Flood Damage Assessment and Management by Martina Zeleňáková & Lenka Gaňová & Daniel Constantin Diaconu

Author:Martina Zeleňáková & Lenka Gaňová & Daniel Constantin Diaconu
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030500535
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

2.1.2 Environmental Damage

Prior to the actual assessment of the impacts of floods and environmental damage, the objectives and basic legislation in the study area need to be defined. The most important legislative document in the field of nature and landscape protection in Slovakia is Law No. 543/2002 Coll. on Nature and Landscape Protection, as amended, to contribute to preserving the diversity of living conditions and forms of life on Earth. Protection of nature and the landscape means, pursuant to this Law, the limitation of interventions that may endanger, damage, or destroy the conditions and forms of life, the natural heritage, and the appearance of the country and thus reduce its ecological stability as well as eliminating the consequences of such interventions. A condition of membership in the European Union in the field of nature conservation is the construction of a NATURA 2000 system. NATURA 2000 is the name of a network of protected areas declared according to common criteria. The rarest and most endangered species of plants, animals, and selected types of habitats in the EU are protected. Criteria for territory designation and lists of species and habitats are set out in two EU directives. One is Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (the Habitats Directive) and Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the Conservation of Wild Birds (Birds Directive). These two directives are still the most comprehensive legal norm for nature conservation in the world.

“Environmental damage” means damage to the environment involving a wide range of adverse impacts in connection with floods. According to Law No. 359/2007 Coll. on the Prevention and Remedy of Environmental Damage, as amended, environmental damage is damage toprotected species and protected habitats that have serious adverse effects on the achievement or maintenance of a favorable conservation status of the protected species and protected habitats, with the exception of the previously identified adverse effects resulting from the operator’s conduct, to which he was expressly entitled under a special regulation;

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