| Project Name | Silva Gabreta Monitoring - Implementation of cross-border biodiversity and water regime monitoring |
| Beneficiary | Czech University of Life Sciences Prague - Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences |
| Investigator | Miroslav Svoboda |
| Total Partner Recources | 79.215,00 € |
| ERDF co-financing | 67.332,70 € |
| Public co-financing | 11.882,25 EUR € |
| Project Implementation Period | 1/4/2016 – 31/3/2019 |
| Operational Programme | Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Czech Republic – Free State of Bavaria Objective ETC 2014–2020 |
This project, for the first time in history, will enable to set up the joint cross-border monitoring and, in fact, to launch a united monitoring program in the area of both national parks that have been awarded the "Transboundary Parks" certificate.
The project objective is to create a functional infrastructure for the cross-border monitoring network and, for the first time in history, to use standardized modern methods to monitor biodiversity of forests, peat bogs and water in both national parks. Furthermore, the project will allow to share and evaluate data from the jointly created biodiversity database. The results will be an important basis for further steps towards the convergence of protection management in the jointly shared area of ??the Czech-Bavarian Šumava region. The cross-border application of standard methodological procedures will enable to create a single set of data that will be a valuable basis for improving the protection and scientific cooperation of neighbouring NPs. This will overcome the difficulties in sharing data and comparing the results obtained in the territory of neighbouring NPs with various methods recorded in the past. The new project will significantly improve the conditions for further cooperation in the care of neighbouring NPs.
The obtained data on the biodiversity of the area will be a valuable basis for protection management and other scientific knowledge of the cross-border area of ??the Šumava. Modern scientific knowledge is a necessary basis for responsible territory management and related policy decisions. At the same time, current scientific knowledge applied to territory management brings both NPs to the top among European NPs, as monitoring activities and methods will be agreed and harmonized on the cross-border basis for the first time. In addition, tourism will benefit from the adapted and sustainable use of our natural heritage. As current research shows, visitors are increasingly attracted by wildlife in the core areas of the NP, on which the project will be focused as a matter of priority.
The cross-border territory of Šumava provides a large number of ecosystem services; and continuous monitoring of its quality is an essential part of responsible management of this territory. Currently, the most significant aspects are, in particular, the recovery of ecosystems after acidification and large-scale disturbances, water quality and species diversity. Both large protected areas provide important cultural (e.g. recreation), caretaking (e.g. drinking water, natural habitat), regulatory (e.g. flood protection) and supporting (e.g. nutrient cycle) ecosystem services and fulfil an irreplaceable function of "control" better "reference" areas in long-term research and monitoring projects and allow to better understand changes in ecosystems that also occur in surrounding cultural landscapes. This importance of protected areas will grow more and more especially in connection with the consequences of climate change.
The project will bring a number of predictions to optimize the management of the cross-border region at a time of climate change, the consequences of which we are already experiencing. The outputs of the project will be an important basis for the care of other large-scale territories.
Lead Partner:
- Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald – Germany, Bavaria
Project Partners:
- National park Šumava (Národní park Šumava) – Czech Republic
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze) – Czech Republic
- Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung – Germany, Bavaria
- Masaryk university (Masarykova univerzita) – Czech Republic
More information can be found on the project Web site:
http://www.silvagabreta.eu/forest/forest_de.html