Tuesday, 22nd, January

17:00-19:00

Arrival

19:00-20:00

Welcome Drink (Tengerszem Hotel conference room)

20:00-

Dinner (restaurant)

Wednesday, 23rd, January

08:00-09:00

Breakfast

09:00-09:05

Welcome

09:05-09:20

Tamás Telbisz (Eötvös University, Budapest): Why do we study „Karst & national parks”? – Introduction of the project

09:20-09:50

Balázs Veress (director, Aggtelek National Park): Presentation of Aggtelek National Park Directorate

09:50-10:20

Péter Gruber (ANP): Conservation of abiotic values in Aggtelek National Park

10:20-10:40

Sándor Rózsa (ANP): Guarding the protected values – introduction of the Ranger Service of Aggtelek National Park

10:40-11:00

Zsolt Bacsó (ANP): Relationship of nature conservation and tourism in Aggtelek National Park

11:00-11:20

Coffee Break

11:20-11:40

Tamás Telbisz (Eötvös University, Budapest): Opinion of local people and tourists about Aggtelek NP based on a questionnaire survey

11:40-12:40

Methodological discussion – how to carry out the tasks in the project (interviews, questionnaires)

12:40-13:40

Lunch (sandwich)

13:40-14:00

Christos Stergiou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): An overview of the Vikos-Aoos National Park: from Paleolithic hunter-gatherers to modern touristic development

14:20-14:40

Alena Gessert, Janetta Nestorová-Dická (University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik Košice): The Slovak Karst National Park and its most important tourist sites

14:40-18:00

Walking from Tengerszem Hotel Jósvafő to Vörös-tó (Red Lake)
Back through Baradla Cave

18:00-19:00

Leisure time

19:00-

Dinner

Thursday, 24th, January

08:00-09:00

Breakfast

09:00-09:20

Ranko Milanović, Marijana Josipović (Tara NP): Tara National Park

09:20-09:40

Jelena Ćalić (Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijić, Belgrade): Landforms of Tara Mountain

09:40-10:00

Jelena Kovačević-Majkić (Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijić, Belgrade): Hydro-issues of Tara Mountain

10:00-10:20

Jovana Brankov (Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijić, Belgrade): Tourism development in Tara NP: the community perspective

10:20-10:40:

Petra Radeljak-Kaufmann (University of Zagreb): Development trends in the surroundings of the Krka National Park

10:40-11:00

Neven Bočić (University of Zagreb): The karst geomorphological features of the Northern Velebit National Park (Dinaric karst, Croatia)

11:00-11:20

Coffee Break

11:20-11:40

Zoltán Imecs (Hungarian Geographical Institute of Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca): Apuseni Nature Park - geography and tourism

11:40-12:00

Alin Mos (director, Apuseni Nature Park): Nature Park – a park for nature and people

12:00-12:20

Eszter Tanács (Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Ecosystem service mapping for the sustainable development of karst areas

12:20-12:40

Tibor Standovár (Eötvös University, Budapest): Special biological values of a karst national park (Aggtelek National Park)

12:40-13:00

Margit Kőszegi (Eötvös University, Budapest): The changing idea of the creation of national parks in Hungary - a brief historical overview

13:00-13:20

László Mari (Eötvös University, Budapest): Karst and national parks in a European context

13:20-14:00

Lunch

14:00-18:00

Field program – Derenk: abandoned village, Bódvalenke: gypsy frescoes, Szögliget – thermal springs
Rákóczi Cave

18:00-19:00

Leisure time

19:00-

Dinner

Friday, 25th, January

07:30-08:00

Breakfast

08:00-

Departure for field program
Aggtelek: Zombor-lyuk stream sink, lake; Main entrance of Baradla Cave (~ 9:00)
Gombasecká / Gombaszögi Cave (~ 9:30-10:30)
Silicka Ladnica / Szilice Ice Cave (~ 10:30-12:00)
(Silica/Szilice - a village on karst)
Hačava/Ájfalucska (~ 13:00) – waterfalls in the valley + village (rusyn; tourism)
Walking in Zadielska Dolina until ~ 16:30, and back to Jósvafő

19:00-

Dinner

Saturday, 26th, January

08:00

Breakfast

09:00

Farewell, departure to home