Monograph Natural-history heritage of Tomislavgrad: An example of promotion, research and protection directions for Duvanjsko and

Livanjsko polje

Roman Ozimec & Marko Radoš Mara, NGO Naša baština (Our Heritage)

The region of Tomislavgrad County covers 969 km2 and belongs partly to the

Mediterranean, partly to the Alpine Biogeographical Region.

Map by D. Radoš

2 big karst poljes: Duvanjsko polje (112 km2)

Buško blato, part of Livanjsko polje (405 km²)

Smaller karst poljes: Dugo polje (19,1 km²), Roško polje (3,9 km²), Šujičko polje

(2,7 km²), Viničko polje (2,2 km²)…

11 mountain massifs: Čvrsnica (2228 m), Vran (2074 m), Cincar (2006 m),

Kamešnica (1856 m), Ljubuša (1797 m), Tušnica (1700 m),

Jelovača (1527 m), Zavelim (1346 m), Lib (1328 m), Gvozd (1304

m) and Grabovica, with Midena (1224 m).

Photo by B. Stumberger

2 lakes: Buško (55,92 km2) and Blidinjsko (up to 6 km2)

Main river: Šujica (47,27 km): several small rivers: Drina, Miljacka, Ričina, Seget

Hydrologicaly belong to Cetina river system, partly to Jadro, Žrnovnica, Vruja,

also Vrljika (Neretva river system)

Photo by M. Šumanović

Photo by I. Raič

The basic idea was to establish an expert team of natural-history researches, who

can create a synthesis of all aspects of the natural history heritage for a region,

which is in this regard almost unknown.

Photo by S.. Budimir Biško

Project leaders: Society

Naša baština (Our

heritage) from

Tomislavgrad (Bosnia

and Herzegovina) and

Zagreb (Croatia)

Started at the end of

2009 and after 3,5 years

of work in august 2013,

Here is the Monograph

on 615 pages and

1218 ilustrations

Monograph is result of work:

4 members of editor counsel Robert Jolić, Roman Ozimec, Marko

Radoš Mara, Vinko Vukadin

2 chief-editors Roman Ozimec, Marko Radoš Mara

3 reviewers Stipe Čuić (Tomislavgrad)

Dr. sc. Sanja Lozić (Zadar)

Doc. dr. sc. Lada Lukić Bilela

(Sarajevo)

graphical designer Marijana Pekas - Lana

lector Dr. sc. Iva Beljan

2 correctors Prof. Nives Šumanović, dr. sc.

Robert Jolić

and

Several translators LIPALINGUA d.o.o.

24 autors

Dr. sc. Sabaheta Abadžić (Flora; In memoriam

Č. Šilić)

Ivan Buntić (Speleology)

Mag. Ivan Buntić (Livestock)

Dr. sc. Ante Ivanković (Livestock)

Dr. sc. Robert Jolić (History)

Dr. sc. Kristina Krklec (Geology & geomorfology)

Marija Majić (Mountaneering)

Neven Matočec (Fungi, Lichens, Algae & Mosses)

Dr. sc. Boro Mioč (Livestock)

Mr. sc. Roman Ozimec (Introduction; Fungi,

Lichens, Algae & Mosses; Fauna; Agrobiodiversity

Hunting and Fishery; Tourism; In memoriam

M. Schneider Jacoby)

Dr. sc. Dražen Perica (Geology & geomorfology)

Mag. Nediljko Pokrajčić (Forestry)

Mag. Anica Radoš (Tornjak)

Bože Radoš (Mountaneering)

Mag. Denis Radoš (Geography; Geology

& geomorfology; Paleontology;

Prof. Jozo Radoš (Geography)

Marko Radoš Mara (Mountaneering;

Tourism; AfterwordŽ)

Mirko Šarac Mićo (Fauna; Hunting and

Fishery)

Dr. sc. Čedomil Šilić† (Flora)

Dr. sc. Dubravka Šoljan (Flora; In memoriam

Č. Šilić)

Dr. sc. Borut Stumberger (Fauna; In memoriam

M. Schneider Jacoby)

Miro Šumanović (Speleology Tourism; Afterword)

Mag. Ante Vukadin (Tornjak)

Mr. sc. Vinko Vukadin (Foreword)

