Submitted by
Calin.Dejeu
on Thu, 01/31/2019 - 17:08
General Information
Resolution
44562
IUCN Constituent
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
European Union (EU)
Country/Territory
Romania
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
European Wilderness Society, Asociația Efectul Fluture, Asociația Altitudine, Asociatia Natura Transilvaniei
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
We wrote an article, to raise awareness about Raul Alb being threatened again.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Raul Alb is the last undisturbed and ecologically complete river in Romanian Carpathians. It was saved, with a huge amount of effort, from a hydropower project,in 2015-2016. Now it is threatened by a fish farm project. The ~works~ to set up the floodplain surface for the farm started illegally, with no environmental permit, in the spring of 2018, so we referred the matter to the Environmental Guard, which fined the company which threatens Raul Alb and stopped the illegal works. We also wrote an article, to raise awareness about Raul Alb being threatened again. The company sued the Environmental Guard and, after a few months, requested an environmental permit. The request was brought to the Commission of Technical Analysis, gathered at Hunedoara County Environmental Agency. Hundreds of concerned citizens wrote to the members of this Commission, asking for the law to be obeyed. Finally, the National Agency for Protected Areas did not issue the administrator's permit, so the Hunedoara County Environmental Agency could not issue an environmental permit for the fish farm, yet.
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Raul Alb was proposed to be certified as a WildRiver by the European Wilderness Society.
https://wilderness-society.org/wild-river-raul-alb/
https://wilderness-society.org/wild-river-raul-alb/
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
The main challange is the anti-conservation attitude of the county environmental agency. Oher important challenge is the fact that the importance of the functional flood plain for the ecological status of a river is not understood by the Romanian authorities. The impact of a fishing farm on a river course is also not understood.d
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Other
Description
The only option for this river to be protected on a long term seems to be a new lawsuit.
Report status
Published