Central European Grasslands - Conservation and Sustainable Use

The project will promote sustainable use of the meadows in four areas: SrNP (Slovensky raj National Park), MFNP (Mala Fatra National Park), Morava River floodplain, and Olsavica valley through: (a) The preparation and implementation of restoration and management plans; (b) The analysis and introduction of incentives to encourage farmers to adopt biodiversity friendly and sustainable meadow management practices; (c) Development of Slovak grassland databaseas information framework for preparation of national policy for grassland biodiversity conservation; (e) Training and capaicty building for managers and landowners. The project objective is to assist Slovakia to maintain representative samples of unique grassland ecocsystems and their biodiversity in both the protected areas and productive landscape, through the promotion of restoration, conservation and sustainable use managemnt practices.