53 photographers

Damir Basara, Suzana Budimir

Biško, Petar Buljan, Ivan Buntić B.,

Suzana Buntić, Hrvoje Cvitanović,

Mate Ćurić, Ivica Dilber, Milan

Drmić, Stipe Đivić, Ivo Dolić, Petar

Galić, Goran Glamuzina, Ante

Ivanković, Duško Jelić, Ivica Jolić,

Robert Jolić, Perica Jukić, Anđa

Kelava Đula, Davorka Kitonić, Peter

Knaus, Tihomir Kovačević, Kristina

Krklec, Dominik Magdalenić, Igor

Mandušić, Ivan Mašić Imanja,

Neven Matočec, Ivan Milić, Karolina

Naletilić, Roman Ozimec,

Dražen Perica, Nedjeljko Pokrajčić,

Ante Radić, Ante Radoš, Denis

Radoš, Lidija Radoš, Marko Radoš

Mara, Marko Radoš, Ruža Radoš,

Ćiril Ćiro Raič, Ivan Raič, Tomo

Raič, Borut Stumberger, Ivica

Šarac, Jozo Šarac, Mirko Šarac,

Ante Šarić, Dubravka Šoljan, Miro

Šumanović, Z. Tajić, Milna Tudor-

Kalit, Ante Vukadin, Vinko Vukadin

For Monograph we

Reed over 500 books and

articles

Select over 21500

photographs,

Used data from more

archieves: Kolekcija I. Ćurković; Arhiva Stipan

Ćurković-Beba; Arhiva Eco-selo

Grabovica; Arhiva FHMZ Sarajevo;

Arhiva Motel Hajdučke vrleti;

Arhiva HAZU – Odjel za etnologiju;

Galerija fotografija Karmela

sv. Ilije; Arhiva Kinološka udruga

“Tomislav”; Arhiva Naša baština;

Arhiva Naša ognjišta (NO); Arhiva

Planinarsko društvo “Orlova stina”;

Arhiva Ćiril Ćiro Raič; Arhiva Udruga

Rožana Zagreb; Arhiva

Šume Herceg-Bosne; Arhiva TRN.

And finally concluded

15 Chapters:

History

Geography

Geology, Geomorphology &

Pedology

Palaeontology

Speleology

Fungi, Lichens, Algae & Mosses

Flora

Fauna

Agrobiodiversity

Forestry

Hunting and Fishery

Livestock

Dog breed Tornjak

Mountaineering

Tourism

Each chapter is organised in

Introduction

Research history

Synthesis

Conclusions

References

Abstracts

in Croatian, German &

English

In first part of Monograph

there are

Foreword Vinko Vukadin

3 Reviews writer Stipe Čuić (Tomislavgrad)

Dr. sc. Sanja Lozić (Zadar)

Doc. dr. sc. Lada Lukić Bilela

(Sarajevo)

and

Introduction Roman Ozimec

On the end of the

Monograph, are two

In memoriam, Dedicated to two excelent

scientist & friends.

B&H Botanist dr. sc.

Čedomil Šilić, with Flora, as

his last work in this Monograph,

and German Ecologist dr.

sc. Martin Schneider

Jacoby, potential reviewer,

friend and excelent expert for

Dinaric region, even language.

Final parts are:

Afterword Miro Šumanović, Marko Radoš

Mara

Mention Marko Radoš Mara, Roman

Ozimec

Glossary Alan Čaplar, Roman Ozimec

With over

3200 terms

and

Content

Printed by

Grafotisak, Grude

Edition

2 000 copies

Published in

Tomislavgrad - Zagreb,

2013

Price

70 KM / 40 Eur / 300 kn

Financially support by

EuroNatur, Croatian and the

cantonal and regional

authorities

Ministry of culture RH,

Environmental protection

and energy efficiency Fund

RH,

Croatian water resources

Cantonal Ministry BiH

Municipality of Tomislavgrad

and more than 20 other

small supporters from

Bosnia & Herzegovina, and

Croatia.

Here is an exceptional

biodiversity

of landscapes, ecological

systems and

habitats with a high level of

endemism.

A great many endemic

species , Tertiary and glacial

relicts including some pre-

Tertiary relicts in the central

Dinaric area, with some

endemic species limited to

the Tomislavgrad

Area, particulary cave fauna.

Further research is

imperative, from the karstic

phenomena to the mapping

of habitats, systematic

inventorying and analysis of

individual taxonomical

groups and the bionomics

of individual taxa.

The monograph gives an

extensive synthesis of all

fields of the natural

history sciences for one of

the ecologically most

important regions in

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It will be an important

source of information and

education for the

inhabitants of the region

and future generations.

Finally,

‘The Monograph of

the Natural-history

Heritage of

Tomislavgrad’

represents an

example for the

promotion of nature

conservation and will

give us the direction

for further research

and the protection of

Duvanjsko and

Livanjsko polje.

THANKS FOR ATTENTION

AND ENJOY IN MONOGRAPH!

Photo by T. Kovačević