{"id":2223,"date":"2023-10-17T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transylvanian-wood-pastures.eu\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2023-10-24T12:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:00:34","slug":"new-law-for-old-trees-in-romania-lessons-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transylvanian-wood-pastures.eu\/en\/2023\/10\/17\/new-law-for-old-trees-in-romania-lessons-and-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Law for Old Trees in Romania \u2013 lessons and opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Large Old Trees have exceptional natural, cultural and economic values, yet these trees are only rarely targeted by specific National legislation. Romania recently adopted a Law for its large Old Trees (Law 97\/2023 for protecting remarkable trees of Romania).<\/p>\n

The Law was inspired by the project Remarkable Trees of Romania<\/em> (funded also within the current ‘Transylvanian wood-pastures’ project). The Law defines remarkable trees as trees outside the Forests that should have at least one of these criteria: age (at least 160\u2009years), a taxon-specific minimum trunk circumference, and the existence of local legends and stories proving its heritage value(s).\u00a0 The Law also provides a list of trees and their trunk circumferences which makes them eligible for being legally protected.<\/p>\n

The scientific publication which presents the history of the Law, its weaknesses and opportunities was recently published in Conservation Science and Practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Popularization of the Law was made by our colleague Tibor Hartel, who also contributed to the scientific content of the Law and can be seen in Romanian this YouTube video<\/a>, and this paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hartel, T., <\/strong>Arghius, V., Stoican, F., Reti, K.O., Bouriaud, L. (2023). New Law for Old Trees in Romania: lessons and opportunities.<\/a> Conservation Science and Practice<\/em>, online early.<\/p>\n