Kalnoky Conservation Trust
Romania is a land between change and tradition. To find find ways of combining both is the challenge.
Transylvania is often referred to as "the land that time forgot", and in many ways this is an appropriate description. Horses and carts share the road with cars, farming is small-scale and organic, and shepherds tend their flocks in the hills. Nature has also benefited from the slow pace of development.
Transylvania boasts the best examples of wild flower meadows in Europe, not forgetting the large expanses of forest that cover the landscape and provide a refuge for wolves and bears.
Yet, change is a foot, not least in the form of Romania's accession to the EU. There are many who fear progress and others who embrace it; regardless, no one wishes to see traditional ways of life lost, forests cut down, or historic buildings in ruins.
“In order to conserve natural and built heritage in Szeklerland, Transylvania, it is necessary to confront the realities of the future by making positive changes now.”
