Summary
Romania's proposal to extend the UNESCO World Heritage List with approximately 24,000 hectares of primeval beech forests, located across eight protected areas in the Romanian Carpathians, aims to create a transnational serial property encompassing over 95,000 hectares. This initiative, supported by 13 European countries and coordinated by Austria, seeks to illustrate the ecological process of beech expansion across Europe. The selected sites were chosen to complement existing World Heritage properties and provide a more comprehensive representation of the species' distribution. The nomination, submitted in January 2016, reflects a collaborative effort to highlight the ecological significance and conservation value of these ancient forests.
Citation
Biris, I. A., Teodosiu, M., Turcu, D.-O., Merce, O., Lorent, A., Apostol, J., & Marcu, C. (2016). 24.000 ha de paduri primare de fag, propunerea Romaniei pentru Patrimoniul Mondial UNESCO. Bucovina Forestiera, 16(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.4316/bf.2016.009