEF, LANDCOVER, PROTECTED ARES, CAVES, STATE LIST OF SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS

SEA – international co-operation

US EPA Cooperation with US EPA

DANUBE Remote Sensing demonstration project

CORINE Corine landcover

LANDSAT

JICA - REMP Regional Environmental Management Plan

FORESTS HEALTH STATE

ZP-Net – proprietary WAN for ZP-Net – proprietary WAN for EP institutionsEP institutions

PROTECTED AREASPROTECTED AREAS

Nature and landscape protection is defined as ”the prevention and limitation of impacts which endanger, damage or destroy life conditions and forms, natural heritage and landscape features, decrease its ecological stability, as well as the removal of the results of these impacts. Nature protection is also defined as the care of ecosystems.”

– § 2, part 2, of Act of the Parliament of the Slovak Republic SR No. 287/1994 Col. on Nature and Landscape Protection

LEVELS of PROTECTIONLEVELS of PROTECTIONWhole country is since 1994 divided in the following 5

levels of protection:

1st level of protection– country-wide, applied with regulation of 15 specified

activities and other preventive measures (the whole SR territory)

– 2nd level of protection– with regulation of further 14 specified activities

(particularly in the Protected Landscape Areas - PLA and Protective Zones of National Parks)

LEVELS of PROTECTIONLEVELS of PROTECTION3rd level of protection– with regulation of further 12 specified activities

(particularly in National Parks - NP)

4th level of protection– with prohibition of 15 specified activities and regulation of

others (particularly in Protected Sites - PS)

5th level of protectionwith prohibition of further 18 specified activities and

regulation of others, in: Nature Reserves (NR), Nature Monuments (NM), National

Nature Reserves (NNR), National Nature Monuments (NNM).

CATEGORIES of PROTECTED CATEGORIES of PROTECTED AREAS AREAS

– Protected Landscape Area (PLA) – level 2, – National Park (NP)– level 3,– Protected Site (PS) – level 4, – Nature Reserve (NR) – level 5, – Nature Monument (NM) – point, linear or other

smaller ecosystems, their components or elements generally not exceeding 50 ha in area, that have scientific, cultural, ecological, aesthetic or landscape significance, level 5

Protected areas in SK Protected areas in SK (as of December 31st 2000)

Category Count Level

Protected Landscape Area (PLA) 16 II

National Park (NP) 7 III

Protected Site (PS) 181 IV

Nature Reserve (NR) 369 V

National Nature Reserve (NNR) 231 V

Nature Monument (NM) 227 V

National Nature Monument (NNM) 45 V

Protected areas in SK Protected areas in SK (as of January 1st 1998)

National Parks in SKNational Parks in SK

National park Designation Area (ha) Protective zones (ha)

Tatra NP 18.12.1948 74 111  36,574

Pieniny NP 16.1.1967 3 750  22 444

Low Tatra NP 14.6.1978 72 842  110 162

Slovak Paradise NP *

18.1.1988 19 763  13 011

Malá Fatra NP* 18.1.1988 22 630  23 262

Poloniny NP* 23.9.1997 29 805  10 973

Muránska plain NP*

23.9.1997 20 318 21 698

UNESCO Biospheric reservesUNESCO Biospheric reserves

Reserves of the UNESCO Programme

”Man and the Biosphere” (MaB):

1) Slovenský kras Karst PLA - (1977),

2) Poľana PLA - (1990),

3) the Eastern Carpathians PLA (1992)

4) Tatra National Park (1992).

GIS departmentGIS department

Environmental regionalisationEnvironmental regionalisation

National catalogue of protected National catalogue of protected areas - WWWareas - WWW

Example – Map of protected Example – Map of protected areas in the NP Mala Fatraareas in the NP Mala Fatra

Example – Catalogue of protected Example – Catalogue of protected areas in the NP Mala Fatraareas in the NP Mala Fatra

Number Category Name

220 NM Bôrická mláka

227 NR Brodnianka

243 NM Domašínsky meander

249 NR Goľove mláky

250 NR Hajasová

261 NR Hrabinka

267 NR Hrádok

… … …

ExExaample – Catalogue of protected areasmple – Catalogue of protected areas

Web mapsWeb mapsCatalogue of data resourcesMetadataRS dataARC IMS technology

Metainformation system for GIS SAEMetainformation system for GIS SAE                                                                       

  Administrative boundaries   Protected areas   Protected trees   Digital terrain model   Hydrology   Pedology   Composition of woods   CORINE landcover   Satelite LANDSAT   Satelite SPOT   DGPS service

GIS SAE - Metainformation systemGIS SAE - Metainformation system                                                                       

INFO on DECLARED PROTECTED AREAS National parks Buffer zones of NP Protected landscape areas National nature reserves Nature reserves National nature monuments Nature monuments Protected sites Caves

Metainfo – Thematic layer National parksMetainfo – Thematic layer National parks

Metainfo – Thematic layer Territorial unitsMetainfo – Thematic layer Territorial units

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