The Bukov Do Village on the Krivaja River: Life in a way of Sustainability

Kriva Rijeka is the name for a group of villages in the municipality of Olovo located in the Krivaja river valley along its course from the canyon Krsevi, geographical coordinates: 44º07'54.13''N, 18º33'22.36''E, to the locality Kamenica, geographical coordinates: 44º13'09.65''N, 18º29'33.17''E, below the village of Cunista. The term „Kriva Rijeka“ is in unofficial use today, and it appears in documents for the name of the cadastral municipality.

The Bukov Do village is one of the largest villages in the Kriva Rijeka area, and by its geographical-political position, resources and history (mentioned in the Ottoman Defter from 1604) is an example of people's lives in continuity, and is a good example of sustainability.

The main resources of the Bukov Do village are: geographical position (along the road Olovo-Zavidovici), Krivaja river, spacious ports along the Krivaja river, two abundant streams, sources of drinking water, gardens and orchards within the narrower physical structure of the village, fields and meadows in many wide area of the village, vast meadows and pastures of that forest.