A wonderful new initiative to ensure Marjan always remains the green lungs of our city.
Marjan Forest Park is known as the green lungs of Split and the symbol we consider the city of Diocletian to be beneath (you know, the “city under the hill”). Marjan is the lush green figure that stares into our eyes as we strut our best on the Riva, and Marjan is the one that knows the secrets of our souls when the soles of our feet meet with the nature park’s surface.
Because Marjan is an institution of nature in Split, our protector, and the source of oxygen for the citizen of this city, we always welcome good news about its preservation – and today, we have just that.
The Public institution Park-Forest Marjan, language school “Pitagora”, and Green Dalmatia have joined forces to launch the pilot project “Green Marjan: Less Talking, More Helping” to be active March 2018, reports Dalmacija Danas and Dalmatinski Portal on December 22, 2017.
The brand new eco-project aims to initiate the horticultural reconstruction of the Marjan forest along with an educational biodiversity project of the Marjan Peninsula through the Pitagora school which will take place in nature, hands on.
The project is intended to be an extended part of the final grades of the elementary school and the first two grades of secondary schools when all of the consents of educational institutions come out as part of the curriculum. On the other hand, a practical summer school will teach the students about protected species of animals and plants, skills of drywall construction, planting oak grass seedlings, and wildlife management skills – all necessary in the preservation and care of this symbolic natural monument.
With professional educators, professors, civic associations, and institutes, the goal is to create a new quality relationship with nature and youth as part of the care for future generations.
Citizens of Split and Split-Dalmatia County will have the opportunity to contribute to the renewal of Marjan by volunteering and can donate seedlings to Park Forest Marjan as a way to help rejuvenate the site after removing the sick, old and overlooked trees.
Lovro Rumora from Green Dalmatia emphasized that Green Dalmatia has provided constructive suggestions on the economic basis of the management of Park Forest Marjan, and especially the Green Cadastre Marjan, for the creation of nurseries or new planting plates.
Robert Koharević, Director of the Public Institution, said he welcomed such constructive initiatives.
“Unlike other associations, this is one of the few who made a quality and sustainable project. We will start it after the development of the Management Plan during 2018, and I am especially pleased with the cooperation with the volunteers from the Pitagora Gymnasium,” said Koharević.
In other news, Marjan will receive a brand new visitor center next year. The new center, worth around HRK 140,000, should open by the Day of Marjan next year and will be interactive for visitors including touch screens, LED TVs, and a projection of Marjan on the glass-covered floor. You can read more about the center here.
Excerpts taken from Dalmacija Danas and Dalmatinski Portal
