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activities surrounding visitors will concentrate on existing visitor sites or those where visitation

**Figure 4.** Krka National Park; display screen at the Lozovac entrance with information on the current number of tickets

A special challenge in the management of Krka National Park is the need for an effective response to conserving biological diversity and ecosystem services in light of climate change. Such tasks will certainly increase the requirements for a management model that will focus on the work of the park administration on protecting ecosystem integrity and establishing greater ecosystem elasticity. In the proposed initiative for the establishment of a national centre that would address the issues of adapting park management to climate change, Krka National Park can provide the opportunity of hosting the administrative seat of such a centre at the Puljani eco-campus.

The development of tourism function of Krka National Park is directed at further optimisation of an organised visitor system, to achieve greater authenticity and to improve the quality of the visitor experience. A very important accomplishment in the park management will be the expected inclusion of the park onto the UNESCO World Heritage List in the near future. Krka National Park already meets the general and additional criteria for inclusion onto the UNESCO World Heritage List,<sup>13</sup> particularly the integrity criteria. The strongest support for this inscription is the adopted and successfully implemented Management Plan and the many

In the contemporary social context, the role and significance of Croatia's protected areas should be viewed through the fulfilment of long-term goals to protect global and national biodiversity and ecosystem process, and to make recognisable contributions to sustainable

In the management of Croatia's protected areas, many of the goals of the main global and national policies and programmes have been accomplished. In terms of international bench-

years of successful management and excellent results.

available for Skradinski buk. (Photo: TRIS/J. Krnić).

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development and strengthening of the local and regional economies.

13Criteria for the inclusion of natural properties in the World Heritage List—Chapter D.

**4. Conclusions**

can have a lesser impact on the most ecologically valuable areas in the protected area.

Ivan Martinić<sup>1</sup> \* and Drago Marguš<sup>2</sup>

\*Address all correspondence to: martinic.ivan@gmail.com

