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Author |
Jodlowski, M.; Depta, L.; Wójcik, P., |
Title |
Climbing impact on the relief and vegetation of the Tatra National Park |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Management for Protection and Sustainable Development |
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Volume |
MMV 4 - Proceedings |
Issue |
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Pages |
85-85 |
Keywords |
MMV4, Tatra National Park, climbing impact, relief, vegetation |
Abstract |
The Tatra Mts. are the only high-mountain range in Poland, protected as a national park since 1954. The environment of rock cliffs, and especially the vegetation is unique within the mountain ecosystem. However, harsh environmental conditions result in high level of ecosystem vulnerability. In the Tatra National Park climbing activity encompasses all of its disciplines: sport climbing on equipped routes, both short and multi-pitched, traditional climbing as well as the alpine climbing. Recently, new climbing disciplines, such as dry-tooling and bouldering, have also became popular. The climbing impact has been a subject to competitive debate between national park managers, naturalists and climbers, although it has been relatively weakly studied. This study focuses on the landscape changes resulting from climbing activities on the cliff ecosystems located in forest, subalpine and alpine geoecological belts, both on carbonate and crystalline substrate. Within some crags climbing activity is permitted by law, however the others are a subject to illegal exploration. The basis for this study was surveying the existing climbing routes (and state of protection. e.g. bolts and pitons) as well as monitoring of the climbing intensity on specific crags. The landscape changes were identified by geomorphic mapping of cliffs and adjacent slopes as well as botanical studies. Observed landscape changes caused by climbers result mainly in mechanical damage of vegetation, growing instability of slope covers, and micro-relief alteration. The impact significantly differs with reference to climbing disciplines and geological substrate. The largest changes encompassing complete removal of vegetation layer and soil cover result from dry-tooling on limestone cliffs, whereas sport climbing on granite cliffs causes only limited removal of weathered rocks and restraining of lichens succession. |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 920 |
Serial |
2582 |
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Author |
Jodlowski, M., Rechcinski, M., |
Title |
Model of high-mountain hiking trails (via ferrata type) in Tatra National Park – A comparison between Poland and Slovakia in the context of the Alps |
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Year |
2012 |
Publication |
The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas: Outdoor Recreation in Change – Current Knowledge and Future Challenges |
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NULL |
Volume |
MMV 6 - Proceedings |
Issue |
NULL |
Pages |
146-147 |
Keywords |
MMV6 |
Abstract |
NULL |
Call Number |
ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 438 |
Serial |
2882 |
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Author |
Jodlowski, M., |
Title |
Climbers’ attitudes toward nature conservation and management in Tatra National Park, Poland |
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Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world |
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Volume |
MMV 5 - Proceedings |
Issue |
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Pages |
207-208 |
Keywords |
MMV5, management, attitudes, questionnaire survey, Tatra National Park |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 258 |
Serial |
2771 |
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Author |
Jodlowski, M., |
Title |
Climbing management in protected areas of southern Poland |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Management for Protection and Sustainable Development |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
MMV 4 - Proceedings |
Issue |
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Pages |
484-484 |
Keywords |
MMV4, Rock climbing, climbing management, environmental impact, bolts, Southern Poland |
Abstract |
Hundreds of rock cliffs and isolated rocks can be found in Southern Poland within upland, mid-mountain or high-mountain landscapes. Most of these sites are, to a various extent, protected by law – within national parks, landscape parks, nature reserves or nature monuments. They are major tourist attractions for visitors of the respective protected areas who generally do not interfere with cliffs ecosystems. This is not the case with climbing activities which remain a subject of an unremitting controversy.This work focuses on the analysis of the climbing management with respect to the assessment of the impact of climbing activities on cliff environment. Polish environmental law does not regulate climbing management, referring it to the competence of protected area managers. However, in the majority of protected areas management consists only in a total closure of some areas to any climbing activities. Trees have been frequently planted in the vicinity of rocks; rock surfaces on which climbing had been curtailed are now overgrown with mosses and herbaceous vegetation, while natural xerophyte and heliophyte communities have been destroyed. Resulting landscape changes largely decreased many geosites’ attractiveness not only for climbing but tourism in general. Only recently in some climbing areas trees and shrubs in the vicinity of cliffs have been cleared, however, frequently such actions are not previously consulted with reserve or national park managers. With the growing popularity of this type of qualified tourism, it is necessary to create a modern system of climbing management, based on environmental conservation. Conservation and management plans for protected areas should contain detailed regulations of access to particular geosites where climbing activities are to be allowed. Such regulations may impose seasonal closure of particular cliffs or parts of cliffs to climbing during bird nesting periods or closures due to protection of cliff plant communities. Specified should be the types of permitted climbing activities together with protection method. Finally, monitoring of climbing intensity and environmental impact should be carried out for sustainable tourism development |
Call Number |
ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 1094 |
Serial |
2668 |
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Author |
Jodlowski, M. |
Title |
Management strategies for outdoor recreation in Central European high-mountain national parks |
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Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas – ABSTRACT BOOK |
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Volume |
MMV 8 - Proceedings |
Issue |
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Pages |
86-88 |
Keywords |
MMV8 |
Abstract |
High-mountain ranges are unique features of the landscape in Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia and Slovenia. They are also one of the main tourism destination in the respective countries. Traditional outdoor activities i.e. mountaineering and alpine skiing are extremely popular there although in the last two decades new forms of outdoor sports and recreation have gain significant importance, e.g. ski-touring, rock climbing, mountain biking and other (see Zinser 1995). There is a broad knowledge of tourism impact on mountain environment in general (e.g. Rixen, Rolando 2013) but various management strategies and regulations are applied in response to this impact (Eagles et al. 2002, Manning, Anderson 2012, Mason 2005). |
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Serial |
3886 |
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