This year's theme for European Nature Protection series is Special Nature Reserve Zasavica. The Zasavica is a bog in the region of Mačva, west-central Serbia. With Obedska bara and Carska Bara one of the major wildlife refuges and one of the last authentically preserved wetlands in Serbia. In the 2000s became a popular attraction with the successful reintroduction of the beavers, which had become extinct 100 years ago.
The Zasavica bog is a marshy lowland in the floodplain of the Sava river. It is a typical elongated oxbow. The fossilized, parallel bed of the Sava is so elongated that it actually stretches almost to the Drina river. In time, Zasavica river was formed from the subterranean waters from the Drina and from several streams, most notably, Duboka Jovača and Prekopac canal.
Special reservation of nature of Zasavica was formed in 1997 and placed under the state protection as the category I natural treasure of exquisite value. It includes the bog and surrounding terrains, with a total area of 18.25 square kilometers. Of that, 6.75 square kilometres or 37% is placed under the level I of protection and the rest is in levels II and III.
The majority of the protected area covers the water surfaces of the
rivers and canals Zasavica, Jovac, Prekopac and Batar. Zasavica has a
priority nomination to become a Ramsar site. It is proclaimed an
Important Bird Area and since 2001 it is a member of the Europark
Federation, federation of the national parks od Europe.
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