Forest ecosystems are a prime example of the heated debates that have arisen around how
forests should be managed, and what services and benefits they should deliver. The …

Environmental crisis narratives escalate around the world. Their production and
consequences demand scholarly attention. Drawing on the analytical tools of political …

In this article we explore the twisted consequences of the worldwide turn toward prohibitive
policies and criminalization in conservation. We argue that tackling environmental …

Forestland privatization and transition to a market economy triggered important changes in
the Romanian forest sector, imposing challenges for forest management structures …

Romania has traditionally dealt with forest ecosystem services (FES) using a regulatory
process of designing forest management plans (FMPs). We set an analytical framework to …

The aims of this research are (1) to analyze the topic of forests in Romania as presented in
scientific literature and (2) to identify the Romanian Geography teachers' perceptions of and …

Socio-economic and political contexts play a major role in a community's perception of the
environment, determining natural resource use. We examined perceptions of forest and …

The aim of this paper is to enhance understanding of factors that undermine sustainable
management of renewable resources by identifying and analyzing the main drivers and …

Stakeholders' engagement in forest management decision-making is a critical tool for
enhancing the business acceptability of the forest sector, and the Forest Stewardship …

This article examines the postsocialist timber rush of the Carpathian Mountains of
Transylvania, from the perspective of the frontier. Drawing on long-term anthropological …