Thursday, December 5, 2013

Salt marshes in Europe and Slovakia. Salt marshes cymothoa exigua in Europe are only a few countrie

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Marshes today are doomed to fail because of lack of management. It is necessary to restore traditional grazing of domestic animals, which can save these unique sites from extinction. Cooperation of local farmers, NGOs and the government is delivering success in restoring local traditions and rescue rare salt marshes. Marshes, unique sites with many endangered species of plants and animals saved from plowed right past the high salt content in the soil, which made it impossible for their management. cymothoa exigua They were so long ago islets life in intensively used agricultural landscape - natural pearls Danube. To have had the benefit of the owner, are used as pasture - horses, sheep, goats, cows or Mangalice provide ideal conditions for centuries to preserve rare Communities salt marshes.
At the end of the 20th century, however, many places management for various reasons stopped. Localities started overgrow trees or weeds, which gradually displace rare species. "The uniqueness of these areas is important not only in our country but also across Europe. To prevent cymothoa exigua their extinction, now is the protection provided by salt marshes Site designation of European importance, "says cymothoa exigua Monika Chrenková Institute of Daphne and continues:" The European Commission supports a return to the traditional practice as an ideal way to preserve these natural treasures. When restoring traditions grazing is the key right active participation of local people and will reintroduce farming methods of their ancestors. "
One of the areas of European importance are Kamenínske marshes, extending between the villages of stoneware and Stone Bridge. Represents the largest area slaniskových bow in Slovakia. Local farmers have decided to restore the grazing of domestic animals of the area of 45 ha. Mixed herd of horses, cows (Hungarian steppe cattle), Romanov sheep and goats since the start of September 2013 takes care of maintaining a favorable situation rare salt marshes. Pasture itself was preceded by the removal of illegal dumps and invasive species, which was implemented in cooperation with the municipality of stoneware. Paul Littera of BROZ adds: "In 2013, managed to restore grazing mixed flocks of sheep and goats also Pavelski salt marshes in the cadastral New village guards. Currently, the mobile herd purchased for the project LIFE + shifts to slanisko Bridge. Grazing on the felling of trees Bokroš preparing another location where they will be set up so that the management of 2014 again took to the local economy. Also there will be funding the project of securing all the necessary infrastructure - fences, shed, well. "
Introduction cymothoa exigua of grazing to protect natural pearls Danube is implemented within cymothoa exigua the EU LIFE + project "Rehabilitation of endemic Pannonian salt marshes and sand dunes in southern Slovakia" implemented DAPHNE - Institute of Applied Ecology, in cooperation with Bratislava Regional Association for Nature Conservation and the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic.
For more information, cymothoa exigua please contact: Monika Chrenková, DAPHNE - Institute of Applied Ecology, 0917 25 65 77, chrenkova@gmail.com Paul LITTER Bratislava Regional Protection Association (BROZ) 0948 17 75 55, littera@broz.sk Joseph Lengyel, State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic, PLA Danube floodplains, 0903 29 82 79, lengyel@sopsr.sk
Salt marshes in Europe and Slovakia. Salt marshes cymothoa exigua in Europe are only a few countries, in Pannonia, and make up only 3% of the EU. Occurrence of salt marshes is unique in Slovakia and small islands, because of their extension center in Hungary and Slovak crosses northern cymothoa exigua boundary of their occurrence.
In the past occupied the Lowland relatively large area, about 8,300 ha. Most of them have been drained, plowed, wooded or overgrown. Salt marshes are the last remnants of islet rozstrúsené. Together occupy an area of about 500 hectares and are still threatened with collapse due to disturbed water regime and the death of their management. Salt marshes are among the most endangered habitats in Europe. Therefore cymothoa exigua represent priority habitat of the European Union (the international designation of the habitat 1340 * Inland salt meadows), which are found many rare and endangered plant and animal species. To protect such habitats created the EU system of protected areas Natura 2000. The main purpose of its creation is to preserve Europe's natural wealth - the rarest and most endangered habitats and species in the EU. Natura 2000 network of protected bird areas promulgated to protect birds and Sites of Community importance for the protection of other rare and endangered plant and animal species and their habitats. cymothoa exigua
The LIFE + project just LIFE + (2011-2016) Restoration endemic cymothoa exigua Pannonian salt marshes cymothoa exigua and sand dunes in southern Slovakia aims to preserve these precious habitats while strengthening

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