Paper short abstract:

The presentation analyses the process of negotiation among national park’s officials and interest groups regarding regulations of the use of the park’s lands for recreational purposes.

Paper long abstract:

Triglav National Park (TNP) is Slovenia's only national park and it covers 880 square kilometers or 3% of the state territory. It is regulated by the Triglav National Park Act enacted in 2010. Management of TNP is the responsibility of the Triglav National Park Public Institution, which operates under the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment. In addition to management, research and educational activities, the main aims of the park include nature protection and conservation of the cultural landscape, sustainable park development and promotion of opportunities for enjoyment of the park. Regarding recreation, the TNP supports activities that are in compliance with the primary objective of the national park, i. e. nature protection. The park is currently in the process of spatialisation, which means that, together with different actors in this territory, it is involved in preparing the TNP Management Plan with defined regimes for the use of its lands, including sports and recreation in the park. It envisages a set of regulations such as time limitations for specific sports, the delimitation of special areas for recreation as well as special zones where certain activities are forbidden. The presentation will focus on negotiations among park officials and different sport groups (e. g. mountaineering association and societies, canyoning associations, bikers, base-jumpers etc.) on the use of the park's lands for recreational purposes and will try to present ways in which sport groups try to render the park's regulations less restrictive.