Indicator name: Monitoring and improving the status of protected areas

Key message: In the last 5 years, there has been an increase in the number of activities of Public Enterprise Srbijašume as protected areas manager, in terms of monitoring and improving the state of the protected area

Assessment: All activities on monitoring and improvement of the status of protected areas are planned through the Protected Area Management Plans. The realisation  of  the  planned  activities  on  monitoring  and  improvement  of  the  state  of  protected  areas  depends  mostly  on  the  provided  financial resources from the budget through the Ministry of Environmental Protection, instead of being based more on the income of managers. Over the past 5 years, there is a clearly visible trend of increasing the number of activities of Public Enterprise Srbijašume, as protected areas manager, on monitoring and improving the state of protected areas through the realisation of different projects, monitoring and research of biodiversity in the protected areas it manages. Activities are carried out by various relevant scientific, educational and research institutions, as well as various associations and NGOs (Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Biology, Association for Protection and Study of Birds, Habiprot,  etc.).  Activities  have been  carried  out  to  monitor  the  status  of  moths  entomofauna,  birds,  amphibians  and  reptiles,  bears,  lampenflora, inventories and mapping of habitat types, conservation and targeted use of genofunds of rare and endangered species of forest trees and bushes, most significant endemic and relict flora representatives, medicinal herbs, drying of forests, and others. Through all these activities, management of protected areas is becoming more biodiversity-oriented.

Indicator Name: Monitoring and improving the status of protected areas

Institution/Author: Public Enterprise Srbijasume/Dejan Miletić

Use and interpretation:

Key question(s) which indicator helps to answer: What is the efficiency of the management of PE “Srbijašume” with protected areas in terms of monitoring and improving the status of biodiversity?

Use of indicator: The data indicate the effectiveness of protected area management in terms of project management, monitoring and biodiversity research in order to monitor and improve the status of protected areas.

Scale of appropriate use: Based on the Report on the Implementation of the Management Programme, the number of realized activities in monitoring the state of biodiversity through realized projects, monitoring and research by the managers of the protected areas.

Potential for aggregation:

Meaning of upward or downward trends (“good or bad”): Over the past 5 years, there is a clear trend of increasing the number of activities of PE “Srbijašume” in monitoring and improving the state of protected areas by implementing various projects, monitoring and researching biodiversity in the protected areas under its management. Activities are carried out by various relevant scientific and research institutions, as well as various associations (Institute of Nature Protection of Serbia, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Biology, Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia, Habiprot, Kraljevo Natural Society “Balkan”, etc.). The activities were carried out to monitor the state of night butterflies, entomofauna, birds of amphibians and reptiles, bears, lampflora, inventory and mapping of habitat types, conservation and oriented use of geno-funds of rare and endangered species of forest trees and bushes, the most significant endemic and relict flora representatives, dieback of forests, etc.

Possible reasons for upward or downward trends: The realization of the planned activities on monitoring and improvement of the state of protected areas depends directly on the provided financial resources from the budget through the Ministry of Environmental Protection, i.e. means of compensation for the use of the protected area or own funds of the managers.

Implications for biodiversity management of change in the indicator: All activities on monitoring and improving the status of protected areas are describe in the Management Plans and Programmes for Protected Areas.

Units in which it is expressed: Number of realized activities

Description of source data: Report on the implementation of the Management Programme for Protected Areas

Calculation procedure: Total number of implemented activities of managers on monitoring and improvement of the state of protected areas on an annual basis.

Most effective forms of presentation: Descriptive and graphic

Limits to usefulness and accuracy: none

Updating the indicator: Once a year in a report on the implementation of the Management Program for Protected Areas.

Closely related indicators:

Change in the amount of funds allocated from the Budget to Protected Areas
Change in the amount of funds allocated from the compensation for use of Protected Areas

Additional information and comments:
All activities on monitoring and improving the status of protected areas are planned by the Management Plans and Programmes for Protected Areas. The realization of the planned activities on monitoring and improvement of the state of protected areas depends directly on the provided financial resources from the budget through the Ministry of Environmental Protection, compensation for the use of the protected area or own funds of the managers. Over the past 5 years, there is a clear trend of increasing the number of activities of “Srbijašume” in monitoring and improving the state of protected areas by implementing various projects, monitoring and researching biodiversity in the protected areas in which it is managed. Activities are carried out by various relevant scientific and research institutions, as well as various associations (Institute of Nature Protection of Serbia, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Biology, Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia, Habiprot, Kraljevo Natural Society “Balkan”, etc.). The activities were carried out to monitor the state of night butterflies, entomofauna, birds of amphibians and reptiles, bears, lampflora, inventory and mapping of habitat types, conservation and oriented use of geno-funds of rare and endangered species of forest trees and bushes, the most significant endemic and relict flora representatives, dieback of forests, etc.

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