Oikon Ltd – Institute of Applied Ecology was founded in 1997 in Zagreb (Croatia) and has emerged as a leading licensed and accredited environmental consultancy/research 
institute in Croatia and the Region, a research based SME, focused on activities ranging from environmental consultancy services to provision of integral 
specialist studies and research in the field of applied ecology covering environmental and nature protection, forestry and applied forest research, agriculture, 
ecological modelling, marine biology, landscape ecology, geostatistics, remote sensing and IT/GIS.     
     
Oikon is a major provider of environmental impact assessments (EIA), environmental management plans (EMP) and appropriate assessments in regards to the 
ecological network / NATURA2000 in Croatia, for all kinds of developments in both terrestrial and marine environments, including projects related to water 
protection, e.g. waste water treatment plants and sewerage systems, large dams, accumulations and retentions, irrigation projects, multipurpose channel 
Danube-Sava, protection of wetlands as well as projects related to waste management e.g. waste management centres, transfer stations, landfills, investigations 
work for waste management centres, remediation procedure etc.      
     
The company has extensive experience in preparation of Management plans for national parks, nature parks and special forest reserves in Bosnia and Hercegovina 
(B&H); preparation of Feasibility studies regarding enlargement of protected areas (B&H); Environmental impact assessments of various infrastructure 
(highways, gas pipelines) in B&H, Montenegro and Albania; Coastal zoning management planning in Montenegro, Albania; and Baseline studies of flora, fauna, 
habitat mapping, ecological network (Natura), as well as, Training and Education of experts for using GIS and satellite images in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Cyprus and Turkey.