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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

in accordance with the existing general development plans of the town that contained areas set aside for sport and leisure activities. The plans of the landowner, however, included the construction of a hotel that expressed a very different conception. As it turned out later the conservation status of the area was not even assigned in the property register. When in March 1998 the excavation machinery begun working in the area the Natural Sciences Foundation, Göd has warned the Directorate of the Duna-Ipoly National Park that major protected natural values were at risk. Following an immediate inspection by the director of the Duna-Ipoly National Park it was declared that the case must be taken to court, after which the land owner closed down the work. It turned out that the works were started on the basis of a completely superficial and not well considered plan which if implemented would have meant the complete destruction of the area. However, the construction of the golf course was not only supported by the council of the local government of Göd, but also by the majority of inhabitants of the township. The director of the Duna-Ipoly National Park was thus approached by the main architect of the Mayor's Office. This resulted in an agreement that tied the fate of the golf course to the preparation of an environmental impact study as required by law. In the impact study Tibor Seregélyes (SEREGÉLYES and S. CSOMÓS 1998) worked out a scenario that builds on compromise between the interests of the landowner and the nature conservation with a prospect of sacrificing 5-10% loss of natural values during the construction of the golf course but keeping the rest of the area well protected. The plan separated three categories of land based on the significance of natural merits: the most valuable, so called "taboo" areas had to remain intact; the "medium category" or "compromise" parts; and the least valuable (e.g. ploughed) areas that were readily usable for the #18 section of the golf course. (Finally, the sections #1 to #17 are found on locally protected "compromise" land, while the #18 partly falls on "taboo" land protected at national level because of the relatively small total area available for the golf course). These plans also required rendering habitat reconstruction which would include, among others, keeping back Phragmites australis from the fens by regular scything and the creation of new habitat types for the enhancement of biodiversity (e.g. lake, lakeside paddle surface). According to the agreement scheme the costs of the conservation management would fall upon the