Croatia

The health function of peri-urban forests in protected areas – Assessment of hiking trails energy capacity in Nature Park Medvednica

The primary goal of the research was to collect information on the level of activation of energy capacities for the health, and the secondary goal was to determine the differences in physical activity on the two most visited hiking trails.

Open access link: The health function of peri-urban forests in protected areas – Assessment of hiking trails energy capacity in Nature Park Medvednica

Medvednica Nature Park team repeats outdoor event success!

After last year's success, Medvednica Naure Park team organised another outdoor events day to raise visitors' awareness of the importance of forest ecosystem services.

Forest fun and games at Medvednica Nature Park

To raise visitors' awareness of the importance of forest ecosystem services, the team at Medvednica Naure Park organised a small event as a part of the SINCERE project activities.

Third MAG meeting in Croatia: progress and challenges

Public Institution Nature Park Medvednica
Lively discussion took place at Institute for Development and International Relations where we held our second MAG meeting.This time we've invited more stakeholders and we had also representatives from the city  [...]

More people and broad debate at the second MAG meeting in Croatia

Public Institution Nature Park Medvednica
Lively discussion took place at Institute for Development and International Relations where we held our second MAG meeting.This time we've invited more stakeholders and we had also representatives from the city  [...]

Stakeholders have their say in valorising health benefits in Nature Park Medvednica

Martina Belović Kelemen
PI NP Medvednica
30% of  Croatian territory is Natura 2000 site. There are 12 nature parks and 8 national parks. One of them is Nature Park Medvednica (NPM), protected as IUCN category V. [...]