Ponovno nastanjivanje napuštenih oblasti u Evropi – studija slučaja UNESCO zaštićene planine Velebit u Hrvatskoj

1. REPOPULATION OF ABANDONED
AREAS IN EUROPE
A case study of Velika Plana valley, Velebit mountain,
UNESCO biosphere, Croatia
Bozidar Bruce Yerkovich
"Then I say the Earth belongs to each generation during its
course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts
greater than may be paid during the course of its existence"
Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789

2. • Manual for living on abandoned european wildscapes
• Systemic and empirical approach

3. LOCATION
30 km inland
20 km from the
nearest city
(Gospic)
2 hours from
Zagreb
5 hours from
Vienna and
Venice

4. GEOGRAPHY

5. CLIMATE
Alpine climate
270 sunny days
Rain shadow

6. BIODIVERSITY

7. HISTORY

8. 2008. EARLY BEGININGS

10. EXPERIMENT
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
EPIGENETIC

12. A CALL FOR HELP

13. RESPONSE

14. PUBLIC EYE

16. CONSTRUCTION

17. FOOD

18. THE NEIGHBORS

19. OLD SKILLS

20. RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL

21. IGNITE GENETIC MEMORY

22. CONTINUING EDUCATION

23. PIONEERING TECHNOLOGIES

24. 2008.

25. 2009.

26. 2010.

27. PHASE I
• IMPERMANENCE of our footprint
• NATURE CONSERVATION as a side product of our activities
• CULTURAL IDENTITY – adapt, respect, import, evolve
• COMMUNITY – (re-)creating the reason for living

28. PHASE II
• COMMERCE – a flywheel for SUSTAINABLE EVOLUTION

29. ADVENTURE
CULTURAL
EDUCATIONALTOURISM
CONSERVATION

30. PHASE III

31. COMMUNITY building
CIDER
Personal INTEGRITY
Economic DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable EVOLUTION
Indivudual RESPONSIBILITY

32. CIDER
• Furniture making
• Sustainable construction
• Beekeeping/honey
production
• Cheese making
• Brewery
• Meat production
• Eco tourism businesses
(bear watching – first in SE
Europe)
• Organic agriculture
• Equine business
• ... and more

33. WHERE ARE WE NOW (2015.)?
• 7 YEARS IN MAKING
• OVER 400 HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS, APRENTICES AND INTERNS (70 COUNTRIES)
• 12 DIFFERENT BUSINESS STARTED IN THE COMMUNITY
• OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGED EITHER DIRECTLY AS EMPLOYEES, OR AS
PARTNERS
• OVER 50 LOCAL, REGIONAL AND WORLD-WIDE PARTNERS INVOLVED
• OVER THOUSAND GUESTS BROUGHT TO THE VALLEY SINCE 2010.
• SEVERAL GRANT SCHEMES ENGAGED FROM EU-FUNDED TO PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDED
PROJECTS

34. COME AND JOIN US!