ECOSYSTEM SERVICES EVALUATION IN THE ŠKOCJAN CAVES REGIONAL PARK Contracting authority: Contractor: World Wide Fund for Nature Actum, d.o.o. Via Po, 25C Rome Verovškova 60, Ljubljana Italy Slovenia Ljubljana, October 2011 AUTHORS ACTUM, LTD. E‐mail:
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[email protected] 2 DISCLAMER This document only reflects the views of the authors and the WWF Managing Authority cannot be held responsible for any use of the information contained therein. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY The study has been made in the framework of the project Protected Areas for a Living Planet – Dinaric Arc Eco‐region Project. The aim of developing and conducting the study on ecosystem services evaluation in the Škocjan Caves Regional Park was to increase the capacity of the protected area management. THANKS We would like to thank everyone who participated in the study and information gathering. Our thanks go to: personnel of the Škocjan Caves Regional Park (Rosana Cerkvenik, Jana Martinčič, Gordana Beltram, Borut