FOREST - Dinaric Alps

Prokletije - Bjeshkët e Nemuna. Remarkable peak in the centre part of the photo is the highest peak of the Damned mountains - Maja Jezerce 2694 m above sea level

Giant elm trees in the heart of the old-growth forest NP Biogradska Gora, July 2009

I left the shadows of the virgin forest. Sharp sun made me blind for a while. I went further along the blooming mountain meadows so I can climb on Crna Glava, 2137 m above sea level - the highest peak of the Bjelasica and see those mountains. I could not take my eyes off that breathtaking panorama. The mountains full of snow white and rock towers had enchanted me. They are wild mountains, so beautiful and unrecognized. These mountains are damned!

Pavel Reich

Yes, this is also way how to feel the beauty of wild mountains called Dinaric Alps which are situated on the territory of former Yugoslavia and Albania. A place that is almost untouched by human activity. Within the program FOREST - Dinaric Alps we pay attention to the local ecosystems of this not very explored area.

Iris pallida Dalmatica

Published: 22 July 2020 | Hits: 414

Iris pallida Dalmatica is - as his nickname suggests - an endemic to Dalmatia. It grows on a limestone subsoil on the Adriatic coast. Its range also includes the high mountain locations of the Dalmatian mountains.

Balkan chamois

Published: 20 July 2020 | Hits: 416

In 1964, the Balkan chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica) was reintroduced to the area of Biokovo, and he acclimatized there well. Chamois is a species protected by the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Berne Convention).

Lobaria pulmonaria

Published: 16 July 2020 | Hits: 443

Lobaria pulmonaria is a large epiphytic lichen. It is bound to trees in a well-preserved natural forests, unaffected by air pollution. It is most often found on beeches (e.g. in the Biogradska Gora in Montenegro, where it is very common). It became extinct in the Czech Republic, except the Bohemian Forest and the Upper Palantine Forest. The following photographs show lobaria pulmonaria on the bark of old beeches in natural beech forests, hidden in karst sinkholes on the plateau of the Biokovo mountain range in Croatia.

Čovječja ribica

Published: 19 September 2012 | Hits: 2359

In some caves, from Slovenia to Albania we can find a very strange animal. It is called the human fish, proteus or olm. The Proteus - Proteus anguinus is an amphibian similar to salamander.