Croatia
The inaccessible virgin forests of Risnjak in the western highland of
Croatia remained intact. These are primeval forests mostly in the subalpine
beech belt. Unfortunately, the National Park is threatened now by acid
rain. Despite the small area (3198 hectares), the Risnjak National Park
enjoys four different climates: a harsh alpine, a mild Adriatic, a continental
Pannonian and a Dinaric one. "It offers a combination of virgin forest
and untouched alpine peaks and hidrographies and forms typical for the
Dinaric karst."
