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Formal project team<\/strong><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1513″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Tibor Hartel, PhD” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” use_custom_heading=”true”]Tibor is Associate Professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering. Tibor`s interests are targeting social-ecological systems with wood-pastures, large carnivores and urban systems as model systems. Tibor received an Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship (2012-2014) and was awarded with Peregrinus Prize of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2019) for his research achievements. Since 2021 Tibor is also elected member of the Academy of Europe \u2013 Academia Europaea.<\/p>\n

Within this project Tibor is the formal responsible of the Romanian team, he contributed conceptually to the project development and is also the scientific coordinator of the research implemented within this project.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1686″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Frank Wagener” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Frank Wagener has studied Agricultural Sciences with focus on nature protection and landscape ecology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t in Bonn (Germany).<\/p>\n

From the very beginning of his professional work he concentrates on landscape protection through sustainable cultivation concepts, and has by now gained experience in the field of implementation of these concepts on various levels: as scientific and managing director of the non-profit association “House of Nature”, as responsible and managing engineer of international projects and as departement manager of the “Natural Forum” from the municipality of Nettersheim (North Rhine-Westfalia). Since 2006 he is coordinating the departement \u201cBiomass and Cultural Landscape Develepment\u201d of the Institute of Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS), which comprises – among others – topics like material flow analyses of biomasses, extensive landuse and nature protection strategies and practical nature protection, sustainable cultural landscape development as well as consulting services for communal authorities. Frank Wagener’s work is characterised by a holistic view on landscape and a close link between scientific approach and practical implementation.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1441″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”L\u00e1szl\u00f3 R\u00e1kosy, PhD” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]L\u00e1szl\u00f3 is professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology. He is an international expert in butterflies and his research interests includes the systematics, taxonomy and ecology of lepidopterans, the conservation of natural habitats, ecology, zoogeography, protected area management and cultural ecology. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 contributed to the development of an agri-environmental policy package for Maculinea <\/em>butterflies, inspired a regional biocultural brand (\u021ainutul fluturelui albastru) and has genuine collaborations with the civil society. He is also a popular and charismatic public speaker; his latest speech at TEDxCluj can be seen here: https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laszlo_rakosy_albastrelul_transilvan_i_jale_ul_carn<\/a> Within this project L\u00e1szl\u00f3 is scientific adviser and will develop a popularization book about the Transylvanan wood-pastures.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1464″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Cristian Valeriu Malo\u0219, PhD” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Cristian is a Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babe\u0219-Bolyai University. He joined Babe\u0219-Bolyai University in 2008 and was appointed lecturer in 2014. He is doing research on environmental projects, mainly conservation projects, and GIS. He has been involved in more than 30 projects related to GIS, land monitoring and\u00a0conservation. Some of the responsibilities included the usage of models (GIS coupled) to evaluate water quality and develop land management strategies.\u00a0At the\u00a0same time he became familiar with the European legislative system, related to GIS and conservation.\u00a0After some more years of teaching and researching as part of the Environmental Science and Engineering Faculty at Babes-Bolyai University, he is more involved in the field of GIS and conservation. Currently he teaches GIS and Spatial statistics. Also,\u00a0he is involved\u00a0in several research projects focused on ecosystem services and GIS. Within our project Cristian provides GIS assistance.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1468″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Imola P\u00fcs\u00f6k” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” use_custom_heading=”true”]Imola is a PhD student of Cultural Anthropology\/European Ethnology at the Faculty of Humanities of the Georg-August University of G\u00f6ttingen. She is a social anthropologist by training, interested in understanding the dinamics of social and ecological relations in post-industrial landscapes. She is currently writing her PhD thesis focused on dwelling in Corna, Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 in the process and aftermath of a mining conflict. Her scientific attention is now turned to stories and histories of dwelling, dwelling in landscape and space, deindustrialisation processes, post-socialism, human-environment relations and navigating micro- and macro-worlds among others.<\/p>\n

Within this project Imola is working on WP2.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1778″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Till Wagener” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” use_custom_heading=”true”]Till is a student at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and is currently completing his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. At the same time, he works as a student assistant at the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) at Trier University of Applied Sciences from Germany.<\/p>\n

With years of experience in professional photography and film production, he is responsible for the visual documentation and public relations in this project. This includes the film production from shooting in the wood-pastures to the final editing, management of the project’s own Youtube channel and website development.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1548″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Mihaela Spac” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Mihaela Spac is a student at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences from Germany, who is currently completing the third year of her Engineering Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainable Business and Technology. Currently, she is working as a student assistant at the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) from Germany. Her main interests are in project management, green technologies and renewable energy, sustainable development and climate-neutral practices.<\/p>\n

In the project she mainly assists the project management, including communication and networking, dissemination and website development.<\/p>\n

Her extensive knowledge of the English, Romanian and German languages is used to facilitate the communication and to bridge the language gap between the stewards of Transylvanian wood-pastures and the scientists involved in our project.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1472″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”\u00c1rp\u00e1d Szapanyos” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]\u00c1rpi is the President of the \u2018Ecotransilvania Educational Association\u2019 and manager of the Remarkable Trees of Romania project. \u00c1rp\u00e1d has a well established history and experience with ancient wood-pasture systems of Transylvania, with inventorying over 150 wood-pastures for ancient trees and being manager for 5 years of the Breite ancient oak wood-pasture reserve near Sighi\u015foara \/ Sch\u00e4\u00dfburg. <\/em>\u00c1rp\u00e1d was a trustable field assistant for the main projects implemented by Leuphana University from L\u00fcneburg in Transylvania, he being involved in data collection (social and ecological research), database building as well as assisting other researchers. Within this project he is working on WP1 and WP2.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2841″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none” css=””][vc_toggle title=”Frederik Wagener” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” use_custom_heading=”true”]Frederik is a student at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and is currently studying for a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering. He also works as a student assistant at the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) at Trier University of Applied Sciences in Germany.<\/p>\n

