The Core Areas consist of the large meadow complexes in the southwest, adjacent near-natural deciduous forests including a pristine forest at Mount Velká Javořina, and an area of predominantly beech forests in the northeast with adjacent grassland. In these areas continuation of low-input meadow management, grassland restoration and sustainable forestry (incl. transformation of Norway spruce enclaves to deciduous woods) are practised.
The Buffer Zones include areas where small meadows and predominantly deciduous forests prevail. The central part of the range called Moravské Kopanice is a patchwork of small farms, hay meadows, orchards, arable fields, forests and small villages. Here sustainable agriculture and forestry are the main management practices.The Transition Area contains the large arable fields and Norway spruce stands skirting the boundaries of the Biosphere Reserve and larger villages. In these areas a transition to low-input agriculture and landscape restoration are the management aims.
PLA zoning
The area also has a zonation as required for Protected Landscape Areas by the Czech Act on Nature and Landscape Conservation (1992).
All land has been classified into one of four zones - except for woodland, where three zones were distinguished. Zone 1 includes the best the PLA has to offer and places several extra restrictions on land use, whereas zone 4 represents the least interesting areas without additional restrictions.
| Total area: | 746,6 km2 (according to GIS measuring) | |
| Percentage of woodland:: | 45% | |
| Non-forest area zone 1 zone 2 zone 3 zone 4 |
4.028,5 ha 5.594,5 ha 7.467,0 ha 22.696,9 ha |
5,63% 7,83% 10,44% 31,74% |
| Woodland area zone 1 zone 2 zone 3 |
7.233,47 ha 11.511,90 ha 12.968,00 ha |
10,12% 16,10% 18,14% |
| Nature reserves national nature reserves nature reserves national nature monument nature monuments |
52 5 15 1 31 |
1.309,91 ha 698,11 ha 367,43 ha 18,81 ha 225,56 ha |
