9:00 am

Opening of the Workshop

Welcome addresses:

National Academy of Sciences of the USA

Polish Academy of Sciences

Local Authorities

9:30 am

General Session: East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve

Chairs: Zuzanna Guziova, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia; Zbigniew Niewiadomski, Bieszczady National Park, Poland

"Ecological Characteristics of the Stuzhytsa Massive (Ukrainian part of Biosphere Reserve)"

Stephan Stoyko, Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, Lviv, Ukraine

"Floristic Diversity in the Ukrainian part of the Biosphere Reserve"

Lydia Tasenkevich, Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, Lviv, Ukraine

"Transboundary protected systems in Eastern Poland, Inventory and Preliminary Proposal of Environmental Strategy"

Bozena Degorska, PAN Institute of Geography

1:00 pm

Lunch

2:30 pm

Excursion

9:00 am

General session: Bialowieza National Parks and Biosphere Reserves

Chairs: Czesazw Okolow, Bialowieza National Park, Poland

Vjacheslav Semakov, Sate National Park Belovezhskaja,

Belarus

"Problems of Preservation of Biological Diversity in Transboundary Protected Areas of Belarus and Poland"

Victor Parfenov, Institute of Experimental Botany, Belarusian

Academy of Sciences, and Michael Pikulik, Institute of Zoology,

Belarusian Academy of Sciences

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Panel 1: Biodiversity Conservation Strategy

Chairs: Robert Szaro, U.S. Forest Service

Ludwik Tomialojc, Wroclaw University, Poland

Zuzanna Guziova, Slovak Ministry of the Environment

Pavel Parfeov, Belarus GEF Forest Biodiversity Project

Andrzej Weigle, National Foundation for Environmental Protection,

Poland

1:00 pm

Lunch

2:30 pm

Continuation of Panel 1: Biodiversity Conservation Strategy

General Discussion

4.30 pm

Visit to Bieszczady National Park Headquarters

7:00 pm

Evening Session: Biodiversity or Biochaos

Jerzy Solon, PAN Institute of Geography

9:00 am

Panel 2 and Panel 3 held concurrently

Panel 2: Management of Fragmented Ecosystems

Chair: Steven Berwick, WILD System, United States

''Principles of Restoration Ecology"

Karen Holl, Stanford University

Panel 3: Parks for Science and Science for Parks

Chairs: Hubert Hinote, Southern Appalachian MAB Program, US Leszek Starkel, PAN Institute of Geography

"Distribution of Crustacea in Slovakian Eastern Carpathians and Problems of Preservation"

Igor Hudec, Institute of Zoology & Ecosozology, Slovakia

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Panel 4 and Panel 5 held concurrently

Panel 4: Wildlife Management in Protected Areas

Chairs: Bogusaw Bobek, Institute of Environmental Biology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland David M. Leslie, U.S. Biological Service

"Wildlife Management in Bialowieza Forest"

Henryk Okarma, Institute of Mammals Research, Bialowieza

Panel 5: Biodiversity and Pollution Monitoring

Chairs: Reginald Noble, International Plant and Pollution Laboratory, Bowling Green State University, U.S. James Quinn, Division of Environmental Studies, University of California-Davis, US

"Flora Diversity and Anthropogenic Transformations in the Dasin of Latorista River (Ukrainian Carpathians)"

Bohdan Prots, Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, Lviv

"Ecoedaphic Conditions of Forest Ecosystems and Impact of Transboundary Air Pollution"

Milan Kodrik, Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovakia

1:00 pm

Lunch

2:30 pm

Panel 6: Recreation and Tourism Management in

Protected Areas

Chairs: Thomas Heberlein, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, US; Grzegorz Rakowski, Institute of Environment Protection, Warsaw

9:00 am

Tour of Bieszczady

Departure to Zakopane

9:00 am

General Session: Tatra Transboundary Biosphere Reserve

Chairs: Wojciech Gasienica Byrcyn & Zbigniew Krzan, Polish Tatra National Park; Ivan Voloszczuk, Slovak Tatra National Park

"Tatra's Geoecological System Function and Natural Risks"

Adam Kotarba, PAN Institute of Geography

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Visit to Tatra National Park Headquarters, Zakopane

1:00 pm

Lunch

2:30 pm

General Session: Karkonosze Transboundary Biosphere Reserve

Chairs: Jan Jenik, Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Maria Goczol-Gontarek, Karkonosze National Park and Biosphere Reserve, Poland

"Factors Influencing the Diversity of Invertebrates in the Giant Mountains"

Jan Bohacz, Institute of Landscape Ecology ASCR, Ceske

Budejovice, Czech Republic

9:00 am

Excursion to the Tatra Mountains

9:00 am

Panel 7: Design of Protected Areas

Chairs: Zygmunt Denisiuk, PAN Institute of Nature Protection, Krakow; Stan Krugman, US Forest Service

"Present Status and Perspectives of MAB Biosphere Reserves"

Bogusaw Bobek, Jagiellonian University, Krakow

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Panel 8: Creation of Conservation Strategies in Transboundary

Protected Areas

Chairs: Kazimierz Dobrowolski, PAN Institute of Ecology Catherine Pringle, University of Georgia

Presentation of Regional Initiatives

International Ecological Institutes: Zofia Fischer-Malanowska, PAN

Green Lungs: Krzysztof Wolfram, Bialystok

GEF programs: Piotr Paschalis, Poland and Peter Straka, Slovakia

ECOFUND: Maciej Nowicki

1:00 pm

Lunch

2:30 pm

Closing Session

Chairs: Alicja Breymeyer, Stan Krugman, Reginald Noble

Discussions on:

1) List of Managers' Greatest Concerns,

2) List of Scientists Greatest Concerns

4:30 pm

Creation of Conservation Strategy in Transboundary Protected Areas

General discussion

6:30 pm

Farewell dinner

9:00 am

Closing Session

Reports of Panel and Session Chairmen

Reports of Two Groups (Concerns Lists)

General Discussion

10:00 am

Break

11:00 am

Closing Session Continued

Next steps

Report preparation