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VISION

(WHY DO WE EXIST)

PROTECTED LANDSCAPES THAT ARE DISAPPEARING, NATURAL AND CULTURAL VALUES,

GOOD PRACTICES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTING NATURE PROTECTION

AND BIO-DIVERSITY IN OUR COUNTY.

PEOPLE AWARE OF THE VALUE OF CLEAN NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS CULTURAL HERITAGE.

PROTECTED AUTOCHTONIC SPECIES AND TRADITIONAL BREEDING PRACTICES.

LEGISLATION

• Civil society representatives in the National Council for the implementation of the program for preservation of indigenous and protected animal breeds in Croatia (since 2010).


• Members of the Working Group for the agro-environmental measures in the Project of Integration in the EU Natura 2000 organized by the Ministry of Environment and Nature (since 2010. Reappointed 2011).


• Co-representatives of the Green Forum (network of 40 environmental NGO’s in Croatia) for the in the working group for the new National strategic plan of rural development and the Programme of rural development for 2014-2020, Ministry of Agriculture


• Participation in the Partnership Council of Brod-Posavina County as an advisory body to define priorities BPŽ and proposing development projects at the level of statistical region of Pannonian Croatia. (2010th-2011th) BED is an association which with its concrete actions and programs influencing the rural population, especially one which touches protected areas and protected breeds. Since 2009. because of the institutional support from National foundation for Civil Society Development more intense than ever engaged in lobbying and advocacy of policies, laws, strategies and regulations. Our advantage is that we engage in the concrete actions on the ground that are affected by policies, and we can predict the effects of certain provisions. We are helping local people in the fight for their rights and activities in the protected pasture that are currently difficult because of overlapping jurisdiction. We also monitor and try to influence any legislative changes in this area through our comments and proposals. Unfortunately in our reality jurisdiction overlapping means that no one has the answers and the acts and regulations are changing at the "speed of light". In the last two years in the field of legislation, there have been changes that will have disastrous consequences for the management of common pastures and extensive sustainable agriculture that does not have the usual negative consequences for the environment. A nd are in fact one of the key activities which is necessary to maintain the habitat. We educate and promote through our projects and publications values of landscape conservation, biodiversity protection, conservation and traditional and cultural heritage. Our efforts are directed towards linking all of these goals in a single story. We advocate ways of managing common resources and synergy of all stakeholders as the only successful way of managing.

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