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Szollát, György, Seregélyes, Tibor, S. Csomós, Ágnes; Standovár, Tibor: The flora and vegetation of Gödi Láprét near Göd, Pest county, Hungary

the "panorama lake", and the extension of the golf course section #18. The continued construction of the golf course between 2002 and 2005 caused damages in about 5% of the protected area due to inadvertence, the lack of proper inspection by the works management and checking up with the appropriate, mainly conservation, authorities. To isolate the fen from the golf course, several hundreds metre long plastic sheet was laid as prescribed in the agreement, a step crucial in the long-term preservation of the fen. Trenches, as ordered by the plan, had to be about 1.5 m deep and 30-40 cm wide and the laid-in plastic were filled with local cleaned soil, to form a hydrological barrier between the protected land and the fertilised golf course. (As revealed by subsequent inspections the costly laid-in plastic reached only 80 cm deep meaning that it cannot function as planned ...). This same year saw the completion of the hotel and the start of the golf course operations. The above described efforts, conflicts and the numerous plans which built on compromises around which the professional community was seriously divided in the late 90s, have finally proven successful for the Gödi Láprét. We must be clear about the pressures coming from the location, from the position of this small remnant of semi-natural vegetation surrounded by the residential sections of Göd. Simply the location makes it a luring territory for investors in real estate. It should be remembered: in 1996 after part of a formerly protected area was exempted with a stroke of the pen, a new row of houses was added to the town on the cost of the northernmost part of the fen extending to the brook-side of "Ilka". Also, around the year 2000 the construction of a new housing estate was started near the area. Based on these events it is almost sure that the fate of the fen would have been sealed very soon. As it seems today, paradox though it may appear, the establishment of the golf course saved the Gödi Láprét from perishing. As the protected area serves well for the golf course as part of the overall landscape, the owner (apart from his obligation to preserve habitats and protected species) does not intend to expand its activity any further. Study area The Gödi Láprét is found on the Gödi-lapály (a wet lowland), adjacent to the Pestiártér (an inundation plain), within the borders of the larger Pesti-hordaléksík (an alluvial plain). The bedrock is mainly sand-drift originating form river-gravel and redeposited