Sažetak
Flood protection of the Sava River is planned as an overall flood control system, and has been under construction for more than 30 years.The lowland flood storage of Lonjsko Polje Nature Park represent the key flood control facilities in the Central Sava basin. LPNP is part of largest alluvial wetlands in the Danube Basin. The recent Nature Conservation Act provides for a development of a management plan that is binding for all land users. According to the WFD 2000/60/EU, the Ramsar Convention and national nature conservation provisions, there is growing demand to link up Lonjsko polje Nature Park on a basic scale, with a focus on water quality, water quantity, ecology and socio-economics. The presented initiative offers an opportunity to start integrated river basin management in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
flood control; Sava basin; nature park; ecology