Table of content:

Acknowledgements & Authors

Summary

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1. Ecological Network of Moldova

1.1. Components of Eco-Network

1.2. Geographical Aspects of NENM

1.3. Levels of Components of the Eco-Network

1.4. Eco-Network as Informational System

2. System of Criteria for Estimate of Value of Components of Ecological Network

2.1. Criteria for Attribution of Particular Status to Core Areas with Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystem Cover

2.2. Criteria for Ranking Areas of the Eco-Network which are Not Core Areas

2.3. Principles for Designating Areas Intended for Ecological Restoration and for Establishing Biological Corridors in Conditions of Excessive Economic Land Use

2.4. Use of Lands for Establishing Biological Corridors and Restoration, which Not Meet Criteria of Areas Intended for Ecological Restoration

3. Operational Checklists

3.1. Operational Checklist of Vascular Plants

3.2. Operational Checklist List of Endemic Vegetation Associations

3.3. Operational List of Insects

3.4. Operational List of Terrestrial Vertebrates

4. Objects of Eco-Network

5. Main Actions Concerning National Eco-Network of Moldova

6. Estimation of Potential and Some Recommendations for Establishing National Ecological Network of Moldova

6.1. Main Conditions for Establishing NENM

6.1.1. Elaborating the Concept of Eco-Network in Moldova

6.1.2. Ecological and Socio-Economical Conditions of Forming Eco-Network

6.1.3. Analysis of Legal Framework for Establishing National Eco-Network

6.2. Comment on Results of Area Estimations, Based on Main Components of Ecological Network of Moldova (by Biological Indicators)

6.2.1. Estimation of Core Areas

6.2.2. Designated Components of Eco-Network in the Structure of the Country’s Area

6.3. Recommendations

6.3.1. Concerning the Development of a System of Management for Natural Protected Areas

6.3.2. Priorities of scientific estimation of core areas

6.3.3. Law on Modification and Completion of some Legislative Acts (Draft)

Conclusion

References

Map of the Ecological Network

1.2. Geographical Aspects of NENM

Bearing in mind that,

a) processes of global extinction and depletion of natural heritage stem from processes based on local and regional extinctions,
b) irreversibility of losses of some components of natural heritage, and
c) that local restoration of other components is not always possible and rarely is complete,

the concept of NENM, as a tool for maintaining biological and landscape diversity, takes into account geographical distribution of the objects that comprise biological diversity and other natural values.

Bearing in mind, that:

1. biogeographical and landscape zoning of Moldova have a long way to go before completion,
2. biogeographical and geographical zoning of Northern Eurasia is subject to different scientific approaches and views,
3. lack of clarity concerning tools and terms required for resolving these uncertainty,
4. as well as the necessity to make proper decisions concerning NENM,

the concept accepts the natural zoning of the country and represents the result of recombining some existing notions.

These comprise:

1. the system of plant zoning by V.N. Andreev (1949) as modified by T.C. Gheideman (1978) comprising 9 districts;
2. the system of landscape zoning by V.E. Proca (1978) comprising 12 districts grouped in 5 zones;
3. a version of zoning of Northern Eurasia by N.A. Sobolev and B.Iu. Russo (1997), in respect to Moldova, with modification, suggests that the territory be included in four biogeographical regions.

The natural zoning of Moldova comprises 12 districts:

1. Northern-Moldavian forest-steppe
2. Middle-Prut forest-steppe
3. Balti steppe
4. Ciuluc-Olonet steppe
5. Dniester-Raut forest-steppe
6. Middle Dniester forest-steppe
7. Codru forest
8. Lower Prut forest-steppe
9. South-Moldavian forest-steppe
10. Bugeac steppe
11. Lower Dniester forest-steppe
12. Lower Dniester steppe

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