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LIFE MANSALT Človek in narava v Sečoveljskih solinah Man and nature in Sečovlje salt-pans LIFE 09 NAT/SI/000376

Poročilo za širšo javnost Layman’s report September 2015

KRAJINSKI PARK SEČOVELJSKE SOLINE (KPSS) – stoletno sobivanje narave in človeka se nadaljuje

SEČOVLJE SALINA NATURE PARK (SSNP) – the centuries-old coexistence of nature and man continues

Sečoveljske soline ležijo na skrajnem jugozahodnem delu Slovenije, tik ob meji z Republiko Hrvaško. Obsegajo približno 7 kvadratnih kilometrov. Njihova glavna sladkovodna žila je reka Dragonja, ki se tu po nekaj desetkilometrskem toku izliva v morje. Na naplavinah, ki jih je Dragonja odlagala skozi geološko zgodovino, so ljudje – verjetno že v rimskem času, zagotovo pa v srednjem veku – z nasipi ustvarili mrežo bazenov, v katerih se zgoščuje morska voda in kjer ob pomoči sonca in vetra iz slanice izhajajo kristali morske soli.

The Sečovlje Saltpans are situated in the southwesternmost part of Slovenia, close to the border with the Republic of Croatia. The pans cover about 7 square kilometres.

Their major freshwater vein is the Dragonja River, which drains here into the sea after its few tens of kilometres long course. On the alluvial sediments deposited by the Dragonja through its geological history, people created – probably as early as in Roman times, but most certainly in the Middle Ages – a network of basins with the aid of levees, in which seawater condenses and where sea salt crystals are extracted from brine with the aid of the sun and wind.

V Sečoveljskih solinah se sol danes pridobiva le na severnem delu, imenovanem Lera. Na Fontaniggah, južnem delu solin, so pridelavo soli že pred desetletji opustili, ostali pa so veliki bazeni, ki se postopoma zaraščajo z značilno slanoljubno vegetacijo - halofiti. Ob velikih kanalih so raztreseni ostanki hiš solinarjev, ki so tu z družinami prebivali v topli polovici leta. Na Leri, severnem delu solin, pa pridelava nikoli ni zastala in še danes se tam prideluje visokokakovostna sol, bogata z minerali in snežno bele barve.

Today, salt is harvested only in the northern part of Sečovlje Saltpans, called Lera. At Fontanigge, their southern part, salt-making was abandoned decades ago, leaving large basins behind, which have gradually become overgrown with the characteristic salt-loving vegetation – halophytes.

Along the large canals, remains of houses once inhabited by salters that lived in the pans with their families in the warmer part of the year, are scattered. At Lera, the pans’ northern part, salt-making has never stopped, and high quality snow-white salt, rich in minerals, is still being harvested there.

Soline so bogato življenjsko okolje

Saltpans constitute a rich natural environment

Solna polja so pravzaprav zelo podobna naravnim obalnim lagunam, ki so polne življenja. Pomembna razlika med solinami in naravnimi mokrišči je v uravnavanju vodnega režima: v naravi ima človek le majhen vpliv na kroženje vode prek izhlapevanja in padavin. V solinah pa ima solinar - s tem ko že stoletja na enak način doliva in odliva morsko vodo v solne bazene - ključno vlogo

Salt fields are in fact very similar to natural coastal lagoons, which are full of life. The significant difference between saltpans and natural wetlands lies in the regulation of the water regime; in nature, man has only a minor impact on water circulation via evaporation and precipitation. In the saltpans, on the other hand, man has played – due to the fact that he has been leading water in and out of salt ba2

pri zagotavljanju razmer za živi svet. Ob tradicionalni pridelavi soli se ohranijo pestra življenjska okolja. Nekatera izmed njih so zaradi vse večjega človekovega vpliva na obalna območja postala redka in ogrožena. Uvrščena so na dodatek k Habitatni Direktivi, ki je – skupaj s Ptičjo Direktivo – ključno orodje za varovanje biotske pestrosti na območju Evropske unije. Na slikah 1 do 6 so habitatni tipi iz Sečoveljskih solin, ki jim je na ravni EU namenjena posebna varstvena pozornost.

sins in the very same manner for centuries – key role in providing conditions suitable for the living world. With traditional salt harvesting, diverse habitats are preserved.

