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Drina Transboundary Biosphere Reserve—Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Conservation

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  • Irena Medar-Tanjga

    (Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovića 2, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

  • Neda Živak

    (Department of Spatial Planning, Faculty of Science, University of Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovića 2, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

  • Anđelija Ivkov-Džigurski

    (Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia)

  • Vesna Rajčević

    (Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovića 2, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

  • Tanja Mišlicki Tomić

    (Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovića 2, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

  • Vukosava Čolić

    (Department of Spatial Planning, Faculty of Science, University of Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovića 2, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Abstract

This study aims to explore the opportunities and challenges of sustainable conservation in the Drina Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (TBR Drina). Two countries in 2004 launched activities on the designation of TBR Drina, which would make a unique territorial system of Tara National Park (NP Tara) in the Republic of Serbia and Drina National Park (NP Drina) in the Republic of Srpska/Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through the analysis of institutional and legal jurisdiction, the authors presented the management system of protected areas in both countries, with detailed insight into the specific mechanisms of government functioning and management in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its complex state apparatus represents the biggest limiting factor for the formation of TBR Drina. Through qualitative research, the researched area’s natural, cultural-historical, and socio-economic potentials were identified and recommendations were made for their optimal valorization and utilization. Research has shown that the natural, cultural-historical conditions of TBR Drina represent the potential for development, in contrast to the socio-economic conditions that make up its limiting factor. By planning through the cooperation between the border regions of both countries through support at the state level, TBR Drina can be recovered gradually, with the relative coexistence of ecological, social, and economic components of space, in the forthcoming period.

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  • Irena Medar-Tanjga & Neda Živak & Anđelija Ivkov-Džigurski & Vesna Rajčević & Tanja Mišlicki Tomić & Vukosava Čolić, 2022. "Drina Transboundary Biosphere Reserve—Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Conservation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:24:p:16733-:d:1002593
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