UPDATE! 3rd International Conference “Waters in Sensitive and Protected Areas”

The Republic of Croatia is said to be a country rich in water resources. Extensive valleys of the Sava, Drava and Danube Rivers lie in the Pannonian Basin in the north. Other watercourses flow in all directions from the central karst region, creating an infinite network of streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands. Part of that water ends in the Adriatic basin, and part in the Black Sea basin.

These big and small basins are at the same time highly sensitive areas, of which large part is under protection – more recently under the provisions of the Water Framework Directive and other EU directives, and earlier under the national legislation. Due to their extraordinary value and state of preservation, these areas are recognized on the international level as well.

Since it is not easy to manage such a resource, it is necessary to exchange experience with the leading global experts, educate the young about the need to protect water resources, and encourage the expert and general public to actively participate in the procedure of adopting strategic documents in the field of water management, particularly in the part referring to sensitive and protected areas. This is exactly the basic objective of the planned 3^rd International Conference on Waters in Sensitive and Protected Areas.

The topics of the conference are the following:

• Implementation of Legal Obligations related to Water and Environmental Protection in Sensitive Areas

• New Concepts and Technical Solutions Applicable in Sensitive and Protected Areas

• Protection of Surface Water and Groundwater Resources and of Strategic Drinking Water Reserves

• Waters in Sensitive Transboundary Areas

• Round Table: Tourism in Sensitive and Protected Areas