Croatia NATURE PARKS Croatia

Croatia has 10 nature parks. Nature parks are areas around Croatia with exceptional ecological, cultural, historical, aesthetical, tourist and educational characteristics. Nature Parks in Croatia are:

• Biokovo Mountain - Dalmatia
• Kopacki Rit - Baranja - East Croatia
• Lonjsko Polje - Posavina - Croatia
• Medvednica Mountain - near Zagreb
• Telascica - on Island Dugi Otok - Dalmatia
• Velebit Mountain ( Dalmatia ) - www.velebit.hr
• Ucka Mountain - in Istria - North Adriatic
• Zumberak -Samoborsko Gorje - near Zagreb
• Papuk Mountain - Slavonia
• Vransko Jezero ( Vransko Lake) - Dalmatia

Definition : " Nature park is a broad natural or partly cultivated area of land and/or sea featuring ecological characteristics of international and national importance, and pronounced landscape, educational, cultural, historical, tourist and recreational values. Economic and other activities and actions that do not endanger the main features and functions of the nature park are permitted within its territory. " (Nature Protection Law; OG #162/03)