He is co-responsible for visual documentation and public relations, utilising his passion for visual media and his technical know-how. This includes filming, editing the videos and managing the associated YouTube channel.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1521″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Mihai Pop” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:justify” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Mihai has a background in environmental sciences and his interest is in vegetation ecology. Since 2022 (September) Mihai is is PhD student at Babes-Bolyai University \u2013 Faculty of Geography. His research topic is the biocultural characterization of the Transylvanian wood-pastures, the PhD project being implemented within the current DBU funded project.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1560″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Kinga-Olga RETI, PhD” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:justify” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Kinga is lecturer and vice-dean at Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering. She is environmental scientist interested in environmental impact assessment, soil pollution and erosion and waste management. Recently, she was also involved in research related to the domain\/field of social-ecological systems as well as wood-pastures. Due to the position she holds in the management\/staff of the faculty (2012 to present), she has very good administrative and organizational skills. Within this project Kinga has a role as facilitator, administrative coordination and field assessments.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1517″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Henrietta Boda” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Henrietta Boda is a student at Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering who is currently completing the third year of her Bachelor’s Degree in Evironmental Science. She has a wide range of scientific interests, including ecology, sustainable practices, and cultural and social relations to nature and local environments. Her extensive knowledge of the English and Hungarian languages is used to bridge the language gap between the stewards of Transylvanian wood-pastures and the scientists involved in our project.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][vc_separator color=”black”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Advisory board
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[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1538″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Florentina C\u0103lug\u0103r” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Florentina is the manager of the Association \u2018Grupul de Ac\u021biune Local\u0103 Dealurile T\u00e2rnavelor\u2019 (http:\/\/www.tarnava-mare.ro\/<\/a>), with the office located in the commune of Saschiz. She graduated journalism and pedagogy. Besides the projects directly relevant to the local communities, Florentina values also the projects which targets the valorization of the rich intangible heritage values, cultural and natural. She is member of several local initiatives which resulted in the emergence of local associations, such as the \u2018Women`s Neighborhood Association\u2019 (Asocia\u021bia Vecin\u0103tatea Femeilor), \u2018Saschiz Volunteer Association\u2019 (Asocia\u021bia Voluntarilor din Saschiz). The wood-pasture \u2018Branistea Saschizului\u2019 (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5NtDObEpZEM<\/a>) inspired Florentina to propose the project \u2018Silvicultural Museum\u2019 (https:\/\/silvi-cultural.ro\/<\/a>), where the Local Action Group collaborated also with our project team member Tibor Hartel.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1506″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Florentina Florescu” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Ecologist with a master’s degree in Sustainable Development, Florentina has extensive experience in the development and implementation of nature conservation, ecotourism and education projects for sustainable development. She has been working in the Transnylvanian Highlands\u00a0 (Colinele Transilvaniei) area since 2005 and is attached to this area, being involved in nature conservation projects together with local communities. She believes that this area is extraordinary due to its natural and cultural wealth and especially through local initiatives. All these ingredients are definitely the most important in having an ecotourism destination where experiences are wonderful. Florentina is genuinely interested in the ancient wood-pastures in the area covered by Colinele Transilvaniei and she is helping in mainstreaming the key results of our project in the regional touristic and educational activities and networks.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1530″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Alexandru \u2013 Sabin B\u0103d\u0103r\u0103u, PhD” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:justify” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Sabin an Associate Professor, PhD at Babe\u0219 \u2013 Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering. Bu formation, he is a biogeographer and conservationist, dedicated to the analysis of various species and ecosystems from all biogeographical regions and to the management of the protected areas across the world. A special focus in his research is represented now by the species composition, ecosystem functioning and biocultural values of the wooded pastures (especially the ones with oak species) from the whole Holarctic realm (including the ones in the temperate belts of the mountains from the tropics). As a great supporter of wood-pastures for their natural and biocultural values, Sabin is working on a global overview of the biocultural values of the oak wood-pastures and takes an important role in mentoring Mihai, our PhD student colleague.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1526″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline_circle” border_color=”black” css_animation=”none”][vc_toggle title=”Cristian-Remus Papp, PhD” style=”arrow” custom_font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” custom_google_fonts=”font_family:Actor%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_heading=”true”]Cristian is a senior international expert on nature conservation, environmental protection and sustainable transport, having a PhD in ecological corridors for large carnivores in Romania. He has 20 years of experience in biodiversity conservation and 16 years in project management (coordinated\/participated in the implementation of more than 50 national and international projects). Cristian is the manager of the Wildlife department of WWF Romania. He is active in several international (e.g., he is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, in the scientific committee of the Infrastructure and Ecology Network Europe (IENE), in the Global Wildlife Connect Initiative, etc.) and national (e.g., he is member in the National Working Group for the Conservation of Large Carnivores in Romania, in the Scientific Council of the Maramure\u0219 Mountains Natural Park) professional networks. He is an Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Biology and Geology of UBB. 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