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23 April 2001
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The Carpathians
Facts and figures

 

 

The Numbers

Total area 209 256 km2
Dimensions 1500 km long, up to 350 km wide
Highest peak 2665m, Gerlach in High Tatras, Slovakia
Carpathian countries Romania (55%)
Slovakia (17%)
Ukraine (11%)
Poland (10%)
Hungary (4%)
Czech Republic (3%)
Austria (less than 1%)
Source of major rivers Vistula, Dnister, Prut,
Aluta and numerous
Danube tributaries (e.g. Tisza, Vag)
Key wildlife 8000 brown bears
4000 wolves
3000 lynx
Population ca 16 to 18 million
Economic sectors Agriculture
forestry
tourism
local industry
mineral exploitation
Protected area 16% is under some form

Map Credit: Daphne Institute of Applied Ecology, Bratislava

Moving on:

 

THIS WEEK:
Christopher Orlet
60 Years after the Jedwabne Pogrom

Interview:
Ljubco Georgievski, Prime Minister of Macedonia

Special:
The Carpathians

Suzie Holt
Overview of the Region

Facts and Figures

Jaroslav Štika
What the Flock?

Brian J Požun
Warhol Nation

Andreas Beckmann
Tracking Wolves

Antonín Buček
National Parks

Andreas Beckmann
Public vs Private Forests

Tony Snape
Managing Resources

Andreas Beckmann
The Wolf as a Marker

Suzie Holt
Carpathian
Ecoregion Initiative

Wojtek Kość
Powerless Euroregion

Andreas Beckmann
Big Bad Wolf?

Suzie Holt
Carpathian Conference

Kinoeye:
Andrew James Horton
Jerzy Hoffman and Ogniem i mieczem

Wojtek Kość
Filip Bajon's Przedwiośnie

James Partridge
Sergei Paradzhanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Book Review:
David Graber
Fears and Symbols by Elemér Hankiss

eBooks:
Štěpán Kotrba
Sow and Reap

Brian J Požun
Shedding the Balkan Skin

Martin D Brown
Czech Historical Amnesia

Dejan Anastasijević (ed)
Out of Time

Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Hungarian Oil Scandal

Sam Vaknin
After the Rain

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Estonia
EU/NATO
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Hungary
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Romania
Serbia
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