Abstract
In accordance with the Law on National Parks (NP) from 2015, the manager is obliged to cooperate with the stakeholders in the area of NP. The aim of the paper is to determine the attitudes of the representatives of the Public Enterprise ?NP Djerdap? and Public Enterprise ?NP Kopaonik? and stakeholders in the area of these two NPs, towards the existing cooperation, as well as the possibilities for its improvement. Primary data were collected in two phases. In the first phase, 52 stakeholders' representatives from the public, private and civil sectors from the areas of both NPs were surveyed and 9 representatives of the NP managers were interviewed. In the second phase, interviews were conducted with 16 stakeholders' representatives, 2 representatives of NP managers and 2 experts (representatives of institutions and organizations, whose business activities are directly or indirectly related to the management of protected areas). Representatives of NP managers emphasize that they have cooperation with stakeholders from the public, private and civil sectors. They are satisfied with this cooperation, but also have the interest to improve it. Most stakeholders? representatives from the area of NP Djerdap (92.6%) and NP Kopaonik (76.0%) noted that they are satisfied with the managers? work. They also have cooperation with other stakeholders in the NP area, but they are interested in improvement. Proposals refer to sharing more information and education of stakeholders, establishing of their association and joint work on projects.
Highlights
Sustainable management of natural resources “...in modern conditions imposes itself as a necessary activity...” and refers to “...a set of measures, methods and activities that would reconcile economic growth and development with the scale of available resources” (M i l an ov, 2013)
All representatives of public enterprises (PEs) “National Parks (NP) Đerdap” and most representatives (3) of PE “NP Kopaonik” consider that the most important stakeholders should be involved in the decision-making process, because “...demonstrating the needs of the stakeholders enables the harmonization of interests, and joint action on certain activities” (PENPĐ3)
The results indicate that NP managers and stakeholders believe that cooperation should be improved
Summary
Sustainable management of natural resources “...in modern conditions imposes itself as a necessary activity...” and refers to “...a set of measures, methods and activities that would reconcile economic growth and development with the scale of available resources” (M i l an ov, 2013). Protected areas (PAs) are primarily established for the purpose of “...the protection of biodiversity” (I o n i ţă , S ta n c i u , 2016). These areas “...provide numerous benefits to people, enabling the sustainable development of local communities” (Ioniţă, Stanciu, 2016). In this regard, the planning and management of the PA “...today presents a great challenge, both in the international professional public and in the everyday practice of PA management” (NKD, 2017). PAs require organized management, which represents “...interaction between the manager, i.e. the organization entrusted with the management and the environments in which they are located” (Đ o rđevi ć, 2017)
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