RETEZAT SITE INDEX

• Page 1. - Introduction: Location, History etc.
• Page 2. - Environment: Physical, Botanical, Land Use
• Page 3. - Administration (see also Background Information, below)
• Page 4. - Information and Funding Requirements
• Page 5. - Long Term Planning
• Page 6. - The Future: Funding for Biodiversity Protection Networks

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• The Bern Convention
• The Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy

• Nature Conservation Legislation in Romania
• The Administration of Nature Conservation in Romania

• Cited References and Other Information Sources
• Links Page

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• Map 1. Europe
• Map 2. Romania
• Map 3. The Carpathians

• Map 4. Ecosystems of Central and Eastern Europe
• Map 5. Mountain Ecosystems of Romania
• Map 6. Ecosytems of South West Romania

• Map 7. All Internationally Recognised Romanian Mountain Protected Areas
• Map 8. All Romanian Government Recognised Mountain Protected Areas
• Maps 7. and 8. together (see Tables 4 & 5 below to access data)

• Map 9. All Protected Areas of South West Romania
• Map 9. linked to Data Tables (see Tables 1, 2 & 3 below to access data only)

• Map 10. UNESCO Pronatura Map of Retezat
• Map 11. Approaches to Retezat

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• Table 1. - Internationally Recognised Protected Areas of South West Romania
• Table 2. - The Romanian Government's "Suggested" List of Protected Areas of South West Romania
• Table 3. - Miscellaneous Nature Reserves, Nature Parks and Forest Reserves of South West Romania

• Table 4. - Data on Internationally Recognised Carpathian Protected Areas
• Table 5. - Data on Government Recognised Carpathian Protected Areas
• Tables 4. and 5.(see Maps 7. and 8. for locations)

• Table 6. - IUCN Protected Area Management Categories
• Table 7. - Data on Endemic Plants Found at Retezat

• Chart 1 - Total Beech Forest in Selected European Countries
• Chart 2. - European Montane Forest Significance for Birds
• Chart 3. - Total Deciduous Forest in Selected European Countries
• Chart 4. - Total No.of Endemic Plants in Selected European Countries

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• The Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
• The Wolf (Canis lupus)
• The Lynx (Felis lynx)
• The Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
• The Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota)
• Some other Carpathian Animals
• Reptiles and Amphibians
• Fish
• Birds

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• The Flora
• The Woodlands

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• Approaching Retezat National Park (page of thumbnails)
  • Van used as a taxi up to Retezat
  • Two vans waiting by the railway line
  • Mixed Forest from the path between Cirnic and Peitrele
  • View of Mount Peleaga from below Pietrele
  • View from the path up to Pietrele

• Around the Main Entrance to Retezat at Pietrele (page of thumbnails)
  • Camping
  • Organising hikers at the weekend
  • Student Conservation Volunteers from ProNatura

• Landscapes of Retezat National Park (page of thumbnails)
  • Dwarf Pine from the treeline
  • Way-marked Boulder near Gentiana cabin
  • Mist over the sub-Alpine Zone
  • A Mountain
  • Lake Bucura
  • A marker post by the footpath
  • A glacial valley
  • Panorama looking North East from above Lake Bucura

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