WCC 2016 Res 034 - Progress Report

UVR CSPO, together with other NGOs, participated in the commenting procedure during the formulation of the SUMAVA National Park zonation scheme. Despite the submission of multiple recommendations based on scientific criteria and analysis of the Natura 2000 sites within the National Park area, UVR CSPO’s efforts to bring the National Park zonation in line with the resolution were largely unsuccessful. The National Park administration and the Ministry of the Environment did not update the zonation to bring it in line with the requirement of 30% of the National Park area within the 'natural' zone. The newly approved zonation includes only 27.7% of the National Park area in the zone, and logging will thus remain part of the management regime for the rest of the National Park. In any case, as it was already known, the approved zonation will not be amendable for the next 15 years under the Act (2034 at the earliest). Finally, parts of the core areas are now without game management and forestry.