| OVERALL OBJECTIVES: |
• to maintain and protect the biological and landscape diversity of Lonjsko Polje Nature Park |
| • to improve the benefits for local people |
| • to raise public awareness and knowledge about ecological and cultural values of the site general |
| • to ensure effective flood control on a (multilateral basin scale) |
PROJECT PURPUSE:
To develop and improve Ramsar´s wise use and integrated river basin management approach in Lonjsko Polje Nature Park and at least on a Central Posavina scale by the:
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• by developing consultative processes and appropriate structures which involve the various stakeholders for the conservation, utilisation and management of the water resources by ensuring non-structural flood control methods which take advantage of the natural functions of wetlands to supplement or replace existing flood control infrastructure |
| • by developing a management planning process for Lonjsko Polje Nature Park according to the provisions of Croatia’s Nature Protection Act and Ramsar’s Frameworks for managing Wetlands of International Importance taking into account the wider context of Central Posavina-scale management processes, and interacting with these processes so as to ensure that the needs of the wetland are recognized and fully incorporated in this wider planning and management |
| • by providing support and tools for the effective implementation of Posavina’s wetland-related traditional wise use activities to improve benefits for local people |
| • by providing Lonjsko Polje Nature Park and its surroundings with a sustainable visitor management system based on DEG-TDCC’s Regional Tourism Master Plan |
| • by improving the knowledge and skills of ranger staff of Croatia's protected areas and protected areas located in the Sava River Basin on basic ecology, communication, interpretation and monitoring |
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