But some of them have become rare and endangered due to the increasing human impact on coastal regions. Thus they have been included in the Annex of the Habitats Directive that is – together with the Birds Directive – the key tool for protecting and conserving biodiversity in the European Union. Figures 1 – 6 show habitat types from the Sečovlje Saltpans, to which special protection is dedicated at the EU level.

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1-6: Habitatni tipi iz Sečoveljskih solin (HT1310, 1410, 1420, 1130, 1320, 1140) 1-6: Habitat types from the Sečovlje Saltpans (HT1310, 1410, 1420, 1130, 1320, 1140)

Tudi nekatere rastline in živali so sčasoma postale odvisne od solinskega okolja. Slanoljubne rastline (ali halofiti) so značilne za razmeroma ozek obalni pas. Na Sečoveljskih solinah so pogoste ozkolistna mrežica, osočnik, členkar, oman in druge.

Gradually, some plants and animals have become dependent on saltpan environment. The salt-loving plants or halophytes are characteristic for a relatively narrow coastal belt. The commonest in the pans are Sea-lavender, Marsh Samphire, Glasswort, Golden Samphire, and other.

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7-8 Členkar in ozkolistna mrežica 7-8 Glassworth and Sea-lavender

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Sečoveljske soline so že pred časom pritegnile pozornost naravoslovcev, ki so jih predvsem navduševale tukajšnje ptice. Nekatere vrste imajo tu največje populacije pri nas ali pa jih drugod v Sloveniji sploh ne najdemo. Ponavljajoči se postopki ročnega dela solinarjev na omejenih območjih solin tukajšnjih ptic skorajda ne motijo.

Long ago, the Sečovlje Saltpans attracted the attention of naturalists, especially those enthusing over the birds. Some of the latter have the largest populations in the pans, or cannot be found elsewhere in Slovenia at all. The recurring procedures of the salters’ manual work in the limited areas of the pans practically do not disturb the birds living here.

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9-14 Beločeli deževnik, mala čigra, navadna čigra, polojnik, sabljarka, črnoglavi galeb 9-14 Kentish Plover, Little Tern, Common Tern, Black-winged Stilt, Mediterranean Gull

Solinski bazeni, slane mlake in kanali s povečano slanostjo vode, ki so povezani z morjem, so življenjski prostor številnih vodnih živali, kot so solinski rakec, vrsta planktona, različne školjke, raki, mnogoščetinci in riba solinarka. V sladkovodnem mokrišču na robu solin pa prebiva edina slovenska avtohtona sladkovodna želva – močvirska sklednica.

Salt basins, salt pools and canals with increased water salinity due to being connected with the sea are home to numerous water animals, such as Brine Shrimp, different bivalves, certain plankton species, crustaceans, bristleworms and Tooth Carp. The freshwater wetland on the edge of the pans is, on the other hand, inhabited by the only Slovenian indigenous freshwater turtle – the European Pond Terrapin.

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15-16: Solinarka in močvirska sklednica 15-16: Tooth Car pand European Pond Terrapin

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Kaj ogroža biotsko raznovrstnost solin?

What threatens the pans’ biodiversity?

Za nadzor in uravnavanje vode v solinah je treba zagotoviti mrežo nasipov, ki preprečujejo visokemu plimovanju, da poplavi rastišča rastlin, gnezdišča ptic in prebivališča drugih živali. Nasipi v Sečoveljskih solinah so bili nekaj desetletij zelo slabo vzdrževani, zato je morje pogosto zalilo soline in zaledje in s seboj odneslo tudi jajca in mladiče na tleh gnezdečih solinskih ptic.

Ker kanali v solinah niso bili medsebojno povezani in na njih ni bilo zapornic, ki uravnavajo dotoke vode, se je poleti pogosto zgodilo, da so prek presušenih solnih polj prihajale lisice in kune in uplenile jajca ali mladiče celotne kolonije solinskih ptic. Velika nihanja v slanosti vode in prekinjene povezave do drugih vodnih območij so grožnja za ribo solinarko. Tudi obiskovalci solin, ki zapuščajo označene poti, lahko nevede pohodijo z varovalno barvo zaščitene komaj izvaljene mladiče ptic ali njihova jajca.

