Hungary-Slovakia plan to develop border natural habitats
Hungary and Slovakia are using a 400 million forint (EUR 994,000) EU grant to restore natural habitats in “border biosphere reserves”, also involving introducing endangered reptiles and amphibians, protecting wild cat species and suppressing invasive tree species.
Restoring natural habitats
The Pilis, Fertő lake, and Polana Biosphere Reserves will participate in the programme directly, Péter Mészáros, Pilis Park Forest‘s spokesman, said on Monday, adding that Aggtelek and Slovak Karst Biosphere Reserves will be professional cooperation partners during the 2.5 year project.
Also, environmental education projects will be launched, and trails and visitor centers established in the Polana and Pilis Biosphere Reserves.
Pilis Park Forest, the sole park forest enterprise in Hungary, manages 65,000 hectares in Pest and Komarom-Esztergom counties in the Gerecse, Pilis, Visegrád and Buda hills, the Gödöllő hills and the Csepel plains, he noted.
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