Assessment of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in Romanian

This document was developed under the project “Demonstrating and promoting natural
values in support of decision-making processes in Romania - Nature4Decision-
Making-N4D”, project financed by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
(EEA 2009 - 2014) within the RO02 Program - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, for
which the Ministry of Environment is a Program Operator.
National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), project promoter, contributed
to chapters 1, 3 ,4, 5: Roxana Mihaela STOIAN – project manager; Elena GIUREA –
assistant manager; Roxana MIHAI - biodiversity expert coordinator; Silvia ENE –
biodiversity expert; Laurențiu APOSTOL – biodiversity expert; Andreea BOGDAN –
biodiversity expert; Ileana MATEI, Georgiana PÂRLAC – communication officers.
Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), partner in the N4D project, contributed to chapters
1, 3, 4, 5: Florian BODESCU – project manager; Marius-Ioan PISO – scientific coordinator;
Alexandru BADEA – GIS and RS expert; Ion NEDELCU – DSS expert; Cristian MOISE –
GIS and RS expert; Viorel IONESCU – ecology expert; Violeta Domnica POENARU –
GIS and RS expert; Viorel MANCIU – statitics expert; Sandru Ioana VLAD – GIS and
RS expert; Mihaela-Comanescu – biology expert; Ion Roxana – biology expert; Dana-
Negula Iulia Florentina PAUCA – GIS and RS expert; Iulia MIU – assistant manager;
Denisa BADIU – geograf specialist; Liliana BALTASIU – biology expert; Vlad Gabriel
OLTEANU – GIS and RS expert; Cosmin NISTOR – IT expert; Florin SOARE – IT expert;
Alexandru BOBE – IT expert; Irina MANCIU - statitics expert; Catalin FLORESCU – GIS
and RS expert; Irina – STEFANESCU GIS and RS expert.
WWF România, partner in the N4D project, contributed to chapters 1, 2, 5, 6: Monia
MARTINI – project manager, Corina GHEORGHIU – project specialist green economy,
Andrei MOARCAS – public policy specialist, Raluca DAN – public policy manager, Diana
COASMOIU - regional coordinator public policy, Camelia IONESCU – freshwater manager,
Cristina MUNTEANU – project manager freshwater projects, Radu MELU – senior forests
specialist, Julio TRESIERRA – international technical expert.
The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), partner in the N4D project,
contributed to chapters 1, 3, 5: Graciela RUSCH; Evind ARONSEN; Monica RUANO.
Scientifc Group (in alphabetic order) contributed to validation and testing of
the methodology and evaluation results: Valeria ABAZA, Dan BĂLTEANU, Daniel
DIACONU, Monica DUMITRAȘCU, Vladimir GANCZ, Petre GÂȘTESCU, Iuliana Florentina
GHEORGHE, Cristian IOJA, Minodora MANU, Teodor MARUȘCA, Răzvan MATEESCU,
Mircea MIHALACHE, Mirela Mădălina MOLDOVEANU, Marilena ONETE, Oliviu Grigore
POP, Cristina RADNEA, Diana SILAGHI, Gabriel - Ovidiu VÂNĂU, Ruxandra VINTILĂ, Ana
VÎRSTA
Only by integrating nature into public decisions at all levels can be ensured the upholding
of biodiversity and, along with it, the long-term human well-being.
For more information project-related, please visit the N4D project website:
maesromania.anpm.ro and for more information about EEA grants visit
www.eeagrants.org, www.eeagrants.ro and www.eeagrantsmediu.ro.
Assessment of Ecosystems and Ecosystem
Services in Romania
ISBN 978-606-8038-23-0
photos (c) Dan Dinu