Location: Posavina, Croatia

Objective: preserve Lonjsko Polje by promoting wise use and integrated management; improve benefits for locals; raise awareness; develop intergrated management plan

Problems: large area and wide range of stakeholders and complex task

Solutions: create synergies between stakeholders; integrate communication into the planning

Results: creation of the stakeholders committee, development of an integrated management plan

Critical factors of success: open, interactive communication with, and consultation and understanding of all stakeholders

Key learning points: ensure to generate support for the plans, use of existing and tested tools to develop integrated management plan

Actors: Central Posavina Stakeholders Committee, park staff, SINP

Communication: communication plays an important role in accomplishing understanding and common census

Financing: Life III