For a suitable control and regulation of the water in the pans, a network of levees has to be provided for that prevents high tides to inundate the sites of salina plants, nest sites of the birds and homes of all other animals. As the levees have been maintained very poorly for several decades, the sea frequently flooded the pans and their hinterland, and often carried away with it the eggs and chicks of the ground-nesting birds. As the canals were not interconnected and equipped with sluices for regulating the water inflow, it often happened that foxes and martens crossed the dry salt fields in summer months and captured the eggs or chicks of a whole colony of salina birds. The great oscillations in water salinity and disconnected links to other water areas pose a great threat to the Tooth Carp. Even visitors of the pans, leaving the marked trails, can unknowingly trample the just hatched young birds covered with protective colour or the birds’ eggs.

V sladkovodnem mokrišču na robu solin se je obseg vodnih površin zaradi odlaganja in sedimentacije usedlin, verjetno pa tudi zaradi izpiranja hranil z bližnjih njiv, v zadnjih letih močno skrčil in za sklednico je bilo tu vse manj prostora. Onesnaženje in številni nelegalni privezi za plovila v Jernejevem kanalu so grožnja za rastlinsko združbo metličja, ki dosega v solinah skrajno mejo pojavljanja v Jadranskem morju in jo pri nas najdemo le še v majhnem zalivu blizu Ankarana.

Open water area in the freshwater wetland on the edge of the pans has decreased significantly in the last few years owing to the deposition of alluvial sediments and probably also due to the washout of nutrients from the nearby fields, leaving less and less space for the European Pond Terrapin. Pollution and numerous illegal berths in St. Jernej Canal are a threat to the plant association of Broom scrubs, which reaches here the extreme limit of occurrence in the Adriatic Sea and can otherwise be found in our country only in a small bay near Ankaran.

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17-19: Ključne grožnje biotski raznovrstnosti v solinah: nenadzorovane poplave, zaraščanje močvirja in kopenski plenilci 17-19: Key threats to biodiversity in salina: uncontrolled floods, overgrowing of wetlands and mammalian predators

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Projekt LIFE+ MANSALT v Sečoveljskih solinah

LIFE+ MANSALT project in the Sečovlje Saltpans

Glavni cilj LIFE projekta MANSALT - Človek in narava v Sečoveljskih solinah je ohranitev biotske raznovrstnosti v Krajinskem parku Sečoveljske soline.

The main objective of the LIFE project MANSALT – Man and Nature in the Sečovlje Saltpans is to conserve biodiversity in Sečovlje Salina Nature Park.

Projekt LIFE MANSALT je – skupaj s sredstvi iz Sanacijskega programa za obnovo solin po poplavah iz leta 2008 – omogočil tisto, kar je bilo dolgo časa zapostavljeno: z obnovo solinskih nasipov se izboljšujejo razmere za pester rastlinski in živalski svet, slana življenjska okolja, ohranitev kulturne dediščine in krajine, povečuje pa se tudi varnost širšega območja solin pred visokim plimovanjem.

The LIFE MANSALT project has made it possible – together with the funds from the Sanation programme for the restoration of the pans after the 2008 floods – to rectify everything that has been neglected for such a long time: with the reconstruction of salina levees, the conditions for the diverse flora, fauna and salt habitats have been improved and cultural heritage and landscape preserved.

Apart from it, the security of the wider salina area against high tides has been improved.

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Slika 20: Obnovljeni nasipi, robni jarki in sladkovodno mokrišče v okviru LIFE MANSALT projekta Figure 20: Reconstructed leeves, edge channels and freshwater wetland in the LIFE MANSALT project

Podrobnejši cilji in aktivnosti projekta LIFE MANSALT:

More detailed objectives and activities of the LIFE MANSALT project:

CILJ 1: Vzpostavitev nadzora nad vodnim režimom

OBJECTIVE 1: To establish control over the water regime

Ključne aktivnosti:

Key activities:

1.1. Obnova in utrditev nasipov ob vodotokih in kanalih ter na mejni črti med solinami in morjem

1.1.Reconstruction and consolidation of the levees along the water courses and canals as well as on the border line between the pans and the sea

Večina nasipov v Sečoveljskih solinah je sestavljena iz kamnitih zidov. Skrivnost vzdrževanja takšnih zidov, ki so bili praviloma postavljeni brez trdnega temelja in veziva med kamni, je bila skozi stoletja v rednem vzdrževanju; ko se je kamen v takšnem zidu zrahljal, so ga marljivi solinarji in člani njihovih družin nemudoma ponovno učvrstili. Ko pa so solinarji pred več desetletji zapustili Fontanigge, se za takšna vzdrževalna dela nihče ni več zmenil. Kamniti zidovi so se pričeli rušiti, voda pa je med visokimi plimami že ob majhnih razpokah v zidu hitro povzročila še večjo škodo. V sklopu LIFE MANSALT je bilo obnovljenih 5,177 km kamnitih in zemeljskih nasipov.

