Nature conservation is the second environmental priority at global level. Romania has an outstanding biodiversity at European and global level and its environmental policy mirrors, at least in the last years, the global perspective. The paradigm shift in nature conservation and ambitious goals...

Humans dependence on nature is beyond doubt one of the most powerful evidence that supports the thesis of environmental protection. This relation is manifold and it was approached in various frameworks. The paper focuses on the conservation of nature in its narrow sense, meaning natural...