ROMANIAN MOUNTAIN COMMONS PROJECT
Romanian mountain commons in numbers: statistics from AE survey database 2016
Average surface of land for each common in studied counties (units: hectares). Source: AE database 2016
Average number of members per common in studied counties. Source AE database 2016
Average surface of common land per each member in the studied counties (unit: hectares). Source: AE database 2016
Biophysical features of Romanian commons
The woodlands owned by Romanian communities of rightholders count 873,000 hectares, according to the Romanian Court of Accounts, 2014, official figure presented under the category of ‘traditional associative forms', which refers to the independent commons; other sources indicate other figures, such as 788,694 ha, in 2015, having as source the official report filed by the Ministry of Forest and Water. For commons grasslands coverage and number of rightholders, official statistics are missing. Estimates based on our survey are: the mountain common count over 300,000 ha of grasslands, including alpine ranges and village pastures. The communities of rightholders count roughly 400,000 registered commoners.
1088 hectares average area of woodland per common
256 hectares average area of pasture per common
92 hectares average area of woody pasture per common
53% of Romanian commons have mostly broadleaved forest
30% of Romanian commons have mostly coniferous forest
74% of commons the forests are accessible by forestry roads
51% of commons have mostly young forest
<80 years
37% of commons have mostly old forest
>80 years
42% of commons have land included in protected areas, of which 15% in national parks
Benefits for communities and commoners