Abstract
UDK: 630*93:712.2(1-751.2)(497.6 Una)
 Protected areas have significant role in protection of biodiversity, social and cultural values followed by improvement of life standard of local population. As a country with economy in transition, Bosnia and Herzegovina is trying to follow globally increasing trends in nature protection. Yet, Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to the group of countries that have difficulties to meet European criteria for minimal percentage of protected areas. Although in the last two decades numerous initiatives for proclamation of protected areas have been launched, the percentage of protected areas is still far from the European average. Establishment of new protected areas is often followed with certain misunderstandings between interest groups, lack of participation, transparency and involvement of all interest groups. The concept of cross-sectoral cooperation imply interaction between different interest groups in specific area characterized by efforts, cooperation and responsibility in order to accomplish joint consensus about the improvement of management of natural resources. This paper is focusing on the concept of cross-sectoral cooperation through the analysis of its implementation in management of National park "Una", as the youngest proclaimed National park in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The attitudes of interest groups related to cross-sectoral cooperation will be discussed together with proposal of several activities for improvement of cross-sectoral cooperation in National park "Una". Results could be useful for key decision makers in nature protection sector and institutions responsible for management of protected areas to recognize importance of cross-sectoral cooperation and promote its implementation and everyday practice.
Highlights
Protected areas have significant role in protection of biodiversity, social and cultural values followed by improvement of life standard of local population
In the last two decades Bosnia and Herzegovina have been facing with significant social, political and economic changes that contribute to rise of awareness of public when it comes to the necessity of protection of natural resources
Transition process which resulted with democratisation of the country, establishment of cross-sectoral cooperation, appearance of new interest groups and strengthening of Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) contributed to the emergence of new concept for management of natural resources known as “environmental governance”
Summary
Taking into consideration all nominated and contacted representatives of interest groups, the final sample consisted of 25 examinees. For the purpose of conducting the first phase of qualitative research, an appropriate questionnaire was designed in order to collect data about the attitudes of key interest groups which were involved in the process of establishment and management of NP ''Una'' as well as to the involvement of interest groups in cross-sectoral cooperation. Representatives of interest groups had chance to express their positive, negative or neutral attitude for each question which was used as a basis for creation of opponent-advocate matrix. In the August of 2012, second phase of qualitative research was conducted in Unsko-sanski canton in order to determine the level of progress in cross-sectoral cooperation in the NP ''Una''. The attitudes (positive, negative, neutral) of stakeholders were presented in the form of advocate-opponent matrix. The list of abbreviations for stakeholders is presented in the Table 6
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