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ional development, sustainability, and marginalization 58 creasingly attractive for foreign visitors. Ljubljana is the 2016 Euro-
pean Green Capital. The University of Ljubljana was formally estab-
lished after the collapse of the Habsburg Empire in 1919; that is also
the year the Department of Geography started to educate geogra-
phers. In 1922, students of that department established the first ge-
ographical association, a predecessor of the current Association of
Slovenian Geographers. The first issue of the Geographical Bulletin
(Geografski vestnik) was published in 1925. It is, therefore, our sci-
entific, geographical journal with the longest tradition. Apart from
the Department of Geography in Ljubljana, there is also the Geo-
graphical Institute Anton Melik, where many prominent Slovenian
geographers are doing their research work.
Rakov Škocjan
Rakov Škocjan is a karst valley and a landscape park in the Munici-
pality of Cerknica. It is situated at the northern base of the Javorniki
hills and was created when the ceiling of a karst cave began sinking
and collapsing. The valley is characterized by the Rak stream, which
is fed by underground waters discharging from the Cerknica plain
and from beneath the Javorniki hills. This small river surfaces in the
Zelške jame caves in the eastern part of the valley and disappears in
the Tkalca jama cave in the west. The area became protected as a
pean Green Capital. The University of Ljubljana was formally estab-
lished after the collapse of the Habsburg Empire in 1919; that is also
the year the Department of Geography started to educate geogra-
phers. In 1922, students of that department established the first ge-
ographical association, a predecessor of the current Association of
Slovenian Geographers. The first issue of the Geographical Bulletin
(Geografski vestnik) was published in 1925. It is, therefore, our sci-
entific, geographical journal with the longest tradition. Apart from
the Department of Geography in Ljubljana, there is also the Geo-
graphical Institute Anton Melik, where many prominent Slovenian
geographers are doing their research work.
Rakov Škocjan
Rakov Škocjan is a karst valley and a landscape park in the Munici-
pality of Cerknica. It is situated at the northern base of the Javorniki
hills and was created when the ceiling of a karst cave began sinking
and collapsing. The valley is characterized by the Rak stream, which
is fed by underground waters discharging from the Cerknica plain
and from beneath the Javorniki hills. This small river surfaces in the
Zelške jame caves in the eastern part of the valley and disappears in
the Tkalca jama cave in the west. The area became protected as a
