NATURE PARKS in 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:
Lastovo Islands (www.lastovo.org) includes all 44 islands, islets, rocks and reefs within the Municipality of Lastovo. The largest in the group are Lastovo and Sušac. This area is one of the most preserved marine areas in the Adriatic.
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)
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