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Restoration of wood-pastures in Transylvania

Wood-pastures (pastures with scattered trees) are ecologically and culturally valuable landscapes formed mainly in the Middle Ages.

The trees in a wood pasture are keystone structures – they serve as biodiversity hotspots. They provide habitat for a number of bat and bird species, lichens, fungi, and invertebrates.

These habitats are in decline due to the changes in agricultural practices.

In the planting seasons Spring 2023 / Autumn 2023 we will plant sessile oak seedlings

(Quercus petraea) on an area near the village of Cobor (Sibiu County).

Bee-eaters grove

We were planting sessile oaks (Quercus petraea) and their companion species—maple, aspen, hawthorn, and some rowan—in a small sand mine. Our goal is to create a forest or hedge to separate a breeding colony of bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) from human disturbance.

Ecological reconstruction by reforestation

of a land surface at the foot of

the Retezat Mountains

We were planting early successional (pioneer) tree species on an overgrazed, degraded hill on the foothill of the Retezat Mountains (Geopark of Dinosaurs ŢTara Hategului).

OUR PARTNERS

We are honored to share our passion and have planted trees with a number of companies, including: