Environment & Progress – 13/2009, Cluj – Napoca MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSIDERATIONS FOR RÂPA ROŞIE NATURAL RESERVATION (original) (raw)

The present paper presents a description of the Natural Reservation Râpa Roşie. Because of the need to protect this area, in recent years this has produced the need for a natural reservation. Although each Natural Reservation is different, many important values remain the same. Therefore, there are different reservations with different types of natural protection, like: geological, landscape and a range of biodiversity protections (flora and fauna), pedological and speological protection. Of national importance, Râpa Roşie is located near Sebeş, in the centre of Romania. It exhibits spectacular forms of natural soil erosion of the Secaşelor plateau, an area measuring over 25 ha ( , ). The reservation is home to many rare plant species, such as Cotoneaster integerrimus, Centaurea atropurpurea, Dianthus serotinus, Cephalaria radiata and Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. Although founded as a National Reservation decades ago, it was only recently proposed as a Natural 2000 site.