NEW BOOK ON SLOVAK PRIMEVAL FORESTS FINALLY PRESENTED
on November 28, 2001 at the Royal castle in Zvolen, Slovakia

E. Bublinec, V. Pichler et al.
SLOVAK PRIMEVAL FORESTS
Diversity and Protection

A Slovak/English edition available

© Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia
Published by Institute of Forest Ecology SAS, Zvolen, Slovakia

Containing texts written by more than twenty leading forestry scientists and biologists and some 200 color pictures taken by prominent photographers, the book represents a unique blend of up-to-date scientific information with an impressive, though at the same time highly illustrative imagery on 200 pages.

Reviewers: Dr. Gustav Harmer (WWF's Board of Trustees), Jean-Pierre Ribaut (former chairman of the Council of Europe's Enviromental Committee), Dr. Ctibor Gregus (Slova Academy of Sciences).

ISBN 80-967238-4-7

Price: 80 EUR + postage (varies between 10-15 EUR depending of the country of shipment)

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The book presents Slovak primary forests from a planetary perspective.		Respective chapters deal with primeval forests' structure...
...ecological patterns...		...biodiversity...
...protection...		...tree species composition...
...as well as fifteen primeval forests selected as to represent all the different vegetation stages on the Slovak territory – among them Kasivarova...		...Havesova...
...Dobroc...		...Kosodrevina etc.

Excerpts from a letter sent to Dr. Pichler and his colleagues by Dr. Jean-Pierre Ribaut, former Head of the Division of Environment, Council of Europe, on the occasion of the book presentation on November 28, 2001 at the Royal castle in Zvolen, Slovakia:

"I would like to take this opportunity to underline the importance of this event and to encourage you to well preserve and manage these kind of natural relics, which will be under increasing pressure with man's development policy.

This policy means better and more roads, new areas for secondary homes, industries, leisure activities with the consequence that the natural sectors are regularly diminishing. However, the virgin forests play an essential function with their high and priceless biological diversity and the numerous ecological functions they assume.

We have destroyed all of them in Western Europe. Slovakia has the big chance to possess, with some other Central and Eastern European countries, some very important of these exceptional ecosystems. But this situation includes also the responsibility to protect them as they are of international value and are part of the "Common world heritage"...

Dear colleague, I wish you a successful celebration and congratulate you and all the persons, authorities, associations who have contributed to this event."

Dr Jean-Pierre Ribaut
Former Head of the Division of Environment
Council of Europe
Strasbourg, France

"I am pleased to write this preface to a book on Slovak primeval forests. As a matter of fact, it's quite extraordinary that so many impressive old growths of mighty oaks, beech, fir or spruce trees have been preserved right in the middle of Europe, in the country my grandparents came from. I hope, that Slovak forestry scientists, foresters, conservationists along with all people of good will see to that the primeval forests in this country will survive until the mankind - perhaps after colonising the Moon or Mars realises, how unlikely, different and unique every square meter of our Planet's surface is."

An excerpt from the Preface
written by EUGENE A. CERNAN
pilot of the Geminy 9 starship,
pilot of the lunar module of the Apollo 10 mission,
commander of the Apollo 17 starship,
to date the last man to stand on the Moon
 

Swiss ambassador. Mr. Wernly speaks to Dr. Pichler during the reception following the book presentation.

The book has drawn the attention of invited guests.

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