Most of the levees in the Sečovlje Saltpans are built of stone walls. The secret of maintaining such walls, which as a rule were erected without solid foundations and binding between stones, lay through centuries in their regular maintenance; when a stone became loose in such a wall, the hard-working salters and members of their families immediately made it firm in it again. But when the salters left Fontanigge several decades ago, nobody paid any heed to such maintenance work any longer. The stone walls began to crumble, with water quickly causing even greater damage during high tides already along the smallest cracks in the walls. Within the framework of LIFE MANSALT project, 5,177 km of stone levees and of earthen levees have been rebuilt.

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21-26: Obnova nasipov za nadzor nad vodnim režimom 21-26: Reconstruction of water infrastructure for securing control over the waters

CILJ 2: Zagotovitev ugodnih razmer za obstoj ciljnih vrst in habitatov

OBJECTIVE 2: To provide favourable conditions for the survival of target species and habitats

Ključne aktivnosti:

Key activities:

2.1. Izkop jarkov ob robu solnih bazenov z namenom, da se omogoči kroženje vode, in vzpostavitev naravnih ovir za dostop plenilcev na gnezdiščih solinskih ptic

2.1. Digging of channels along the edge of salt basins to allow circling of the water and building natural barriers to stop predators accessing nestsites of the salina birds.

Stari solinarji so ob robu večjih solinskih bazenom izkopali robne jarke, s čimer so pripomogli k boljšemu kroženju in s tem večjemu deležu kisika v vodi. Tako so zmanjševali verjetnost bohotenja alg na vodni površini. Alge lahko ob visokih temperaturah in navadno v sušnem obdobju povsem prekrijejo vodne površine v bazenih za izhlapevanje vode in s tem pospešijo nastanek anaerobnih razmer, ki lahko vodijo celo v nastanek in izločanje strupenih plinov.

Along the edge of larger salt basins, ditches were once dug by saltworkers, who thus contributed to a better circulation as well as greater share of oxygen in the water.

The possibility of algae growing exuberantly on the water surface was thus reduced. At high temperatures and usually in dry periods, algae can completely cover the water surfaces in the evaporation basins and therefore hasten the emergence of anaerobic conditions, which may even lead to the formation and discharge of poisonous gases.

V projektu LIFE je bila obujena prav ta stoletna praksa.

Izkopanih je bilo 9.700 metrov takšnih jarkov (sliki 27, 28) in ob tem na vsaki strani jarka oblikovanih prav toliko zemeljskih nasipov. Z opazovanji med projektom je

Within the LIFE project, a century-old practice was revived.

Some 9.700 metres of such ditches were dug (Figures 27, 28) and the same number of earthen levees built. The observations during the project have shown that the wide

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27-28: Robni jarek pred in po posegu 27-28: Edge channel before and after intervention

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bilo ugotovljeno, da široki in globoki vodni jarki na robu bazenov otežijo dostop lisicam in kunam do gnezdišč kolonijskih vrst ptic (predvsem mala in navadna čigra).

Z robnimi jarki povezani kanali ugodno prispevajo tudi k razmeram, ki jih potrebuje riba solinarka.

and deep water ditches on the edge of the basins aggravate the access by foxes and martens to the nest-sites of the colonial bird species (particularly Little and Common Terns). The ditches linked with edge channels also favourably contribute to the conditions required by Tooth Carp.

2.2. Ureditev okopnin za spodbujanje razvoja halofitne vegetacije

2.2. Preparation of tracts of land to promote development of salt-loving vegetation

V sklopu pripravljalnih akcij za uresničevanje ključnih naravovarstvenih aktivnosti je bila ob pričetku projekta pripravljena analiza stanja izbranih habitatnih tipov.

