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Table of Content Introductions
Greetings to Pohorje Simona Kaligarič, Jurij Gulič, Tanja Košar Starič
Regional Park Pohorje - a Century after the First Efforts Boris Podvršnik, Mayor of Municipality of Zreče; Bojan Borovnik, Mayor of Municipality of Mislinja; Ivan Žagar, Mayor of Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica; Marko Rakovnik Mayor of Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju; Slavko Vetrih, Mayor of Municipality of Vitanje; Srečko Geč, Mayor of Municipality of Ribnica na Pohorju Pohorje Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Matjaž Jež, Simona Kaligarič, Jurij Gulič Proteus wrote about the nature of the Pohorje Mountains already in 1995, when we published the proposal for the Pohorje Nature Park, which was to be protected as a regional park. The year 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of this initiative and a centennial of the release of the Memorandum (Spomenica), the first Slovenian nature conservation programme. The authors of the Memorandum proposed three mid-mountain or forest protection parks. The first on the list was the virgin forest of count Windischgraetz on the Pohorje Mts. This marked the beginning of conservation efforts to protect Pohorje. Staff at the then Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments took over the expert groundwork and laid the foundations for the project with the Ecological Study of the Eastern Pohorje Mountains. However, despite the Expert groundwork for the proclamation of the Pohorje Nature Park (1987) the area was not protected. The result of renewed efforts of local communities, nature lovers and conservationists was
the Expert proposal for the protection of the Pohorje Regional Park, which was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning in 2020. Vision Pohorje 2030 – where are we in 2020 and what is our course of action until 2030 Tanja Lešnik Štuhec, Jurij Gulič Vision Pohorje 2030 dates back to 2011 when it was drafted in the framework of the NATREG project, and offers guidelines for close-to-nature management of Pohorje by systematically integrating all stakeholders in creating attractive natural and cultural heritage stories. Networking – establishment of organised local chains of service providers through effective marketing and comprehensive presentation of Pohorje under a joint destination brand – can have a huge multiplier effect. The synergies of integrated creative efforts are usually ref lected in boutique, guided green adventures tailored to the needs of identified target groups. Rocks between Velika Kopa and Veliki Vrh on Pohorje Mirka Trajanova Have you ever walked across the domed summits of the Pohorje Mountains? When you do, you will be greeted by mighty forests offering soothing cool in the summer and a wealth of f lora and fauna that never run out of water and peace. If you pay attention, you will be welcomed also by a plethora of rocks and minerals, some of which can’t be found anywhere else in Slovenia. Pohorje boasts some of the oldest rocks in Slovenia. Their source rocks, whose age was determined on similar rocks in Austria, are more than 1.6 billion years old. But this is only the beginning of their development. They have changed quite a few times through their geological history, first due to subduction to the depth of more than one hundred kilometres, followed by uplifting and finally through thrusting and tectonic exposure. Pohorje with its rich natural heritage is part of the Natura 2000 network
