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In the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, a plan is underway to create "The Yellowstone of Europe." Home to the continent's last primeval, old growth forests, and it's largest concentrations of Eurasian lynx, wolves, and bears, this landscape is beautiful, but troubled. Decades of logging, both legal and illegal, have haunted these ancient forests, threatening to destroy one of the last bastions of wilderness in Europe. But hope can now be found in the proposed Fagaras Mountains National Park, with it's aim to not only protect the forests, but serve as a model for locally beneficial conservation projects in the Carpathians.
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Sources and Resources:
Foundation Conservation Carpathia: carpathia.org/conservation
newrepublic.com/article/165245/ikea-romania-europe-old-growth-forest
youtube.com/watch?v=-LFVS3djm8U
youtube.com/watch?v=67pquY70ZJM
youtu.be/RA-5NBbd82Q?si=noS3Xkjzqiz_jSzP
researchgate.net/publication/248200373_The_efficacy_of_Romania's_protected_areas_network_in_conserving_biodiversity
researchgate.net/publication/270565297_Conservation_extraction_and_corruption_will_sustainable_forest_management_be_possible_in_Romania
researchgate.net/publication/320454997_Attitudes_towards_nature_wilderness_and_protected_areas_a_way_to_sustainable_stewardship_in_the_South-Western_Carpathians
reuters.com/article/us-romania-protests-logging/thousands-of-romanians-protest-against-illegal-logging-attacks-on-forest-workers-idUSKBN1XD0HZ
https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/2223/galley/2432/view/
verdict.co.uk/fagaras-national-park-romania
theguardian.com/travel/2023/oct/22/a-yellowstone-for-europe-romanias-ambition-for-a-vast-new-wilderness-reserve
romania-insider.com/romanias-fagaras-mountains-declared-national-park
lonelyplanet.com/articles/fagaras-mountains
nytimes.com/2021/03/15/travel/romania-national-park.html
Images and Music:
Storyblocks
Mossy Earth
Ion Holban
In the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, a plan is underway to create "The Yellowstone of Europe." Home to the continent's last primeval, old growth forests, and it's largest concentrations of Eurasian lynx, wolves, and bears, this landscape is beautiful, but troubled. Decades of logging, both legal and illegal, have haunted these ancient forests, threatening to destroy one of the last bastions of wilderness in Europe. But hope can now be found in the proposed Fagaras Mountains National Park, with it's aim to not only protect the forests, but serve as a model for locally beneficial conservation projects in the Carpathians.
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
Foundation Conservation Carpathia: carpathia.org/conservation
newrepublic.com/article/165245/ikea-romania-europe-old-growth-forest
youtube.com/watch?v=-LFVS3djm8U
youtube.com/watch?v=67pquY70ZJM
youtu.be/RA-5NBbd82Q?si=noS3Xkjzqiz_jSzP
researchgate.net/publication/248200373_The_efficacy_of_Romania's_protected_areas_network_in_conserving_biodiversity
researchgate.net/publication/270565297_Conservation_extraction_and_corruption_will_sustainable_forest_management_be_possible_in_Romania
researchgate.net/publication/320454997_Attitudes_towards_nature_wilderness_and_protected_areas_a_way_to_sustainable_stewardship_in_the_South-Western_Carpathians
reuters.com/article/us-romania-protests-logging/thousands-of-romanians-protest-against-illegal-logging-attacks-on-forest-workers-idUSKBN1XD0HZ
https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/2223/galley/2432/view/
verdict.co.uk/fagaras-national-park-romania
theguardian.com/travel/2023/oct/22/a-yellowstone-for-europe-romanias-ambition-for-a-vast-new-wilderness-reserve
romania-insider.com/romanias-fagaras-mountains-declared-national-park
lonelyplanet.com/articles/fagaras-mountains
nytimes.com/2021/03/15/travel/romania-national-park.html
Images and Music:
Storyblocks
Mossy Earth
Ion Holban
