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Forests rank at the top of the natural assets of Romania, both because of their rich biodiversity, and their livelihood-sustaining role. In the ex-socialist countries that entered the tumultuous early-democratic era and faced many socio-economic adjustments, the monitoring of this valuable biome becomes critical for its sustainable management. This study aims to examine 20 years (2001-2020) of forest canopy loss in the Moldavian counties in Romania, using the spatial dataset provided by the GLAD laboratory and the...

Vulnerability may be considered one of the most important components of the seismic risk, as it is the only one that human society may act upon in order to reduce the risk. As seismic vulnerability implies multiple dimensions, from the physical one to the social and economic ones, a multi-criteria decision-making approach proves to be appropriate for its assessment. The uncertainty inherently involved in the assessment process is addressed using fuzzy logic theory. This paper aims to assess the seismic vulnerabili...

Local or regional forest loss may be considered a forest management problem that mainly affects countries that lack proper forest monitoring and law enforcement procedures. Romania is an appropriate example regarding this matter, the main issue being the massive illegal cuts that are difficult to monitor, record and sanction. Therefore, the desiderata of precluding this outlawed practice and of preserving the forest cover ? which accounts for almost 29% of Romania?s territory (2015), are not attainable without rev...