Give love, give a book!

The libraries of the primary and secondary schools of Šibenik-Knin County have become richer with the volume “Secrets of the Underground”, published by the Public Institute of Krka National Park.

International Give a Book Day is celebrated on 14 February. This is a volunteer project aimed at stimulating children to love to read and to give books as gifts. In order to celebrate this day, as part of the project “Filling school library shelves”, which has been underway for many years, the Public Institute of Krka National Park has gifted a copy of the monograph entitled “Secrets of the Underground”, printed in 2012, to all primary and secondary schools in Šibenik-Knin County.

The project “Filling school library shelves” was launched by the Public Institute of Krka National Park in 2007, with the aim of gifting copies of its publications to the primary and secondary schools in Šibenik-Knin County, in order to stimulate and nurture the love pupils have for the park and for nature in general. Education is one of the most important roles of protected areas, and knowledge is the only thing that multiplies when you divide it. That is why those who know the Krka well are its best spokespeople, and those who know how to preserve the environment are our investment in our future.

There are about one hundred caves and pits along the course of the Krka River, 67 of which lie within the boundaries of Krka National Park. The speleological structures within the park explored to date are known to contain about 170 cave taxa, many of which are endemic to the Dinarides Mountain Range or to Croatia, and four are endemic to Krka National Park.

The monograph “Secrets of the Underground” was created as a result of systematic biospeleological research in Krka National Park that revealed the wealth of terrestrial and aquatic subterranean fauna. We believe that this book will help to acquaint school children with the beauty of the underground world of Krka National Park, and will raise awareness of the need for its protection and conservation.