Help us to protect Transylvania's treasures, by funding projects to improve rural incomes, support traditional agriculture, understand the ecology and biology of biodiverse places - especially mountain hay meadows, identify and protect key species and habitats, and improve the policies that affect them.Together, these projects aim to understand and conserve the natural and cultural treasures of the region and support the traditional agricultural community which creates and maintains them.

Details at http://www.treasuresoftransylvania.org/

 

Barbara's fund

 

We ran a range of very successful and interesting projects in the last five years, including two conferences in the European Parliament, biodiversity surveys of meadows and ponds, a survey of local farmers, annual haymaking festivals, several conferences and workshops, and initiated the High Nature Value Farming Coalition of Romania. We communicate our activities and scientific results widely, through newspaper articles, television, websites, conferences, education activities, two nature trails and in a special journal volume. Prince Charles visited our projects and recorded a video message in support of our hay meadow seminar

We were delighted to win the 2010 prize for an outstanding project in applied ecology from the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Barbara's fund and related grants directly supported the employment and training of six people and involved many others.

 

Why is your support important?

We raise funding for these projects from bodies such as the UN Development Programme and the European Commission. Invariably, we can only receive such grants if we can provide matched funding from other sources. This is impossible for a small organisation without the support of people like you.

 

Fundatia ADEPT, as a UK registered charity, helps us to collect the funds for these projects. Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor these projects, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid are added to your donation.

 

Please sponsor us now!

thank you

Barbara Knowles