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Horizon) professional journal. He has also been a visiting professor at the
University of Zagreb, Croatia, in the Department of Geography of the
Faculty of Science (2017–2018), and at the Department of Geosciences of
the University of Massachusetts Amherst, U.S.A. (2020).
Nataša Kolega
is a researcher and director at Rubin Portorož, ltd. Her main research fields
include coastal geography, remote sensing, especially implementation of li-
dar and sonar data in coastal geography and geomorphology research, GIS,
cartography, and geoinformatics. She is the author (or a co-author) of over
15 scientific articles, conference contributions, component parts or chapters
in monographs, and over 12 treatises, preliminary studies, and studies. She
was an assistant professor and researcher at the Department of Geography
of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Primorska in Koper,
Slovenia (2012–2019), and a GIS manager at Harpha sea, ltd. (2005–2018).
Gregor Kovačič
is an associate professor and a senior research fellow at the Department of
Geography of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Primorska in
Koper, Slovenia. His main research fields are hydrogeography, hydrology,
and vulnerability of karst environments, as well as geomorphology and ge-
ographical aspects of sustainable development. He is the author of a scien-
tific monograph and 37 research articles, several conference contributions,
and 13 research chapters in monographs.
Bojana Lipej
is a biologist and the coordinator for education of Škocjanski zatok Nature
Reserve, which is managed by the non-governmental organisation DOPPS-
BirdLife Slovenia. Her main fields of work are biology, wetland protection,
nature conservation, education, and pollution prevention/protection. She
is involved in the management of the protected area as well as in various
projects that are closely related to nature protection. She is the co-editor of
1 scientific monograph, the author or co-author of 10 articles and chapters
in books, and 3 conference contributions. Her particular interest is to de-
velop and improve educational tools in protected areas with particular em-
phasis on wetlands.
Lovrenc Lipej
is a marine biologist and senior researcher, employed at the Marine Biology
Station of the National Institute of Biology in Piran, Slovenia. The bulk

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