5th International Thematic Monograph – Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era

ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE OF PROTECTED AREAS IN SERBIA, ON THE EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION OF PA-BAT METHOD AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
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Milica Dobričić –   Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Belgrade, Serbia
Goran Sekulić –   World Wide Fund for Nature-WWF Adria, Belgrade, Serbia
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DOI:   ​​https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2020.285
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Abstract:   This chapter discusses the importance of evaluating ecosystem services by showcasing the Protected Areas Benefit Assessment Tool (PA-BAT), which has been applied in seven Dinaric Arc countries, and has gathered information on a range of values and benefits that protected areas provide. The PA-BAT results presented here include data for protected areas in Serbia (national parks Tara, Djerdap, Fruška gora and Kopaonik, Landscape of exceptional features of Vlasina and Special Nature Reserve of the Upper Danube) and economic assessment of 22 protected area values with special reference to tourism and recreation. This chapter gives a brief overview of other analyzes and initiatives for assessing the value of ecosystem services related to protected areas in Serbia. This chapter aims to contribute to a better understanding and promotion of the concept of ecosystem services in tourism and other sectors using PA-BAT and other methods of evaluation of protected area services.

Keywords:  Protected Areas Benefit Assessment Tool (PA-BAT), Serbia, Ecosystem services, Tourism.

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