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The Carpathian Large Carnivore Project (CLCP) was a project to develop and implement an extensive protection program for large carnivores ( bear, lynx and wolf) in Romania.

Impact

During its term and beyond its lifetime the project caused the development of various national institutions directly or indirectly:

1. In 1999, the Piatra Craiului National Park was established with assistance of the CLCP.
2. In 1999, the Romanian ecotourism agency Carpathian Nature Tours ( cntours) was founded. Until the end of the project in the year 2003 the ecotourism-program was arranged together with the CLCP. Afterwards it was continued by cntours under acquisition of various further project targets.
3. In 2000, the first association for ecotourism in Romania " Plaiuri Zarneştene" was founded.
4. In 2005, a bear sanctuary was built near Zărneşti. Currently there are about 50 bears living, which came from illegal private husbandries or had been abused as dancing bears.

External links

• Homepage of the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project CLCP
• Carpathian Wildlife Foundation "Fundaţia Carpaţi" (Romanian)
• National Romanian forest administration "Romsilva" (Romanian)
• Romanian forest research and management institute "ICAS"
• National Park Piatra Craiului
• Carpathian Nature Tours "CNTOURS"
• Bear sanctuary near Zărneşti "milioanedeprieteni"^{[ permanent dead link]}