The Intervention Team successfully released a bear from a poachers’ snare. On 19th August 2016, we received a call from the emergency dispatcher that a bear was trapped in a snare in the vicinity of Maru, Caras-Severin County. A local inhabitant found the snared bear at the edge of their orchard and called the authorities. [...]
In 2015, we conducted interviews with shepherds, farmers and bee-keepers to assess the level and type of conflict between people and wildlife. These interviews provided data on: the context of conflict, wildlife species involved, methods used to prevent damage, the impact of damage on those affected and the degree of acceptance towards large carnivores. The [...]
In June, His Excellency Mr. Paul Brummell, Ambassador of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Romania, visited the LIFE Connect Carpathians project. During his visit, the ambassador met with representatives of the project partners – Fauna & Flora International, Asociația Zarand, Romanian Gendarmerie and representatives of local authorities. On this occasion, His Excellency visited the [...]
On 25th September 2015, the Intervention Team, Romanian Gendarmerie and a representative of the Institute of Forestry Research and Management (INCDS, Brasov) were called to a scene where a bear was trapped in a snare at the edge of an orchard in Uricani, Hunedoara County. The area was secured, the bear anaesthetised and released without [...]
The opening ceremony for the new Gendarmerie base, developed under LIFE Connect Carpathians project, was held at Zam. The Vața de Jos unit, served by 9 mountain gendarmes, has extended jurisdiction over the entire surface covered by the project, Alba, Arad, Bihor, Gorj, Timis, Caras Severin, Hunedoara and Cluj Counties. You can find more information [...]
An initial training seminar on landscape scale conservation was conducted in Bucharest, involving over 20 representatives of ministries, national agencies andcompanies. The seminar was held under A3 activity - Build capacity of management of responsible agencies in landscape scale conservation of target species in the project area. The seminar covered the following themes: connectivity and [...]
This August, Compas and the Apuseni Park Administration organised the first PadișFest in aid of the Apuseni Park. The festival was arranged to promote the natural and cultural heritage of the area, and to involve stakeholders in developing a sustainable strategy for the area. The LIFE Connect Carpathians team were delighted to be invited to [...]
The first meeting of the working group for the Regional Species Action Plans for bear and wolf was held in Brasov, with representatives from the National Forest Research-Development Institute, Vrancea Environmental Agency and the Association for the Conservation of Biological Diversity. The working group outlined the contents of the RSAPs, established how the projects LIFE [...]
Petriş, Arad County, June 2015 On the boundaries between two Natura 2000 sites, Zarandul de Est and Defileul Mureșului, damage to potato crops by wild boar was reported. This is the first time such damage has been reported in this location! Subsequently, the mayor of Petriş Commune invited team members to a discussion on damage [...]
