by ACC Admin | May 16, 2024 | 2023, Introductory, Press Article, Resources
Gone from Romania for 200 years, European bison were reintroduced to the Țarcu Mountains, at the southern end of the Carpathian range, in 2014. Now numbering 170, the bison are reshaping the mountain landscape in ways that are helping clean up emissions. Bison... by ACC Admin | May 15, 2024 | 2024, Introductory, Press Article, Resources
A herd of 170 bison reintroduced to Romania’s Țarcu mountains could help store CO2 emissions equivalent to removing 43,000 US cars from the road for a year, research has found, demonstrating how the animals can help mitigate some effects of the climate crisis.... by ACC Admin | May 1, 2024 | 2024, Briefing for Policy-makers and Decision-makers, More In-depth, Resources
New unique tool available for nature-based climate solutions: the Yale/GRA ACC Model The mathematical tools that scientists use to account for the amount of carbon captured and stored in ecosystems rarely consider the effects of animals. This stems from the assumption... by ACC Admin | Apr 1, 2024 | 2024, Introductory, Press Article, Resources
European Bison disappeared from Romania over 200 years ago. WWF Romania and Rewilding Europe have been working together to reintroduce this iconic species back to the Southern Carpathian Mountains. Since the first translocation in 2014, more than 100 Bison have been... by ACC Admin | Mar 17, 2024 | 2024, Introductory, Press Article, Resources
A recent study that looked at the effects of European bison on the ability of forests in Romania to store carbon found that these large animals have a ‘heroic’ effect. By increasing the carbon storage potential of forests by 10%, it’s the equivalent of taking 54,000...