@conference{
author = "Кризманић, Имре and Вуков, Тања",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Oпстанак водоземaца, значајне карике развоја живог света
на копну, све више се доводи у питање. У текућем процесу новог, шестог по реду
глобалног нестајања органских врста у природи, најзначајнији чинилац је човек.
У том светлу, иако је пристајање на разматрање економског вредновања водозе-
маца, суштински, contradictio in adjecto, оно данас има све већи значај у упра-
вљању њиховом заштитом и на глобалном и на локалном нивоу. Непознавање
основних биолошких законитости и локалних еколошких параметара, значајних
за одржање стабилних популација водоземаца у Србији, спречава сваки озбиљан
покушај њихове заштите. Неспутани порив стицања материјалне користи по
било коју цену, нашу природу и водоземце као њеног неодвојивог члана, ставља
у потпуно подређен положај. Услед тога, однос биолошког императива опстанка
водоземаца и њихов положај у људској економији одражавају степен нашег схва-
тања сопствене улоге у природним процесима.
Циљеви и задаци које је неопходно усвојити и спровести везани су за оба
ова, данас већ, нераскидиво преплетена проблема. Циљ овог рада је да предста-
ви садашње стање положаја водоземаца у не само еколошком, већ и у све агре-
сивнијем социо-финансијском окружењу. У скраћеном облику, представљени су и основни модели управљања стаништима водоземаца, са смерницама њихових
економских вредновања.
Са жаљењем констатујемо да у Србији не постоји, у еколошком погледу,
задовољавајући опсег информација на основу којег можемо донети, и у најмањој
мери, рационалан закључак о њиховом садашњем стању и још мање можемо го-
ворити о њиховој будућности. Процена економског вредновања водоземаца услед
једнако оскудног извора података ослања се на анализу иностраних искустава и
покушаја њихове компарације са стањем у Србији. Анализа економског статуса
водоземаца у екосистемској валоризацији њихових стварних и претпостављених
вредности тренутно је у Србији потпуно у оквиру теоретских претпоставки те
сматрамо да је њихов статус угрожености, у највећој мери потцењен, а решења
проблема нестанка водоземаца далеко су од изводљивог., Regarding the vertebrate group Amphibia (amphibians), confronting the
questions of ecological and economic roles of this widespread group of animals
is in essence contradictio in adjecto.
The general issue that arises at the very beginning is the fact that no real
ecological, but neither assumed economic importance of amphibians in Serbia,
today, in the second decade of the 21st century, cannot be even approximately
evaluated.
An ecological analysis of the status of populations is impossible without
detailed and long term studies, which hasn’t been carried out in Serbia in
a satisfactory manner to this day. As a result, the economic importance of
amphibians in Serbia could be approximately rather than precisely and
methodologically estimated. We believe that is not neccessary to write here in details about ecological
status of amphibians in the biosphere. The importance of the amphibians
is noted already on the most basic levels of education so that even average
educated inhabitants of our planet are aware that those small, slimy and most
repulsive creatures are important for our survival.
On the other hand, consideration of economic value one of the key
animal groups such as amphibians is, in essence, denying their uniqueness in
the importance and role in the global development of life on Earth.
Consideration of the economic importance of amphibians seems to
multiply layered process although essentially rests on three, often interconnected
but diametrically opposite problems.
The first and simplest problem is anthropocentric that could be
summarized in one question: “How much one specimen worth to me on the
market at a given time and place?”. This question is perhaps has the easiest
answer because it takes into account only that part of the human population
who can’t see beyond their own interests.
The second problem is considering how much it costs when you have
to fix often a very large and hard reperable damage. This is a very complex
question with no immediate response, where the numbers are changing in time
and space, and the size of the economic value of this problem in time only
increases.
