In Lastovo, the olive oil production promotes sustainable tourism

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Lastovo is the most remote island in Croatia. The access to many resources, including tourism, is complicated for this territory and its inhabitants. Local institutions and entrepreneurs cooperated to find sustainable alternatives to develop tourism on the island, based on a traditional local product: olive oil.

What is the project?

The National Park of Lastovo and OPG Zoltan Trojkovic, a local producer of olive oil led by a woman, combined a sustainable farm working with the development of a traditional and agricultural tourism

Project: Women on Islands – Leaders of Sustainable Tourism

Place: Lastovo, Croatia

Thematic: Landscapes

Budget: 65,213.74€

Funding:
Anna Lindh Foundation,European Union

Partners: Nature Park of Lastovo
OPG Zoltan Trojkovic
Lastovo Island Committee

What ARE the objectiveS?

To raise awareness among islanders and visitors about local sustainable production and consumption.
To promote the tradition of local olive oil production at an international scale, and the role of women in entrepreneurship
To favour local biodiversity by protecting endemic species of olive trees

How?

Organised an event to plant olive trees and taste the oil
Planted 60 new olive trees on a new plot and making new cuttings
Updated OPG Zoltan Trojkovic new website to better communicate on its activities
Participated to an international olive oil competition in London to promote its tradition

POSITIVE IMPACTS

OPG Zoltan Trojkovic received the Silver Quality Award in the international olive oil competition in London, and increase the visibility of Lastovo’s local production
Islanders, students and visitors discovered the oil production process, from the tree to the bottle
Olive seedlings were created to favour biodiversity conservation and help raising awareness among visitors and inhabitants
Digital communication has been improved to gain more visibility