SUPPORT IN SITU RESTAURATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE OLDEST EUROPEAN TREE SPECIES- SERBIAN SPRUCE

  • Realisation period:
    2021 – 2023.

  • Total project value:
    –

  • Co-financed by the Franklinia Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland):
    –

  • Project holder:
    Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage (Banja Luka, BIH)
  • Partners:
    Center for the Environment (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Faculty of Forestry (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Forests of the Republic of Srpska (Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Tara National Park (Bajina Bašta, Serbia), Drina National Park (Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Arbor Magna ( Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Eco Center (Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Tara Mountaineering Club (Bajina Bašta, Serbia)
  • Project coordinator:
    Ana Ćurić
  • Member of the project team in front of PK Tara:
    Petar Nešković

The project has three main objectives:

  1. Implementation of three protection methods in situ in selected pilot areas in BiH and RS with monitoring for a minimum of 3 years in order to determine the most effective method that will allow this endemic species to recover naturally and sustainably,
  2. Creation of active protection shifts based on studied methods,
  3. Training of rangers, managers and important stakeholders with the aim of long-term protection of Serbian spruce and proper management

You can find more details about the project and the implementation process on the website of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage – www.nasljedje.org and on the website of the Franlinia Foundation donorshttps://fondationfranklinia.org/en/conserving-the-oldest-european-tree-species-picea-omorika/

Project Name: Support in situ restoration and conservation of the oldest European tree species – Serbian spruce (Picea omorika (Panč.) Purkinye)