Spremljanje stanja in opazovanje razvoja slanoljubne vegetacije med projektom je pokazalo, da je pretežni del solin prek leta preveč in prepogosto poplavljen. S premišljenimi ukrepi za vzpostavitev bolj suhih področij (vzpostavitev nasipov za preprečevanje nenadzorovanega prelivanja plimovanja, z nadzorom nad pretoki vode in vzpostavitvijo dodatnih zemeljskih otokov) se je obseg izbranih ciljnih habitatnih tipov z rastišči halofitnih rastlin močno povečal. Na sliki 29 je shematsko prikazan načrt za urejanje dodatnih »okopnitev«.

Within the framework of preparatory actions for the implementation of key nature-conservation activities, an analysis of the status of the selected habitat types was carried out at the beginning of the project. Monitoring of their status and monitoring of development of salt-loving vegetation during the project has shown that the greater part of the pans is too much and too often inundated.

With sound measures for the preparation of drier sections (building of levees to prevent uncontrolled overflowing of tides, with control of the water flow and preparation of additional earthen islets), the number of selected target habitat types with sites of halophytes increased a great deal. Figure 29 is a schematic illustration of the plan as to the making of additional »tracts of land«.

Slika 29: Načrt urejanja okopnitev za slanoljubne rastline (halofite) Figure 29: Illustration of the plans for ''tracts of land'' for halophytes

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30-31: Območja za rast halofitne vegetacije – pred in po LIFE posegih 30-31: Areas for halophytes – before and after LIFE actions

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2.3. Ekološka obnova degradiranih območij in urejanje nadomestnih habitatov

2.3. Ecological restoration of degraded areas and preparation of substitute habitats

Na območju izkopov in odlagališča jalovine nekdanjega rudnika črnega premoga na robu Sečovelj je pred desetletji nastalo sladkovodno jezero. Močno se je zaraslo z močvirsko vegetacijo, obseg in globina vodnega ogledala pa se je hitro zmanjševal zaradi odlaganja usedlin (slika 32 – stanje mokrišča pred posegi v okviru projekta LIFE). Tu je prebivališče želv sklednic.

On the edge of Sečovlje, where black coal used to be mined and tailings deposited, a freshwater lake was formed a few decades ago. It has been heavily overgrown with marsh vegetation since, with the lake’s surface size and depth quickly decreasing owing to the sediments being deposited there (Figure 32: configuration of the wetland prior to the activities carried out at the lake within the LIFE project). This is home to the European Pond Terrapin.

Po opravljeni ekološki obnovi mokrišča se je povečal obseg vodnih površin za 7.500 m2 ha (slika 34), nastala sta dva velika otoka in vzpostavljena je bila povezava med vodnimi telesi prek prelivnih objektov.

After the wetland’s ecological restoration, the size of water surfaces has been increased by 7.500 m2 (Figures 34). Two large islets were formed and a link between water bodies established via spillway facilities.

Na območju Fontanigge je bilo v sklopu projekta urejenih 66 zemeljskih otokov (slika 33), ki postajajo pomembno rastišče slanoljubnih rastlin in potencialno gnezdišče za solinske ptice.

In the area of Fontanigge, 66 earthen islets were built within the project’s framework (Figure 33). They are turning into significant localities of halophilous plants and potential breeding sites for salina birds.

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32-35: Sladkovodno mokrišče in umetni otoki v solinah 32-35: Freshwater wetland and earth islands in salina

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CILJ 3: Dvig zavesti o pomenu tradicionalnega solinarstva, ki ohranja naravo in omogoča trajnostni razvoj lokalne skupnosti

OBJECTIVE 3: Awareness building on the significance of traditional salt-making, which preserves nature and enables sustainable development of the local community.

Najučinkovitejše orodje za ohranitev naravnih in kulturnih vrednot solin je nadaljevanje tradicionalne pridelave soli na omejenem obsegu površin. Tak poslovni model upošteva spremenjene razmere na trgu soli, ki ob tradicionalnemu načinu pridelave soli ne podpira masovne pridelave, pač pa usmeritev v pridelovanje visoko kakovostne soli povsem naravnega izvora. To je tudi edini način, ki omogoča sobivanje narave in človeka v Sečoveljskih solinah, saj temelji na stoletni tradiciji in poleg snežno bele in z minerali bogate soli ohranja tudi razmere za pester rastlinski in živalski svet.

The most effective tool for the preservation of the salina’s valuable natural and cultural features is continuation of traditional salt-making in a limited area of the pans. Such business model considers the changed conditions on the salt market, which does not support massive production, but production of high quality salt of totally natural origin.

