A four-page information sheet and a brief summary (19 pages) on the SARD-M Project activities in the Carpathians are now available.

They present the main results of the policy assessments for SARD conducted in Romania, the Slovak Republic and Ukraine by UNEP Vienna-Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention during 2005 and of an expert workshop titled “Strengthening SARD-M Policies for the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (24 October 2005 in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovak Republic) organized by UNEP Vienna – ISCC together with the SARD-M Project and Euromontana.

They include 22 recommendations at a global level or on some major issues for the Carpathians such as biodiversity conservation, sustainable land-use, income generation and diversification of rural activities as well as proposals for follow-up activities.