Stop the destruction of the oldest Slovak national park

Petition form for the signatures is at the bottom of this site.

• Ignores IUCN guidelines
• Was produced in a non-transparent way without any expert review and without any regard to public comments
• Allows intensive development even in the most sensitive parts of the area
• Assumes interventions even in the no-take area (zone A).
• Ignores the fact that nature conservation is a primary management objective in the Tatra National Park according to Slovak legislation, and ignores also the fact that Natra National Park is a part of European network of protected areas - Natura 2000

• Destroy the most important breeding sites of Chamois and Marmot in West Tatra Mts
• Destroy the most important breeding grounds and leks of Black Grouse and Capercaillie in West Tatra Mountains, while the numbers of grouse decline sharply elsewhere in Slovakia except for Tatra Mountains
• Lower the protection of the most valuable avian and mammalian habitats in the National Nature Reserve (NNR) Bielovodská dolina, NNR Javorová dolina and in the site Surový hrádok and allow their degradation
• Allow tourist infrustructure developments in currently undisturbed areas that were designated as priority areas of nature conservation, including areas closed to development even before 1989 under the totalitarian regime
• Spoil the positive trend toward favourable conservation status in the no-take area of forests affected by windstorm and other habitats in the lower part of Tichá Dolina Valley.