HOW TO HANDLE 90 NATURA 2000 SITES WITH 4 PEOPLE Morana Bačić CROATIA/ZADAR
Legal protection and management of protected areas: in Croatia In this presentation: Legal protection and management of protected areas: in Croatia in Zadar County „Natura - Jadera” County Public institution The answer to the question I have the best job ever 2/23
Where is „Natura- Jadera” located? What is „Natura-Jadera”? 3/23
Legal protection and management of protected areas Strict reserve National park Special reserve Nature park Regional park Natural monument Important landscape Forest park Monument of park architecture the Nature Protection Act stipulates 9 categories which differ in the degree of prohibition and intent Protected areas are managed by the public institutions 4/23
Legal protection and management of protected areas Strict reserve National park Special reserve Nature park Regional park Natural monument Important landscape Forest park Monument of park architecture the Nature Protection Act stipulates 9 categories which differ in the degree of prohibition and intent Protected areas are managed by the public institutions The Government is responsible for establishing Public institutions for national parks and nature parks County assemblies establish public institutions for managing the other protected areas 4/23
Countyes in Croatia 5/23
What are we all doing? Our primary activityes are protection, management and promotion of protected natural areas and Natura 2000 sites in the county's territory. 6/23
Protected areas and Natura 2000 in Zadar County 100 Natura 2000 sites - 35% 7/23
Protected areas - parks Zadar 8/23
Protected areas - parks Zadar 9/23
Protected areas - parks Zadar 4 SPECIAL RESERVES 3 NATURAL MONUMENTS 4 IMPORTANT LANDSCAPES 2 MONUMENTS OF PARK ARCHITECTURE 10/23
Protected areas - parks 1.5 hour 1.5 hour Zadar 11/23
Natura 2000 . Special Areas of Conservation for species and habitat types 12/23
Natura 2000 . Special Protection Areas for bird species 13/23
ALL together … 13 protected areas 90 Natura 2000 sites 14/23
Something to compare with Gabor says: 126 Natura sites Budget: 7 milion € Staff : 178 Morana says: 90 100.000 € 4
4 PEOPLE … Director Conservation manager 2 Rangers 15/23
MONITORING 16/23
EDUCATION 17/23
TOURISM 18/23
YOU DON’T HOW TO HANDLE 13 protected areas & 90 NATURA 2000 SITES WITH 4 PEOPLE YOU DON’T 19/23
COLABORATION Tourist boards NGOs Schools and Universityes Local goverment (municipality) … … … 20/23
COLABORATION 21/23
So, how are you today, what’s new with OUR NATURE? Well … I am old but I know … 22/23
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