Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Simona MIHĂILESCU, Ioana VICOL, Marilena ONETE, Luiza-Silvia MIHAI, Tiberiu SAHLEAN
For Romanian natural or semi-natural grassland habitat of Community interest assessed in all five terrestrial bioregions, the conservation status assessment activities were carried out based on the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, which is part of the European Green Deal. In our study we developed methods and used multicriteria analysis for all 2114 plots installed in 15 types of grassland habitats from the Natura 2000 sites of Community interests from Romania. In the studies conducted in the last five years, we evaluated the specific intensity of the pressures, followed by the estimation of the intensity of threats, affecting both the target habitats and their characteristic species. In order to compare the general trend of the conservation status in a biogeographic region, we established the trends within the Natura 2000 network. We realized the assessment matrix that uses information about the magnitude of short-term trends to assess the conservation status. Only stable or increasing trends can lead to a general conclusion regarding the favourable conservation status of the analysed habitat. Romania needs to effectively implement conservation measures for grasslands habitats.
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