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From EU Objectives to Slovak Action: Biodiversity Governance Across Scales

Od celów Unii Europejskiej do działań Słowacji: wielopoziomowe zarządzanie bioróżnorodnością

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  • Ondrej Mitaľ
Ondrej Mitaľ
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Public Administration, Department of Public Policy and Theory of Public Administration

Opublikowane 2026-06-30

Słowa kluczowe

  • bioróżnorodność,
  • zarządzanie wielopoziomowe,
  • strategie,
  • gminy i miasta,
  • Słowacja,
  • biodiversity,
  • multi-level governance,
  • strategies,
  • municipalities and cities,
  • Slovakia
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From EU Objectives to Slovak Action: Biodiversity Governance Across Scales: Od celów Unii Europejskiej do działań Słowacji: wielopoziomowe zarządzanie bioróżnorodnością. (2026). Studia Prawnicze The Legal Studies, 1(233), 137-159. https://doi.org/10.37232/sp.2026e

Abstrakt

The study examines multi-level biodiversity governance with an emphasis on reflecting biodiversity protection priorities at the local level. The literature review emphasises the importance of multi-level governance of biodiversity, considering both the strategic implications of biodiversity loss and the need to protect biodiversity. The research focusses on priority areas of biodiversity protection, which are identified by the eight regional cities in Slovakia through their strategic development documents. At the same time, in this context, the study also examines the interrelationships between local strategies of selected cities and biodiversity protection priorities at the national and European levels, as well as selected documents. The primary benefit of this research is the mapping of priority areas for biodiversity protection at the local level in the Slovak regional cities. The research also confirms the need for continuity of priority areas across scales. The study highlights the interconnectedness of priority areas in the strategies of Slovak cities at both the national and European levels.

[Celem artykułu jest analiza wielopoziomowego zarządzania bioróżnorodnością, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem priorytetów ochrony bio-
różnorodności na poziomie lokalnym. Przegląd literatury ujawnił znaczenie wielopoziomowego zarządzania bioróżnorodnością, uwzględniającego zarówno strategiczne konsekwencje utraty bioróżnorodności, jak i konieczność jej ochrony. W artykule skoncentrowano się na priorytetowych obszarach ochrony bioróżnorodności, które zostały zidentyfikowane przez osiem miast regionalnych na Słowacji w ich dokumentach strategicznego rozwoju. Jednocześnie analiza obej-
muje relacje pomiędzy lokalnymi strategiami wybranych miast a priorytetami ochrony bioróżnorodności na poziomie krajowym i europejskim, a także wybrany
mi dokumentami strategicznymi. Główną wartością badania jest mapowanie priorytetowych obszarów ochrony bioróżnorodności na poziomie lokalnym w słowackich miastach regionalnych. Wyniki potwierdziły również konieczność zachowania ciągłości priorytetów pomiędzy różnymi poziomami zarządzania. Badanie uwydatniło powiązania priorytetowych obszarów w strategiach słowackich miast regionalnych z priorytetami na poziomie krajowym i europejskim.]

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