Common system for the evaluation of the sustainability of water resources management in the Natural Parks Škocjanske Jame and Risnjak
- Principal Investigator at ZRC SAZU Metka Petrič, PhD
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                Original Title Skupni sistem vrednotenja trajnostnosti upravljanja z vodnimi viri parkov Škocjanske jame in Risnjak 
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                Acronym Škocjan-Risnjak 
- Project Team Metka Petrič, PhD, Janja Kogovšek, PhD , Janez Mulec, PhD , Nataša Ravbar, PhD, Stanka Šebela, PhD, Franjo Drole, Mateja Zadel
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                Duration 1 January 2014–17 June 2015
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                Lead Partner Javni zavod Park Škocjanske jame 
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              Project Leader Javni zavod Park Škocjanske jame 
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                Financial Source Republika Slovenija
 EU (OP IPA Slovenija-Hrvaška 2007-2013)
 ZRC SAZU
 
- Partners Grad Delnice, Geotehnički fakultet - Sveučilište Zagreb, Nacionalni park Risnjak, Geološki zavod Slovenije, Inštitut za raziskovanje krasa ZRC SAZU
Foundations for long-term sustainable management of water resources in the cross-border area between the natural parks Škocjanske jame and Risnjak will be set based on the research, educational, and awareness-raising activities. A complex process of water management has to follow the goals of various sectors, consider complex natural conditions (karst aquifers with specific characteristics of groundwater flow), and in the cross-border area also pay regards to the relations between two neighbouring countries. A comprehensive management of water resources demands co-operation of all sectors in the horizontal, as well as in the vertical direction from inhabitants, local communities, regions to states.