Draft park management plan for 2026–2030

In early 2026, a proposed National Park Management Plan for 2026–2030 was published on nparkovi.me, the website of Montenegro’s national parks. A management plan sets out what a park intends to do over several years.

What it says about the village

The plan includes no visitor infrastructure for Rijeka Crnojevića. Visitor infrastructure means things such as paths, signs or information points for visitors.

This post looks only at what the plan says about the village. We have not summarised the rest of it here.

What we don’t know yet

It is a proposal, not a final plan. The sources we used do not say whether it has since been adopted or changed, whether there was a public consultation, or when a final version might follow. We will update this post when we know.

The wider picture

Skadar Lake National Park was created in 1983 and listed as a Ramsar wetland in 1995. A 2022 review proposed enlarging it to 45,455 ha. Rijeka Crnojevića lies in Zone III of the park, the zone for settlements. Since 5 June 2026 it has also been part of the UNESCO biosphere reserve of the Skadar Lake Watershed. For park fees and rules, see the national park page.

The village appears in other plans too. Cetinje’s 2025 programme mentions the “need to develop” the village, but gives it no budget line.

People in the area also disagree about the park itself. A local initiative wants its villages left out of it. The ministry says the boundaries will not change. You can read both positions.

Read it yourself

The full proposal is on nparkovi.me as a PDF. If you find something in it that affects the village and that we have missed, please tell us.