The world talks about sustainable development.
In the villages of Eastern Transylvania, you can experience sustainable living.
Hay meadows are an important part of it.

 

 

Welcome to our Hay Meadow Project!

 

The meadows of Transylvania are some of the most species-rich grasslands of Europe. Amongst them, the hay meadows found in the hills and mountains of Eastern Transylvania are outstanding in terms of biodiversity, landscape beauty and the living rural communities that created and manage them.

 

Our project aims to help and record the sustainable use of hay meadows and thus to maintain high biodiversity, important ecosystem services and healthy local communities in two adjacent but very distinct landscapes of the Eastern Carpathians.

 

The project runs from September 2009 till February 2011, it is implemented by the Pogány-havas (Pagan Snowcap) Association and is funded by the UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme, the Barbara Knowles Fund, the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism with funding from the European Commission (DG Environment) and donations. Partners of the project are the Sapientia University, the Harghita County Council, the Environmental Protection Agency of Harghita county and Fundatia ADEPT.

 

Read about our conference about hay meadows, which was held on 7-9 June 2010 in the Boros Guesthouse, Lunca de Jos village. More information...