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Fundaţia ADEPT Transilvania

Protecting Romania’s unique high-biodiversity

landscapes and the small-scale farming

communities that have created them


Tarnava Mare SCI, a lowland area of high biodiversity, 85.000ha farmed by 5.000 families in 24 small-scale

farming communities


STIPA: Saving Transylvania’s Important Pastoral Ecosystems

PROJECT LOCATION: Central Transilvania, Romania

PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTORS:

Single Beneficiary: Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania

Start: 1 Oct 2010 End: 30 Sept 2013 →


Main dry grassland habitats

7% of the SCI, 5,900 ha, is comprised of 2 priority dry

grassland habitats

o 6210* Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland

facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-

Brometalia) with important orchid sites

o 6240* Sub-Pannonic steppic grasslands.


1. How to create map and inventory of 4,800 hectares of

habitat scattered over 85,000 ha SCI?

Database

created using

LPIS Physical

Blocks – allows

good

coordination with

Agri-environment

schemes in the

future


Innovative GIS

mapping using

slope and

inclination was over

90% accurate when

field tested.

5,979 surfaces of

target habitats

identified, reduced

by field checking

(consolidation and

elimination) to 752

surfaces.


Local contractors

trained for future use

of the Brielmaier in

the project area

2. Over 320 ha cleared

by innovative Brielmaier

mower, returned to

favourable conservation

status


3. Six biodiversity hotspots established as micro-

reserves with Town Hall agreements: good for

awareness-raising as well as protection


During project lifetime, over 3,800 ha of target habitat have

entered the non-mechanised agri-environment measure (214/2)

as a result of ADEPT promotion of the measure.

4. Farmer access to a-e payments, to provide

incentives for good management


5. Habitat, flower and butterfly identification manuals for

schools and farmers in 2012


6. Schools in the

area enjoy nature

classes, over 280

children per year


7. Dissemination Visits by Agriculture Commissioner Ciolos and HRH The Prince of

Wales resulted in millions of TV viewers hearing about STIPA project


Farm sizes in Romania 2.7 m holdings <1ha, 35% of UAA 900,000 holdings 1-5 ha, 15% UAA

150,000 holdings 5-10ha, 40% UAA

Lack of economic viability.

How can they be helped to continue?

BUT … it was the farmers

created these landscapes.

Only they can conserve them at

landscape scale.

Name, Surname, Position Logo(s) LIFE07 Kick-off Meeting, Date, Place


• Economic challenges: limited access to farming

resources, credit constraints, powerlessness in food

supply chain

Innovative equipment

Innovative ideas: marketing

association/cooperation

• Territorial challenges: communications.

smart solutions: internet, mobile phones,

coordinated delivery systems.

• Social and demographic: ageing, succession

help young farmer succession.

COMBINING TRADITION WITH INNOVATION CAN

SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS: RETRO-INNOVATION


Clarification so that authorities

have the confidence to apply

flexible approach to small-scale

producers

Booklet with clear information for farmers,

producers and for food inspectors

Now used by hygiene authorities as a

standard document in Romania.

Impact: better links between hygiene

authorities and small-scale producers.

Small-scale producers can continue

to operate under more flexible

approach from hygiene inspectors.


Integrated approach has attracted interest at EU level


Retro-innovation 1: Nature protection in farmed landscapes Bio

div

ers

ity

Mosaic

landscape,

habitats,

species

Mixed traditional agricultural landscapes in Europe often

have higher biodiversity that wilderness areas

Wilderness →Mixed agriculture → Intensive agriculture Source: after Hoogeveen et al., 2001


Areas of mosaic landscape with wildflower-rich

haymeadows, trees and scrub offer biodiversity

connectivity and refuges



Retro-innovation 2:

resilience

Small-scale mosaic

landscape structure

provides resilience to

effects of climate change,

is good for biodiversity,

can be more productive.

Traditional systems have

a lot to teach us regarding

food and environmental

sustainability


Integrating different sources of funding


But ..beware exporting W European

approaches to Eastern Europe

If it ain’t

broke don’t

fix it!


Impact of land cover homogenization on the Corncrake

(Crex crex) in traditional farmland

Landscape Ecology April 2015

Ine Dorresteijn, Lucas Teixeira, Henrik von Wehrden Jacqueline Loos,

Jan Hanspach, John Anton Robert Stein, Joern Fischer

Conclusions

Our findings show the high conservation value of traditional

heterogeneous farmland for the Corncrake. Therefore, to

protect the Corncrake in traditional farmland, pro-active

policy measures should encourage the continuation of

mixed farming practices to maintain a diversity of land covers.


Multumesc pentru

atentie!

LIFE09 NAT/RO/000618

Saving Transylvania’s

Important Pastoral

Ecosystems

STIPA

Fundația ADEPT Transilvania

www.fundatia-adept.org

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