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BiH 
Sub-Project No. 1.

Eastern Herzegovina,
Bosnia & Hercegovina.

THE DOBROMANI PONOR MILLS.
(See this page)
 
 

BiH 
Sub-Project No. 2.

Eastern Herzegovina,
Bosnia & Herzegovina.

FATNICA POLJE,
(Fatnica)
 
 

BiH 
Main Project No. 3.

Eastern  Herzegovina,
Bosnia & Herzegovina.

PROTEUS HABITAT
PROTECTION PROJECT.
 
 

Main Project No. 4.
Hungary & Slovakia.

GÖMÖR-TORNA KARSZT -
AZ AGGTELEKI KARSZT.
 
 

Education Archive.
THE KARSTOGRAPHY OF THE DINARIC KARST IN 
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA.

(Home Page)
now becoming active
 

 
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECTS :
The Society has a number of Projects underway in Eastern and South-eastern Europe. Many are of a short-term (up to 5 years) or of medium-term (up to 10 years) duration. The Society's 3 Main Projects are located in Bosnia & Herzegovina, are of long-term duration (greater than 10 years) and are detailed in these Web-pages.
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News on some of the recent Updates to the Projects' Webpages :
There are also Direct Links to each of the 3 Bosnia & Herzegovina Projects on the Home Page of the Society's Website.

As of 22 May 2004., APPENDIX 1. to the BiH Sub-Project 1. (Dobromani Ponor Mills) has been published. This is an image-rich full-colour background page illustrating the still-active Ponor Mills at Pridvorci. We are satisfied that even without a Broadband connection (minimum rate 512 kbytes), this page will download in a reasonable time without being "timed out" and that the page layout is faithfully reproduced on most major Browser Programmes. 
The main document relating to the BiH Sub-Project 1. Dobromani Ponor Mills, will be substantially updated in early 2006., bringing on-line information relating to the unactivated Links.

As of 23 August 2004., we have decided to publish one of the Proteus Project documents, in edited form, to illustrate a typical situation that faces us in the task of the restoration of Proteus anguinus Habitats in Eastern Herzegovina. The Vrelo "Oko" Location - "Case History" has been chosen to illustrate a typical scenario about which the accompanying text in the document reveals as much about the situation as does that which remains unwritten but which can be deduced. The specially compiled and illustrated web-published version of the Documentation, combines the sub-Project Documentation relating to the Habitat Restoration / Conservation / Preservation Programmes for this specific location, with the Documentation relating to its unpublished Site Citation. It is now available via a Link on the Proteus Project Webpage in Section 4.6.

Information about recent updates relevant to the FATNIČKO POLJE WEBPAGES are given on its own Homepage.

October 2005 :  The Society has now commenced the lengthy task of web-publishing a new information Section containing a large quantity of material relating to the topic "The Karstography of the Dinaric Karst in Bosnia & Herzegovina." The new Section deals with its extensive subject matter in three parts, reflecting the main three geographical regions of BiH. Part 3. of this new Section relates to the BiH region of Eastern Herzegovina and contains a proportion of material obtained by the Society during Project-work field trips in Bosnia & Herzegovina and may be related to one or more of the three BiH Projects detailed here in this part of the Website. We shall not duplicate such information and where relevant, will place it in the more dedicated web-pages.
A dedicated Link taking you to the Homepage of this new Section has now been activated at the bottom of the left-side column on this page. 

Project Title [G.B.] :   "The Karst Ponor-mills at Dobromani, Popovo Polje, Eastern Herzegovina, Bosnia & Herzegovina."
Project Title [BiH-Lat.] :   "Kraška Ponor-mlinovi kod Dobromana, Popovo Polje, Istočna Hercegovina, Bosna i Hercegovina."
Project Title [BiH-Cyr.] :   "Крашка Понор-млинови код Добромана, Попово Поље, Источна Херцеговина, Босна и Херцеговина."

Project Status:
Active - Internal DKRS (at Aug/Sep 2000.) now Joint-International (at Feb 2001.)  International Science Programme Activities - non F.P. FAP-related.

Project Alliances:
This Project No. 1. is a sub-Project of the Main Project No. 3. (SDZB- DKRS-JI / BiH / SLN / H / UK / 140800PTPH.)
Project Title:  "A Joint Strategy for the Protection of the Endangered Endem Proteus anguinus and its Natural Karst Habitat in the Trebišnjica River Valley - Stage 1."
Project Status:  Active - International UK / BiH. F.P - FAP -related.
Note: Full details of this project are available separately on this Website via passworded pages for Members and limited information via the Public Access Pages. 

Project Title Details (as given above).

CONTENTS :

1....Locational Details
2....Definition and Description of a Karst Ponor-mill
3....Historical Notes

4.  The Present Situation :

4.1....Condition
4.2....Functionality
4.3....Speleology
4.4....Heritage Value

5.  Project Details :

5.1.  Further background research + desktop study
5.2.  Plans to remove damaging flora growth
5.3.  Plans to remove refuse and ordnance
5.4.  Plans to preserve  / strengthen the structural fabric of the Ponor-mills and ancilliary buildings
5.5.  Plans to maintain and protect access to the deep Ponor-cave Systems beneath the Ponor-mills
5.6.  Plans to record and explore the Ponor-cave Systems.

6.   Bibliography and Further Reading.

APPENDIX 1.

Details of the only Fully Operational Ponor Mill in Eastern Herzegovina at Pridvorci in Trebinjsko Polje.

APPENDIX 2.

Details of Other Surviving, Non-operational Ponor Mills in Popovo Polje.
(Page now under construction and will be incorporated into the Webpages of theforthcoming new Section "The Karstography of the Dinaric Karst of Bosnia and Herzegovina".)