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Logo - World Heritage Beech Forests
Slowenien, Krokar © Stane Pelc
Unesco - We are Europe's Wilderness - Ancient and Primeval Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Slowenien, Krokar © Stane Pelc
Unesco - We are Europe's Wilderness - Ancient and Primeval Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Krokar

Forest Reserve Virgin Forest Krokar is located in a vast forest area of over 90,000 hectares with sustainable close-to-nature forestry. Two peaks and a karst plateau with deep sinkholes and steep slopes characterise the area within the Dinaric Alps in southern Slovenia. It is assumed that the beech found refuge here during the ice age and was subsequently able to spread out from here again. Beech and fir define the scenery of this picturesque wilderness, which is home to an original fauna. Other plant species survived the glacial periods here and are endemic today. The wild woodlands provide an impression of what European beech forests can become in the course of the ongoing ecological process.

Profile

  • UNESCO recognition: 2017
  • Protected area: Virgin Forest Krokar
  • Beech forest region: Illyrian
  • Area: 74.50 ha
  • Number of component parts: 1
  • Altitudinal range: montane (840 – 1,170 m above sea level)
  • Fauna: Brown bear, Wolf, Lynx, Bechstein’s bat, Golden eagle, Peregrine falcon, White-backed woodpecker
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    Cliffs above the Kolpa Valley © Bojan Kocjan
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    Dead wood at Borovec Forest Reserve © Bojan Kocjan
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    Tinder fungus – a typical inhabitant of primeval beech forests © Stane Pelc
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    Kolpa Valley © Stane Pelc