The City of Kraljevo is highly vulnerable to disasters, particularly floods, landslides, and earthquakes. The risk of floods is specifically high due to degraded forests and erosion, having a negative effect on the community livelihood, especially for women and vulnerable groups.

Mapping landscape restoration opportunities, based on a series of field visits and consultations with local stakeholders, preceded the process of designing the NbS interventions. As a result of these processes, the catchment area of the Gledić River, located in the Gledić Mountains was selected as a location for pilot project implementation.

The focus of NbS intervention will be Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) measures aimed to improve forest structure and reduce flood risk and soil erosion in Gledić. The intervention will also maximise the use of local resources and autochthonous species to achieve sustained forest restoration and disaster risk reduction.