The third and most significant problem are costs which, although directly
continue on the value of the two previous questions, is the toughest to estimate,
because it does not seem directly connected. These are costs related to the
global level and the overall correlation effect of energetic material flows of the
process, and whose maintenance is becoming more expensive and problematic
by the day. Regarding this problem, this work has no aspirations in giving
expert opinion. Ecological importance of amphibians is unquestionable, clear and will
be more important in days that come. Amphibians for over 350 million years
ago represent the link between the aquatic and terrestrial environments, and
in every ecosystem in which they could be found they are one of the basic
factors of ecosystem survival. Explanation of their importance lies in the
multiple particularities of their life histories, biological specificity and both,
global and local ecology. Without amphibians the largest number of stable
biological systems would be affected so profoundly that their survival couldn’t
be predicted.
Anthropogenic modification of the natural habitats of amphibians
typically has a harmful effect on populations of amphibians (and not only
them). Determining the economic losses arising from the disappearance of
amphibian population represents an initial step in understanding the value
of natural resources and in the process of redeeming the consequences. Just
assign economic value to amphibians is very difficult due to the lack of realistic parameters for assessment of population attributes. Even in places where such
economical estimates are done, they are very probably underrated.
In our and neighbor countries there is no economic calculation about
“price” of amphibians, except very sketchy, infeasible and rigid intent of the
legislator that through the price list “protect” amphibians. In this terms only in
the spring months in road kill in Serbia remain hundreds of thousands of euros
(if not tenfold more), as a consequence of high amphibian road mortality.
For even a simple list of important amphibian species with their very
roughly estimated economic values, we waited until 2010. Even then this
“pricelist” came out ambiguous. One study of amphibian road mortality on
a short section of the road next to their reproductive center and outside the
breeding season during five days of tracking, was enough to show us that the
value of killed specimens has exceeded 70.000 €. There is no law which can
carry out and force this sanction, no matter how much the intention of the
legislature was positive. In addition, this road, as well as most others, does not
contain even one warning sign of possible road kills of amphibians.
Experiences that come from abroad are hardly applicable to us. One of
the reasons is poor material and technical base necessary for implementation
of the necessary activities to protect amphibians, and second one, even more
important, is low level of knowledge of our politicians and bureaucratic
apparatus about the significance of the amphibians (and of course this is not the
only reasons). Proclaimed care about amphibians in Serbia is, when it comes to
decision-making levels, superficial and only form without the essence.
Quoting one of the most respected organization that strive to make nature
protection visible and presented globally (IUCN), we can gain insight into how
far our amphibians from desirable level of protection. Amphibian conservation Action Plan which this IUCN adopted during
2005. anticipated the total budget of almost 410 million U.S. dollars. When we
try to adapt this calculation to local circumstances in Serbia (no economic but
natural) we get 31.250 $ to be invested annually to protect amphibians, in order
to be able to talk about the development of the modern society that takes care
of the condition of nature.
Unfortunately, one of the newest and the most comprehensive analysis
of the problems of economic evaluation of amphibians in Serbia (“Protection
and preservation of the Green Frog in Serbia and Montenegro”) has remained
without response in professional public and, even worse, in the bureaucratic
political structures without whose benevolence could not be expect improvement
in funding of protection of amphibians (and nature as a whole).
Neglect and misunderstanding of the conservation issues by important
financial and political centers (whether they are small or large), is the basic
problem in the protection of the life on Earth (that means: lower prices for our
survival on Earth). Indebt analysis is not necessary in order to see a conflict between the
amounts of money given for environmental conservation and limited effects
of these investments. Even the huge sums are planned to be allocated for the
protection and revitalization of certain areas in most cases they never make it
to the target areas, and funds spent in active protection so far did not managed
to prevent (or at least slow down) the exponential trend of natural habitats
disappearing. Conservation of natural habitats and their inhabitants are the only
guarantee of survival of life on Earth with us as the main “bosses” included,
and money should not have a decisive role.",
publisher = "Београд : Српска академија наука и уметности",
journal = "Eколошки и економски значај фауне Србије : зборник радова са научног скупа 17. новембар 2016.",
title = "Водоземци у Србији данас и сутра - еколошки и економски значај, Amphibians in Serbia today and tomorrow - ecological and economic value",
pages = "103-141",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10625"
}
