Nature Park “Šargan – Mokra Gora” includes valleys of Mokra Gora and Kreman, southeast areas of Tara mountain, northwest parts of Zlatibor mountain and mountain pass Šargan. In this area, as part of the large forest complexes, especially significant are forests of black and white pine, because this area is their natural habitat.
The fact that explains the exceptional botanical richness is that this relatively small area is inhabited by about 22% of the total Serbian flora. Regarding the fauna, especially valuable are the birds, because from 60 registered species in the area, 29 are rare species. Among mammals that live here are wolf, brown bear, otter and wild cat. Very narrow railway “The Šargan Eight” represents the special value of this area and it is world famous for a technical solution of overcoming great climb on a small distance. Along the railway line there is a larger number of old locomotives and wagons, which are protected as monuments of technical culture.
The area of the Nature park represents the part of potential international biosphere reserve “Drina” (UNESCO, MAB) which includes the space of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska (BiH). Based on the Studies of nature protection of the Institute for nature conservation of Serbia, area Šargan – Mokra Gora in 2005 became a Landscape of exceptional features, as a natural area of great importance I category, and in 2008 it received the status of the Nature Park, of an area of close to 10.814 hectares.
Special Nature Reserve „Goč – Gvozdac” represents an extremely forested mountain area, which is like a forest mosaic of indigenous tree species of Serbia, and it was declared a scientific-research centre and as such it is being developed for over 50 years under the management of Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade. It is located in the central part of the Republic of Serbia, and is characterized by rich forests, springs and wells of healthy mineral waters. Thanks to its geographical location and climatic characteristics, and also to the relief and geological substrate, it is a habitat of a large number of plant and animal species.
Specific phenomena of Goč is the mixed forest of fir, beech, black pine and sessile oak. Beginning at 1300 m above sea level to the very top – Crni vrh (1543m), there is an endemic Balkan Peninsula mountain maple (Acer heldreichii var. Pancic), and a variety of black pine (Pinus nigra var. Gocensis). Otter (Lutra Lutra) lives in Gvozdac and Brezan rivers, as well as in the wider area of Goč, which is legally protected as a natural rarity, while the European and World Red lists marked it as vulnerable (VU). In order to protect the natural features of the area, the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia did a study for protection of special reserve “Goč – Gvozdac” as a professional base of the proposal for the status of protection of an area of 3,957 hectares, as a I category natural area of great national importance.
