Resource type:
Project
Link to knowledge resource
Main entity:
Endangered Landscapes Programme
Type of entity:
Unknown
Key themes:
Mountains
Societal challenges:
Social Justice and Social Cohesion
New Economic Opportunities & Green Jobs and Participatory Planning and Governance
Scope:
Europe
Focus:
Romania
Description:
This project aims to create a world-class wilderness reserve in the Southern Carpathian Mountains, one that is large enough to develop an integrated and self-sustaining ecosystem, support significant numbers of large carnivores and allow evolutionary processes to recover. Over the last eight years, the Carpathia project has purchased almost 21,000 ha of land as part of a strategy to create a future Făgăraș National Park. New funding from the Endangered Landscapes Programme will help develop this vision. Planning for the park’s development will be a democratic process, including a dialogue with civil society stakeholders and development of a green economy in the surrounding communities.