This is also the only way, which enables cohabitation of nature and man at the Sečovlje Saltpans, given that it is based on centuries-old tradition and preserves, apart from snow-white salt rich in minerals, the conditions for highly diverse flora and fauna.

Ključne aktivnosti:

Key activities:

Prizadevanja za dvig zavesti in razlago povezanosti med ohranjanjem tradicionalnega ročnega solinarstva na sedanjem obsegu površin in ohranjanjem razmer za obstoj pomembnih življenjskih okolij in nanje navezanih rastlin in živali so bila usmerjena k različnim ciljnim skupinam: obiskovalcem parka, lokalnemu prebivalstvu in splošni javnosti. Poleg bolj poznanih metod za izobraževanje in dvig zavesti (spletna stran, lokalno glasilo, zgibanke, informacijske table, tematske delavnice, filmi, prispevki v medijih, na radiu in televiziji…) je pozornost pritegnila projekcija žive slike z gnezdišč solinskih ptic.

Obiskovalci so si prek televizijske slike na nemoteč način lahko ogledovali dogajanje v kolonijah čiger na solinah, kot pravi resničnostno oddajo.

Our efforts to raise awareness and interpret the correlation between conservation of traditional manual salt-making in the current area and preservation of conditions necessary for the existence of important habitats and plants/ animals closely associated with them, were oriented at different target groups: visitors of the park, local community and general public. Apart from the better known methods of education and awareness building (website, local newsletter, leaflets, information boards, thematic workshops, films, contributions in the printed media, radio and TV …), much attention has been attracted by the projection of vivid images from the breeding-sites of salina birds. Via TV images, the visitors have been able to watch, in a totally unobtrusive way, a »reality show« from the colonies of terns in the pans.

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36-39: Okoljska vzgoja in informiranje javnosti o projektu 36-39: Environmental education and provision of information on the project

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CILJ 4: Predstavitev modela dobre prakse uporabe tradicionalnih metod pri obnovi in vzdrževanju solinskih ekosistemov ter načrtovanju rabe naravnih virov

OBJECTIVE 4: Presentation of a good practice model for the use of traditional methods in restoration and maintenance of salina ecosystems and planning of natural resources use

V Evropski uniji se najbolj ogrožene rastlinske in živalske vrste in njihova življenjska okolja varujejo v sklopu območij NATURA 2000. Tiste človekove aktivnosti, ki bi ogrozile obstoj ciljnih vrst in njihovih življenjskih okolij znotraj območij NATURA, praviloma niso dopustne. V Sečoveljskih solinah, območju NATURA 2000, tradicionalno solinarstvo ni grožnja za živi svet; prej nasprotno: nadaljevanje te dejavnosti na Leri, severnem delu Krajinskega parka Sečoveljske soline, je nujno za zagotavljanje ustreznih vodnih režimov za solinske rastline in živali. Hkrati pa tradicionalno solinarstvo ponuja delo in zaposlitve in prispeva k razvoju lokalne skupnosti, saj pridelava soli na tradicionalen način, možnost doživljanja in opazovanja narave in bogata kulturna dediščina privabljajo številne obiskovalce. Varstvo narave, posebej če je povezano s tradicionalnimi človekovimi dejavnostmi, je torej v območjih NATURA 2000 tudi razvojna priložnost.

In the EU, the most threatened plant and animal species and their habitats are protected within the framework of NATURA 2000 sites. All those activities that could potentially endanger the existence of target species and their habitats are, as a rule, prohibited. At the Sečovlje Saltpans, a NATURA 2000 site, the traditional salt- harvesting does not pose a threat to the biodiversity; on the contrary, the continuation of activities at Lera, Sečovlje Salina Nature Park’s northern part, is imperative for the provision of appropriate water regimes for salina plants and animals. At the same time, the traditional salt-making provides for jobs and contributes to the development of the local community, considering that traditional salt-making, the possibility of experiencing and observing nature and rich cultural heritage attract numerous visitors. Nature conservation, especially if linked with traditional human activities, is therefore a developmental opportunity at NATURA 2000 sites as well.

Predpogoj za sobivanje človeka in narave v Sečoveljskih solinah je okoljsko odgovoren odnos ljudi do rabe naravnih virov.

The precondition for the co-existence of man and nature at Sečovlje Saltpans is environmentally responsible attitude of the people to the use of natural resources.

