Ready for a Slovak tour? Visit this month’s Country Focus!
Slovakia is a geographically small country, but very rich in
biodiversity. In this month's Country Focus you can read about
Slovakia's flowery meadows and pastures and the Carpathians –
the natural bridge separating Western and Eastern Europe. In
Slovakia there are nine National Parks and 14 Landscape
Protected Areas. Three National Parks and one Landscape
Protected Area were included in the UNESCO Programme Man and the
Biosphere and designated as Biosphere Reserves. Mountain areas
in Slovakia comprise about three fifths of the territory.
Changes in mountain areas have accelerated in recent years.
Socio-economic factors, political transformation, and societal
modernisation have changed the mountain landscapes with the
reduction of agricultural activities. IUCN Members in Slovakia
are Slovak Ecological Society (Nitra), State Nature Conservancy
of the Slovak Republic (Banska Bystrica), Association of
National Parks and Protected Areas of Slovakia (Tatra