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Significant Landscape Gajna

Significant Landscape Gajna

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Significant Landscape Gajna

Country

Croatia

Biogeographical Region

Continental

Region

Slavonia (administrative – Brod-Posavina County), Area of special state concern

Landscape/ Eco system type / protected area

Significant landscape (approx. cat V IUCN) from 1990 and part of EU ecological network (Natura 2000) –Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs), High Nature Value Grassland since 2019. Seasonally flooded by Sava River

Agriculture Use

  • 250 hectares are reported in the Croatian Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) as pasture since 2015, and as High Nature Value Grassland since 2019 (requirement: max. 1 cattle per hectare). It has been traditionally used as common pasture for centuries. There were never fertilizers on this land.
  • Currently there are 12 herds by 12 individual owners on the pasture, divided by electrical fence (solar) because most herds have a bull.