Duna-Ipoly National ParkDirectorate

Pál Kézdy

Overview

Duna-IpolyNational Park

Directorate

National Park Directoratesof Hungary

Protected area

National level

European / international legislation

Name No. of sites Area (ha)

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands 5 6 000

Man and the Biosphere World Network of Biosphere Reserves

1 25 000

European Diploma of Protected Areas 1 1 200

Natura 2000 sites

Birds Directive(Special Protection Area – SPA)

10 148 000

Habitats directiveSite of Community Importance – SCI)

58 220 000

Protected area

A variety of ecosystemsfrom the steppes ...

Ecosystems

Alkaline steppe

Pannonic sand steppe

Pannonic inland sand dune thicket

6/27

… to the mountain forests

Ecosystems

Protected species

Protected species

Main tasks

Habitat management and reconstruction

Species protection programmes

Environmental education and ecotourism

Monitoring and research

Land property management (ca. 13 000 hectares)

Guarding of areas (40 rangers)

EU-projects

Sas-hill Nature Reserve