Social Context of Late Medieval and Early Modern Deforestation Periods in the Apuseni Mountains (Romania) based on an Integrated Evaluation of Historical and Paleobotanical Records

Jakab, Gusztáv; Pál, Ilona; Silye, Lóránd; Sümegi, Pál; Tóth, Attila; Sümegi, Balázs; Frink, József Pál; Magyari, Enikő K.; Kern, Zoltán; Benkő, Elek

doi:10.1080/14614103.2021.1942744

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“…"Calul de Piatră" (46°30'19"N-23°08'55"E) is a typical oligotrophic peat bog with the central part conspicuously convex (Fig. 2), where peat thickness reaches at least 5.6 m [4]. It is situated at 1640-1650 m altitude, has an elliptical shape (about 291146 m), occupies about 3-3.5 ha and contains approximately 70,000 m 3 of peat [4,7].…”

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“…2), where peat thickness reaches at least 5.6 m [4]. It is situated at 1640-1650 m altitude, has an elliptical shape (about 291146 m), occupies about 3-3.5 ha and contains approximately 70,000 m 3 of peat [4,7]. The peat bog is completely hidden by the surrounding spruce forest, offering protection against human activities (e.g.…”

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“…When the actual boundaries of the ROSCI0116 Molhașurile Căpățânei were drawn, two genuine active raised bogs, "Calul de Piatră" and "Izvorul văii Șoimului" [7], located at approximately 1.5-1.8 km NE, were not included in the protected area. These peat bogs deserve legal protection as well, as they have high botanical, palynological and conservation value [4,7].…”

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Proposal for the Inclusion of Two Active Raised Bogs in the Rosci0116 Molhașurile Căpățânei Protected Area of Community Interest

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Coldea³

2022

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Oligotrophic peat bogs reach the southern boundary of their European distribution area in the Romanian Carpathians. They shelter boreal species considered glacial relicts, surviving from the Würmian III period. Such areas (habitats) conserving relict species have major phytohistorical importance. They provide insights into the history of forest vegetation in the region and past climatic conditions. Based on floristic, phytocoenological and phytogeographical data, we propose to include two active raised bogs, namely “Calul de Piatră” and “Izvorul văii Șoimului” in the ROSCI0116 Molhașurile Căpățânei site of community interest. The inclusion of the two bogs in the ROSCI0116 Molhașurile Căpățânei protected area will increase the peat bog surface in the Apuseni Mountains and will be beneficial for the conservation of the wetland habitats and their typical flora, both very vulnerable to natural and anthropogenic disturbances.

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Proposal for the Inclusion of Two Active Raised Bogs in the Rosci0116 Molhașurile Căpățânei Protected Area of Community Interest

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2022

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“…A very small amount is agricultural land. The forest cover has been seriously modified by human impact since the Middle Ages (Jakab, G. et al 2021).…”

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Attitudes of local people towards Apuseni Nature Park, Romania

2022

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Nature parks are protected natural areas whose purposes are the protection and conservation of landscapes in which the interaction of human activities with nature over time has created a distinct area, with significant landscape and/or cultural value, often with great biological diversity. This is the case of Apuseni Nature Park, which includes a significant karst terrain and is a very important tourist destination. In this article, we examine the attitude of local people towards the protected area with the help of a questionnaire composed of 32 questions. After the general questions, the economic situation was examined first. Then the respondents had to evaluate the values and the difficulties of their region and their relation to tourism. The answers reveal that they are aware of the importance of tourism, which may represent a serious complementary income for them. The most intriguing questions were some open-ended questions, which focused on the relationship of locals to Apuseni Nature Park. Based on the answers, we can conclude that the negative opinions slightly dominate. The dissatisfaction of the locals, the feeling of limitations due to the park are expressed in many different ways. But probably the most relevant problems can be linked to the rules and laws. As it is a nature park, people in fact, live inside the park, thus, the equilibrium between their lives and the purposes of the park should be approached. The administration of the nature park should involve local people more closely in decision-making, and maybe certain rules should be changed.

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“…3 Benkő et al (2021); Darby (1956); Hughes and Thirgood (1982); Jakab et al (2022); Kaplan et al (2009). 4 Vári et al (2020a); Vári et al (2020b), did not take into account the significant sediment hiatus of the Late Migration and Árpád periods in the excavated sample, as well as the water layers that formed the earlier part of the sediment, and therefore the climatic and environmental reconstruction based on a flawed chronological model is completely unfounded.…”

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Emerging mediaeval heritage: Environmental history research at Băgău (c. Alba, Romania) and the Bottomless Lake (Tăul fără fund)

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The investigation of a 8.1 m long peat sequence from Tăul fără fund (“Bottomless Lake,” Transylvanian Basin, Northern Romania) offers a series representing wetland development since the Middle Holocene. The most striking feature of the sequence is a cca. 900 year-long hiatus caused by peatcutting in the 14th century AD. An artificial reservoir was constructed there in the Late Middle Ages by the excavation of the uppermost peat layer, afflicting a significant environmental impact on this remote location. One of the oldest documented Hungarian settlements from the time of the Hungarian Kingdom (11th century AD, presumably with previous history) in Transylvania was discovered in the vicinity of the former reservoir by an archaeological field survey. By harmonising historical data and the exact chronological sequence of the borehole, the creation of the reservoir was inserted into the local history of the developing mediaeval settlement network at the time when some of the early settlements had been abandoned and a permanent village was established, with a church and upscale landowners, in the area of present-day Băgău in the 13th to 14th century AD. Significant environmental impacts have emerged during this transitional period around the reservoir.

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Social Context of Late Medieval and Early Modern Deforestation Periods in the Apuseni Mountains (Romania) based on an Integrated Evaluation of Historical and Paleobotanical Records

Cited by 7 publications

References 106 publications

Proposal for the Inclusion of Two Active Raised Bogs in the Rosci0116 Molhașurile Căpățânei Protected Area of Community Interest

Proposal for the Inclusion of Two Active Raised Bogs in the Rosci0116 Molhașurile Căpățânei Protected Area of Community Interest

Attitudes of local people towards Apuseni Nature Park, Romania

Emerging mediaeval heritage: Environmental history research at Băgău (c. Alba, Romania) and the Bottomless Lake (Tăul fără fund)

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