The Cerknica lake is a part of a wide protected area, the Notranjska regional park. For such an area, spatial planning with the coordination of conservation and developmental interests is vital. The lack of a comprehensive handling of the area through partial spatial interventions leads to a degradation of nature. The thesis offers a proposal of a landscape design on the basis of a research of conservation regimes and spatial analyses. It provides a starting point for defining priority areas of development and conservation and offers guidelines. The theoretical part offers a proposition for the development planning of the Cerknica lake area, designed according to the identifiable spatial limitations and potentials. With poor infrastructure the area represents unexploited potential, as well as a problem due to uncontrolled visitation. The development is based on the design of the existing infrastructure with the intention of developing nature tourism and passive recreation. The emphasis is put on a reserved approach towards the installment of physical elements into the area and submitting to natural processes. The high potential for the nature experience in the area is recognized in its landscape and biotic diversity and variability. The thesis presents the interpretation as a tool for the management of the protected area, on the basis of which the outline planning scheme of the interpretative path is formed. The visitors are guided through the area by marked points where the potential for nature experience and education has been recognized. This way the path provides a presentation of the area and a guided visit.
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