Assessment of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in Romanian

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Policy
sector
Transport
Energy
Regional
Development
Territorial
Planning
Tourism
Natural
Resource
Ecosystem
Typology
(MAES
Level 2)
ALL –
including
urban and
except ocean
ALL –
including
urban and
except ocean
ALL –
including
urban and
except ocean
ALL –
including
urban and
except ocean
ALL –
including
urban and
except ocean
Pressures from human
activities (Sectoral policy
analysis & State of the
Environment National Report
2013/2014)
Land use change aimed at
building new transport corridors or
extending existing ones
GHG emissions from energy based
on fossil fuels; construction of
hydropower facilities; construction
of wind power facilities interfering
with birds’ migration routes;
biomass energy from plantations;
construction of photovoltaic
facilities
Industrial activities, transport,
agriculture, tourism, constructions,
infrastructure for heating as well as
water and waste management
Type of impact resulting
from pressures (Sectoral
policy analysis & State of
the Environment National
Report 2013/2014)
loss or fragmentation
of habitats; changes in
the population density of
certain species of flora or
fauna; fauna mortality due
to accidents; impact on
the conservation status of
habitats and species of flora
and fauna
soil and air pollution
from GHG emissions
with impact on human
health and biodiversity;
hydromorphological changes
of river ecosystems and
reduced water debit for
local communities resulting
from hydropower; birds’
mortality due to wind power;
invasive species resulting
from energy plantations
affecting biodiversity; land
use competition between
biomass energy, agriculture
and forests; land use
competition between
photovoltaic energy and
agriculture
inadequate air quality and
climate change; inadequate
quantity and quality of
water resources; pollution
of soil and the environment
in general; deterioration of
the natural and built capital
- loss and fragmentation
of habitats and overexploitation
of resources;
damage of human health
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The level of integration of the Ecosystem Approach
into Romanian policies
In order to assess the level of integration of the Ecosystem Approach into Romanian
policies designed for the period 2014-2020 and identified for the MAES process in
Romania, an analytical framework has been developed and used under the N4D project;
it combines the approach developed under the OPERAs project 14 with the so-called
Malawi Principles promoted by the Convention on Biological Diversity 15 (Figure
no. 3).
14 http://www.operas-project.eu
15 https://www.cbd.int/ecosystem/principles.shtml