Projekt LIFE+ MANSALT je k doseganju okoljsko skladnega razvoja prispeval tudi prek priprave smernic za načrtovanje ureditve privezov v kanalu Svetega Jerneja, s pomočjo katerih se ohranjajo ključni habitatni tipi in vrste, hkrati pa urejajo privezi za manjša plovila.

The LIFE+ MANSALT project has contributed to the environmentally harmonious development also by preparing guidelines for the regulation of quays in Sv. Jernej Canal, by which key habitat types and species are preserved, as well as quays for smaller vessels regulated in a more suitable way.

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LIFE+ in Natura 2000 LIFE+ je finančni instrument EU, ki je namenjen izključno varstvu okolja. Podpira izvajanje okoljske politike EU, spodbuja projekte, ki prispevajo k trajnostnemu razvoju in tiste, ki predstavljajo dodano vrednost v smislu ohranjanja okolja in narave v državah EU. Je tudi glavni finančni mehanizem za izvajanje projektov v območjih Natura 2000, kamor so uvrščene tudi Sečoveljske soline.

Natura 2000 je evropsko omrežje posebnih varstvenih območij, razglašenih v državah članicah Evropske unije z osnovnim ciljem ohraniti biotsko raznovrstnost za bodoče rodove.

LIFE+ and Natura 2000 LIFE+ is EU financial instrument, aimed exclusively at environmental protection. It supports implementation of the EU environmental policy, stimulates projects that contribute to sustainable development and those that bring added value in the sense of environment and nature conservation in EU states. It is also the major financial mechanism for the implementation of projects in Natura 2000 areas, into which Sečovlje saltpans have been incorporated as well.

Natura 2000 is European network of special areas of conservation designated by EU member states, its basic objective being to conserve biodiversity for future generations.

Več o LIFE programu: www.ec.europa.eu/environment/life Več o omrežju Natura 2000: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/index_en.htm Več o projektu MANSALT: www.kpss.si

More about LIFE programme: www.ec.europa.eu/environment/life More about Natura 2000 network: http://ec.europa. eu/environment/nature/natura2000/index_en.htm More about MANSALT project: www.kpss.si

Nosilec projekta: SOLINE Pridelava soli d.o.o.

Vrednost projekta: 7.056.366 EUR Trajanje projekta: oktober 2010 – september 2015 Sredstva prispevajo: Evropska komisija 48,75%, Republika Slovenija (prek sredstev Sanacijskega programa za odpravo posledic škode po visokem plimovanju decembra 2008): 44,02%, Telekom Slovenije d.d. (Mobitel): 4,25% EUR, SOLINE Pridelava soli d.o.o.: 2,98%

Beneficiary: SOLINE Pridelava soli d.o.o.

Project value: 7.056.366 EUR Duration of the project: October 2010 – September 2015 Financial contributions: European Commission: 48,75%; Republic of Slovenia (via financial means allocated for the Sanation Programme to remedy the effects of damages caused during the extremely high tides taking place in December 2008): 44,02%, Telekom Slovenije d.d. (Mobitel): 4,25%, SOLINE Pridelava soli d.o.o.: 2,98%

Poročilo je bilo izdelano v okviru projekta LIFE+ “MANSALT – Človek in narava v Sečoveljskih solinah (LIFE09 NAT/SI/000376), financiranega s pomočjo finančnega instrumenta za okolje Evropske skupnosti - LIFE. Izdajatelj: SOLINE Pridelava soli d.o.o.

Oblikovanje in tisk: Matris Design Fotografije in slikovno gradivo: Anja Čop, Primož Hieng, Danijel Ivajnšič, Jadran Rusjan, Iztok Škornik, Google Earth, arhiv podjetja/Lektura in prevod: Henrik Ciglič/Naklada: 100 izvodov/September 2015

This Report was prepared under the LIFE+ project “MANSALT – Man and Nature in Secovlje salt-pans’’ (LIFE09 NAT/SI/000376), financed by the European Community’s Financial Instrument for Environment LIFE. Published by: SOLINE Pridelava soli d.o.o.

Layout and print: Matris Design Photos and figures: Anja Čop, Primož Hieng, Danijel Ivajnšič, Jadran Rusjan, Iztok Škornik, Google Earth, company’s archives Proofreading and translation: Henrik Ciglič Printed: 100 copies September 2015