Environmental Problems in East-Central Europe

Carter, Francis W.; Turnock, David

doi:10.4324/9780203449707

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“…Thus, due to their large involvement in international trade, focusing on emissions embodied in trade has an important relevance for these economies. To recount, Central and Eastern European countries had widespread ecological problems during the socialist period (Carter and Turnock, 2002), but since 1989 the ecological situation has improved significantly, because of several factors such as economic decline, industrial restructuring or stricter environmental legislation. On the other hand, economic growth has been also associated with negative environmental effects, including higher consumption or increase in car traffic.…”

Section: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Embodied In International Tradementioning

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Carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central Europe between 1995 and 2008

Vlčková

Nosek

Novotný

et al. 2015

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Section: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Embodied In International Tradementioning

confidence: 99%

Carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central Europe between 1995 and 2008

Vlčková

Nosek

Novotný

et al. 2015

Moravian Geographical Reports

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“…Refuges are considered resource-rich areas that are critical for the persistence of many species [40]. The alpine regions of northern Europe are relatively undeveloped and so may represent one of the last remaining large refuges left in Europe [41]. The sites selected in our analysis are not intended to maintain the entire bird diversity in Europe.…”

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The geography of hotspots of rarity-weighted richness of birds and their coverage by Natura 2000

Albuquerque

Gregory

2017

PLoS ONE

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A major challenge for biogeographers and conservation planners is to identify where to best locate or distribute high-priority areas for conservation and to explore whether these areas are well represented by conservation actions such as protected areas (PAs). We aimed to identify high-priority areas for conservation, expressed as hotpots of rarity-weighted richness (HRR)–sites that efficiently represent species–for birds across EU countries, and to explore whether HRR are well represented by the Natura 2000 network. Natura 2000 is an evolving network of PAs that seeks to conserve biodiversity through the persistence of the most patrimonial species and habitats across Europe. This network includes Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), where the latter regulated the designation of Special Protected Areas (SPA). Distribution maps for 416 bird species and complementarity-based approaches were used to map geographical patterns of rarity-weighted richness (RWR) and HRR for birds. We used species accumulation index to evaluate whether RWR was efficient surrogates to identify HRRs for birds. The results of our analysis support the proposition that prioritizing sites in order of RWR is a reliable way to identify sites that efficiently represent birds. HRRs were concentrated in the Mediterranean Basin and alpine and boreal biogeographical regions of northern Europe. The cells with high RWR values did not correspond to cells where Natura 2000 was present. We suggest that patterns of RWR could become a focus for conservation biogeography. Our analysis demonstrates that identifying HRR is a robust approach for prioritizing management actions, and reveals the need for more conservation actions, especially on HRR.

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“…As a result, after 1989 municipal waste increased by 20-30 per cent and the number of illegal dumping sites grew rapidly. In Poland, for example, municipal waste generation more than doubled (+234 per cent) between 1990 and 1997 and the number of illegal dumps exceeded 10,000 in 1997 [Nowicki, 1997;Carter and Kantowicz, 2002]. Glass bottles, traditionally used many times over by beverage producers, were replaced by plastic bottles, but few efficient recycling programmes were put in place to deal with them.…”

Section: Environmental Pasts/futures In Post-socialist Europementioning

confidence: 99%