BIO AND GEODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AS SUPPORT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL GROWTH IN THE AREA HAŢEG-RETEZAT (RO 0023; RO-0056 EEA FM 2009–2010)

The project “Bio and geodiversity conservation as support to sustainable development and economic and social growth in the area Haţeg-Retezat”, initiated by the Romanian Academy, as leader, under a consortium with the University of Bucharest and the Inter-communal Association “Ţara Haţegului”, funded through the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism with the support of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, with a value of 2,083,337 €, has two important objectives: 1. Set up the Research and Training Center of the Romanian Academy in bio and geodiversity and sustainable rural development in the area Haţeg-Retezat and 2. Doing research work in the fields of bio and geodiversity, traditional agriculture as support to a strategy for sustainable rural development, for the consolidation of private-family farms with organic farming practice.