Why Dinara back to LIFE?

Mount Dinara has always been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for all nature lovers. The mountain has been depicted, painted, songs have been sung and poetry written. It has filled all types of photo frames. Its purpose has stayed the same since the ancient times – to be the centre of life. 

At the turn of the century the traditional primary activities, which used to be the source of livelihood for Dinara, have been mostly abandoned or have completely disappeared. Unfortunately, hay meadows and grazing livestock can rarely be seen today.

The Dinara back to LIFE project is launched with the aim to conserve Mount Dinara, restore its pastures and protect the birds dependent on this Dinaric habitat. In addition to professional conservation activities for dry grasslands restoration, such as planned grazing, controlled burning and other tasks, our objective is to revive and protect its nature. Special attention will be given to the bird species dependent on the Dinaric habitat type. They are ortolan bunting, short-toed lark and stone-curlew. Apart from creating important and quality institutional conditions for nature conservation, emphasis is also given on involvement of the local population. Within this project, the idea is to provide strong support for development of agricultural activities and tourism services whose values are based on coexistence with nature. 

The activities planned for the next three years are not intended as a one-time event with no follow up. Their launch is just the beginning of a long-term idea about sustainable management of Mount Dinara in order to continuously provide us with its natural resources.

Nature conservation through sustainable use

Objectives

  • Contribute to more favourable conservation status of target habitat types and species
  • Develop guidelines for dry grassland restoration and sustainable management
  • Reduce negative influence of wildfires and demonstrate the positive impact of controlled burning
  • Build capacity of local community stakeholders for sustainable management
  • Promote EU instruments for nature conservation

Project name: Management planning and restoration of Dinara dry grasslands to save biodiversity and support sustainable development

Abbreviation of the project name: Dinara back to LIFE

Lead beneficiary: Association BIOM

Project partners: Local Action Group “Cetinska Krajina”, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Hrvatske šume Ltd.

Project duration: 15 January 2019 – 15 July 2023

Total project value: EUR 1,296,509

Funded by: EU (LIFE Programme), Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, own co-financing

News
Activity calendar

New grassland restoration season has begun

First day of September marked the beginning of the new season of Dinara dry grasslands restoration which will further expand areas covered by this valuable habitat

12. September 2022.
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Kalendar aktivnosti

September 12, 2022
September 12, 2022
New grassland restoration season has begun
July 29, 2022
July 29, 2022
'How are we Preserving Dinara’ - come to our lecture at the Alka of Sinj Museum
July 25, 2022
July 25, 2022
Monitoring of the burnt area on Vrdovo – a year later everything is greener
July 22, 2022
July 22, 2022
Workshops held in Sinj on exceptional values unique to the local environment
July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022
Video: Panel discussion 'European Green Deal – How Croatia Can Strike It?'
July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022
Lecture: How much CO2 was emitted during the Dinara wildfires of 2017 and 2020?

Contact person
Krunoslav Bošnjaković

IMPRESSUM

Association BIOM
Čazmanska 2, Zagreb
t. +385 1 5515 324
e. info@biom.hr

Branch office in Sinj
Matića 12, Sinj
t. +385 21 274 946
e. ured-sinj@biom.hr

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