Within the MAB-Project, a planning- handbook for the zonation process of the "Lower Morava Biosphere reserve in the Czech Republic was prepared.
The existing zonation has been done without focusing on the new MABbiosphere reserve concept described in the Seville strategy.
The main objective of the project was to develop a planning handbook, for the guidance of the BR-Management throughout the zoning process which will be useful for other BRs as well.
In order to improve the zoning process of the Lower Morava Biosphere Reserve (LMBR) cooperation with Wienerwald Biosphärenpark (WBP) was requested. The WBP was chosen as partner of LMBR due to its geographical proximity, similarity in terms of management structures and its mutual understanding of modern BR functioning.
E.C.O. Institute of Ecology has been involved in the planning and zoning process of the WBP during the years from 2003 till 2005. In this context E.C.O. was appointed as consultant in the MAB-project. There tasks have been to facilitate the preparation of the planning handbook and to bring in their conceptual knowledge gained and developed in the course of work within other international projects (e.g. the IPAMToolbox for integrated protected area management).

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