Here I present the ecological trap, using the yellow bellied toad as example. In Romanian: youtu.be/cYle9Zak27A?si…

The bear can climb trees to feed, seek refuge, play, or rest. The film shows claw marks of a bear on a dead oak, indicating that it climbed the tree. youtu.be/cjZhZw8RWrU?si…

Start of a wood-pasture trip through Romania with Tibor Hartel in the Breite protected area. Different stages of abandonment/encroachment: First by Solidago canadensis, then hornbeam. Finally large old trees become remnants in a newly established forest.

Reflections of Tobias Plieninger from an ancient wood-pasture in Transylvania. youtu.be/cNzgI5KxwdE?si…

Hello bears, hello people!

Rewilding and high-nature-value farming are not in opposition. These 2 sites (left: spruce marked by a brown bear, right: cattle of a native breed grazing an oak wood-pasture, near the Romanian Carpathians) are just 500 m away from each other.

A week of wonderful encounters with human and non-human landscape stewards in Transylvania has come to an end. We have an obligation to support these stewards in defending the natural & cultural landscape treasures against the currently ongoing rapid social-ecological pressures.

Authorities „handling” a bear in Romania. facebook.com/reel/165616685…