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Neretva valley: changes through a fisherman-farmer's memory

Croatia is a country with great natural resources, including preserved land, clean and abundant water resources, three different climate types on a rather small surface. One of the most precious is the long, well-indented coast, in some parts enriched with arable hinterland. One of these hinterland areas is located in southern part of Dalmatia, commonly called Neretva. The Neretva valley is specific not only by its unique landscape, but also by long tradition of hard work of its inhabitants – fishermen-farmers. The term arises due to a dual way of their life and work in the past: in periods of the year when there was no need to work in agriculture, men used to go fishing, because it was the only way to survive in the Neretva valley at the time. Today, this term has no its original meaning. The improvement in technologies, and also in agricultural and fishery policies, have changed the character of agricultural and fishery activities, but also invited fears of its negative consequences on traditional values, environment and sustainable resource management.

Croatia; Neretva valley; agriculture; fishery; sustainable resource management

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