Abstract
Romanian Wild Carpathia constitutes the ultimate pristine wilderness of the old European continent. Carpathian Mountains landscape experiences and outdoor recreation represents quite unique cultural ecosystem services. The new annotations to the Forest Law are restricting any public access in the woods without authorities’ pre-approval for organised sport, leisure and tourism activities. However, off road vehicle (ORV) recreation is a popular activity and a growing transparency concern of National Forest Administration Authorities that is not managed accordingly. Here we show that our ORV recreation frame model can securely allow public access and protect all Romanian mountains. Our results demonstrate how growing ORV recreation popularity can be used in an honest and open way if it is well organized and controlled. We anticipate our assay to be a starting point for a regional and national forest administration sustainable development plan. Furthermore, stopping illegal forest activities is a major target of the anti-logging movement. A well-defined assay for the ORV recreation frame model will be relevant for such developments.
Highlights
Wild Carpathia beautifully quantifies the Romanian Carpathians untouched nature, first presented in the homonymous documentary film by Charlie Ottley [1], who visited the area in 2011 and decided to show it to the world in the attempt to save it through tourism development, as an alternative to extensive destruction from illegal deforestation
The Carpathian Mountains and most deforestation areas may be accessible for off-road vehicle (ORV) leisure activities through the gravel roads network administrated by the Romanian National Forest Administration Authorities (NFAA)
Part of the adventure tourism niche, off road vehicle (ORV) recreational activities have had an important development in recent years due to the relatively free access into the Transylvanian woods and more affordable technical equipment on the market
Summary
Wild Carpathia beautifully quantifies the Romanian Carpathians untouched nature, first presented in the homonymous documentary film by Charlie Ottley [1], who visited the area in 2011 and decided to show it to the world in the attempt to save it through tourism development, as an alternative to extensive destruction from illegal deforestation. The Carpathian Mountains and most deforestation areas may be accessible for off-road vehicle (ORV) leisure activities through the gravel roads network administrated by the Romanian National Forest Administration Authorities (NFAA). According to the Romanian Forest Law 133 [2], public access into the forest through the NFAA’s gravel roads network is forbidden. We consider that ecosystem services development will open deforestation routes to off-road vehicles (ORV) recreation activities, increasing transparency and timber security
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