EU-funded FLEG II Program has completed in February 2017. Learn more about the Program and its results, read the final reports, or contact us.
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Moldova: forests, people, and FLEG II in action
Category: Man & Forest
Country: Moldova
- Forests managed by the state forestry agency Moldsilva count for 85% of all forests in Moldova. The central hills of Moldova (Codri) © FLEG - EPA EU ENPI Information Centre
- The landscape reserve "Capriana-Scoreni" is the backdrop for the village Capriana and its monastery, located in the central hills of Moldova (Codri). © FLEG - EPA EU ENPI Information Centre
- Here, in the central hills of Moldova (Codri), people live in harmony with nature. © FLEG - EPA EU ENPI Information Centre
- FLEG II supports research to estimate rural communities’ dependence on local forests and makes efforts to recognize this relationship in government policies. The central hills of Moldova (Codri) © FLEG - EPA EU ENPI Information Centre
- About 15% of Moldova’s forests are owned by local communities. Boghenii-Noi community in the northeastern Moldova is a collection of 5 villages, the best example of collectively managed community forests in Moldova. Almost 90% of the population is actively participating in collective management and guarding of their forestland. The authorized wood is harvested collectively and distributed first to vulnerable categories of the villagers (pensioners, families with many children, etc.). FLEG II cooperates with the community and helps them improve forest management. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Almost 90% of the population of the Boghenii-Noi community in the northeastern Moldova is actively participating in collective management and guarding of their forestland. The authorized wood is harvested collectively and distributed first to vulnerable categories of the villagers (pensioners, families with many children, etc.). FLEG II cooperates with the community and helps them improve forest management. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Many local communities in Moldova still depend on what they can collect from forests to meet a significant portion of their household needs. In particular, in this picture you can see sticks that locals use for gardens and grapevines. Straseni district (Moldova). © FLEG - EPA EU ENPI Information Centre
- According to a FLEG II analysis, fuelwood represents 17 percent of all forest income of local rural households and is collected mainly for subsistence. Soroca district (Moldova). © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- FLEG II helps Moldova develop energy forestry based on fast-growing tree species to provide local communities with forest products (fuel, construction) and decrease the pressure on natural forests. © Arkady Makari.
- FLEG II is undertaking forest management planning in a community forest of Balabanesti village, Anenii-Noi district.
- FLEG II is studying the dependency of local communities on forest in Moldova. Choresht village, Nisporeni district and Alexandru cel Bun village, Soroca district. June 2014.
- FLEG II cooperates with Moldsilva Agency to study the condition of forests and improve their management. Forest and hunting enterprise Straseni.
- Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) is one of the most dangerous forest and agricultural pests. In the photo, caterpillars in early spring are feeding on young leaves of downy oak (Quercus pubescens). FLEG is assisting in control measures to reduce the damage of pests to local forests. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II and Viorica Caciuc
- The caterpillar of the Mottled Umber (Erannis defoliaria) is a very wide-spread forest pest. On the photograph: on English oak (Quercus robur). Every year, Moldsilva Agency – Moldova's main forestry agency, FLEG II partner – fights the dissemination of these dangerous forest pests. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- A family from Chisinau surroundings is planning to grow their own forest, and received two seedlings (oak and ash) as a gift from Telenesti Forestry Nursery (seedlings bred and grown as part FLEG activity) on Europe Day in Moldova in May 2015. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Nature Reserve “Prutul de Jos” in the south of Moldova. Lake Beleu is drying out because of human activities: people built a canal that has brought ground from the agricultural fields, and the lake level started to rise, losing water. Floodplain forests are an important link in the chain to providing local communities with natural resources (fuelwood, biomass for cattle, fish, etc). FLEG II is helping the reserve find a solution to the problem. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II & Patricia Turley-Foster
- FLEG II supports educating young generations the importance of forests and their conservation. For this, learning in nature is a great tool! © Alex Spineanu / WWF-DCP
- Valeriu Caisin, a forest advocate, is in the Cahul district of southern Moldova measuring a veteran pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), a symbol of Moldova’s forests, as part of FLEG II activities. At 186 years old, this tree not only provides acorns for reproduction and a home to a variety of other biodiversity, but it also holds valuable genetic information useful for the conservation of local oak populations. © Valeriu Caisin
- Moldsilva, central authority for the forestry, announces at the press-conference its decision to cease main felling operations in 140 thousand hectares of oak forests while it reviews ways to improve leasing and sustainable forest management. Iurie Apostolachi, Director General of Moldsilva (center), Dumitru Galupa, Director of the Forest Research and Management Institute (right), and Aurel Lozan, FLEG II Country Program Coordinator (left), presented reports and answered questions from journalists from 16 mass media institutions. © Viorica Caciuc
- FLEG II and Agency Moldsilva brought children from orphanages and schools of Moldova to Nature Reserve “Codri” where they celebrated International Children’s Day. Children took part in various contests, learned more about forests and their biodiversity, and how forests should be managed sustainably. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- These children are participants of a national art contest dedicated to the forest. The contest was organized by Agency Moldsilva with the participation of FLEG II. National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History held an exhibition of best paintings about forest for a whole month. Chisinau, Moldova. © A-Media
- Martagon lily (Lilium martagon) grows in forests ranging from Europe to Northern Asia. The martagon lily is a Red List species in Moldova. Nature reserve “Beech Land” (Moldova). © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Wild tulips (Tulipa biebersteiniana) is a rare species, included in Moldova’s Red List. Central forest area of Moldova (Codri). © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Morimus funereus, a species of beetle, is an indicator of the presence of big trees and dead wood in the forest. Dead wood is very important for the forest because it helps maintain an ecological balance. So this beetle is likely to be a barometer of a healthy forest. Central forest area of Moldova (Codri). © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Alpine squill (Scilla bifolia) blooms in early spring. Сentral forest area of Moldova (Codri). © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Curchi Monastery by the Vatich River in Moldova is located on a picturesque hill covered by oak forests. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Moss. Nature Reserve “Beech Land”, Moldova. Mosses help regulate water balance in the forest because they can absorb and hold a large amount of water. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- This mushroom is called Polyporus versicolor or Trametes versicolor. “Versicolor” means 'of several colours': mushroom got this name because it can be found in different colors. Orhei National Park (Moldova). © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- This butterfly, Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius), is one of the largest and most beautiful butterflies of Europe. It is included in the Red List of Moldova. Orhei National Park (Moldova). © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- European green lizard (Lacerta viridis). Its favorite places include ravines and hills with long grass. It can run very quickly and sometimes climbs trees and bushes and can even jump from branch to branch (especially if it is escaping danger). National park “Orhei”, Moldova. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Dead wood is not “trash” as some might think. Stumps, dry branches, rotten trunks are home and food for many inhabitants of the forest: bacteria, mushrooms, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
- Dead wood in a certain way is more “alive” than a growing tree! Its presence in the forest is one of the main indicators of how healthy the forest is. (Moldova) © Aurel Lozan / FLEG II
