May include strictly protected areas. Nature Reserve A Nature Reserve is a small contiguous territory of exceptional nature values. Its main purpose is to preserve certain valuable natural components or the whole ecosysem. May include strictly protected areas. 12500 ha of forest area was designated as forest reserve.
Core areas are non-intervention areas.
Outdoor laboratories for the study of natural processes in undisturbed ecosystems which is done by systematic observations and not by experiments. Forest reserve represents a typical or special forest community with its whole environment. Phytogeographical division of Slovenia 3. Distribution of important forest sites in Slovenia 4. Untouched forest sites and stands, except for special research goals 5.