Land management rights are to be transferred from nature conservation organisations to a central Land Agency which has economic rather than conservation interests if Hungary’s new law gets approved, bird Life International reports.
“If approved the new legislation is likely to damage centuries of nature conservation traditions and practices,”says Elodie Cantaloube in her report for Bird Life International
Among Hungary’s natural treasures are Europe’s largest known stalactite cave which is an incredible 26 km long (partly shared with Slovakia), inside Aggtelek National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and Héviz Lake, Europe’s largest thermal lake.
Hungary has been well known for its strong laws and firmly established framework to protect its nature and wildlife. Its well-developed system made up of governmental institutions and large network of protected areas on government owned land. About nine per cent of Hungary’s territory is under federal protection and there are 63 forest reserves that have been designated as protected land. All of the country’s known 4077 caves have been protected by law since 1961. Hungary’s contribution to the Europe’s ‘Natura 2000 Network’ is quite significant as well. It’s about 21 per cent of the country’s total land area, or nearly 2 million hectares.
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