Croatian news reports on the Cres case

An extensive article drew attention to a workshop held there in late July, aimed at exploring, promoting, and applying nature-based solutions (NBS) in biodiversity management, with an emphasis on interspecies justice. Cres Island is highly valuable for biodiversity, being home to protected griffon vultures under the Birds Directive and the indigenous Cresca sheep, which have been bred outdoors since medieval times. However, in recent decades, these island inhabitants have been forced to contend with wild boars - an invasive species that threatens traditional sheep farming practices. The summer workshop was attended by members of the scientific team as well as national, regional, and local stakeholders. The invitation of advisory board member Ugo Toić (OTRA) accepted Tatiana Kluvánková (IFE SAS), Juha Hiedanpaa and Jani Pellikka (LUKE), Martin Špaček and Jiří Louda (CETIP) from the COEVOLVERS team. "Our ambition is to manifest the interconnection of physical and social meaning of nature-based solutions and initiate the co-creation of multispecies management to preserve Cresca sheep agro pastural régime. However, we have to take into account also other interconnected challenges, such as demographic changes as well as the capacities of key local actors. We believe that jointly we may learn and find the path to keep the sustainability of Cres by working with and respecting nature,“ explains prof. Tatiana Kluvánkova from IFE SAS. The aim of the Cres pilot study is to co-design governance practices for the island’s multispecies and to transfer the experience and knowledge of nature-based solutions from the COEVOLVERS project to the local environment.

By Mgr. Kristína Raševová, IFE SAV a UKF Nitra