Protect Biodiversity in Romania

Welcome to our January Report!

Carpathia T-Shirts 

• We designed new t-shirts for supporters of Foundation Conservation Carpathia. We only have 50 and 5 have already sold. To get one, go here: Carpathia T-Shirts (https://www.bonfire.com/yellowstone-of-europe160/). 

Wildlife 

• Wolf monitoring is an on-going activity during this period. The lack of snow and warm temperatures in early January have made it difficult to collect biological samples from the field. Wolves are difficult to study in the absence of snow, because it is harder to track recent wolf pack activity and find fresh faeces, which contain the DNA.
• Four more bison have been translocated successfully from Germany into the Nucsoara enclosure in Romania. We are working on the documentation and logistics for the transportation of more bison from Slovakia. Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC) has re-introduced 36 bison in 5 herds who are roaming freely across the Fagaras mountain range. According to the data transmitted by GPS collars, the bison herds have roamed an area of over 16,000 hectares. You can see the movement of the released bison using this interactive map posted on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ConservationCarpathia/ 
• We are making plans for monitoring the golden eagle population, as well as marmots and capercaillie, the main prey of the eagles.
• You can watch videos of the wildlife from Carpathia including Wolves, Beavers, and Red Deer on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ConservationCarpathia/

Carpathia Talks - a series of meaningful conversations about nature and its impact on what we do every day with friends and supporters of our project. You can see here our first talks with Marius Opris, Ascendis partner and Sergiu Oprescu, Executive President of Alpha Bank. 

To read our full Field Report, please go here: January Field Report 2023. 

Many thanks from all of us! 

Silke Knebel

Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC)

Frankfurt Zoological Society - U.S.  (FZS-US)

3810 Argyle Terrace NW, Washington, DC  20011 USA

Phone: +1 415.937.2745

Email: silke.knebel@fzs.org

Email: s.knebel@carpathia.org

Links:

• January 2023 Field Report