The natural environment, by the diversity of its ecologic systems, ensures the existence of all living beings, of the human species implicitly. The agricultural ecosystem is a functional biosphere unit, with a structure generated by the criterion of anthropic utility of supplied biomass,...

Through the entirety of the forms of life, which are interacting among themselves and with the abiotic elements of the environment, biodiversity/biological diversity maintains the ecological processes at local, regional and global level, generating goods and services directly usable by the...

The paper attempts to make a quantitative and qualitative analysis of processes and phenomena determined by the interference of natural and human ecosystems, in the context of the sustainable development of the rural communities located in the area covered by the irrigation system of Brăila...

In an anthropized ecosystem, the interactions are represented by the multitude of possible combinations between its structural elements; among these, the most important groups of interactions are those in which people are also involved. In the transformed ecosystems, with different...

In recent years, all over the world, the concern for preserving people’s health as well as a healthy environment acquired a permanent dimension, meant to ensure the meeting of present consumption needs without jeopardizing those of the future generations. In the European Union, the development...

The obvious impact of farming activities upon the environment quality determined an increasingly rigorous concern of compatibilization between the two terms of the equation. These orientations reflect the new evolutions of the sustainable development process in the rural areas and an ecologic...

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...

Biodiversity is a huge variety of ecosystems, species and genes, which represent the natural capital, and provides services supporting the economy. The biodiversity values make up the natural heritage that must be used by the present generations without jeopardizing the chance of the next...

Estimating the necessary costs for the operation of Natura 2000 Network represented a constant concern at the European Union level throughout the years. For Romania, this approach is in an early stage. In this context, the main objective of the present paper targets the estimation of the...

Getting people aware – at individual and local level – of the ecosystem benefits and services is a complex phenomenon that starts with the evaluation of the existing natural heritage by the inhabitants and ends with the institutionalization of valorization through the establishment of rural...