Felső-Homokhátság LEADER Action Group

Felső-Homokhátság LEADER Action Group is rated 3 out of 5 in the category international trade and development. Read and write reviews about Felső-Homokhátság LEADER Action Group. The range of action of the Regional Developmental Association of Felso-homokhatsag is located within the Central-Hungary Region. The area consists of 13 municipalities: 10 villages, 1 township and 2 towns. The region counts 52,496 residents, 21,109 of which reside in the towns. Our region is defined by its close ties to the Capital (Budapest), even though, strictly speaking, it is not part of the Capital’s suburban agglomeration. Many of the municipalities were built around ancient settlements, and, by the middleages, the entire region was settled. The region’s economy, traffic/transportation, hence its environment is defined largely by the North-South oriented through traffic motorways/highways (highways M5, 50, 405, M4). The landscape is the mixture of arid, semi-desert steppes and sand barrens which are diversified by woods of different sizes and, in the low-lying areas, marshes and moorlands with their unique marsh flora and fauna. Our nature preserves are Ocsa Landscape Protection District, Dabas Marsh Landscape Protection Area with increased protection areas, Pusztavacs Landscape Protection Area, Csevharaszti Juniper barrens Landscape Protection Area, and Tatarszentgyorgy Juniper barrens, along with the adjoining parts of Kinskunsag National Park. We can find rare animal species (Great Bustard, Rakos Viper), plant species (Dianthus Diutinus, Dwarf Iris, Orchids), and plant groupings(sand-oak forests, juniper barrens, marsh meadows, marsh-forests), whose range, unfortunately, is more and more restricted. Land use patterns have shifted toward increasing residential and non-agricultural uses. This is caused by the spread of residential and economic activities and it results in decreasing biologically active areas. There aren’t environmentally hazardous activities in the region because industrial activities are generally concentrated in the vicinity of the municipalities.