{"id":123449,"date":"2016-05-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/vacaresti-natural-park-becomes-the-countrys-first-urban-protected-area\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:29:47","slug":"vacaresti-natural-park-becomes-the-countrys-first-urban-protected-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/vacaresti-natural-park-becomes-the-countrys-first-urban-protected-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacaresti Natural Park becomes the country&#8217;s first urban protected area"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The &#8220;Acumulare Vacaresti&#8221; natural area has been declared a natural park, named &#8220;Vacaresti Natural Park,&#8221; and a protected natural area regime has been established, according to a decision adopted on May 11 by the Government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thus, Vacaresti Natural Park becomes the country&#8217;s first urban protected area and the capital&#8217;s largest green space.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The park includes 190 hectares of green space and is home to 97 species of birds &#8211; 45 species in various stages of protection &#8211; and mammals such as: otter (protected species), fox, weasel, raccoon dog. Other species such as the land tortoise and water turtle are also found here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the coming period, the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests will select an administrator for the area based on a space development project. This is the first time since 2012 that the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests has decided to officially take on this project.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The organizations involved in this endeavor are: the Vacaresti Natural Park Association, the &#8220;Save the Danube and the Delta&#8221; Association, and &#8220;Let&#8217;s Do It, Romania!&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Mediafax<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the total area of Vacaresti Natural Park?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The park covers 190 hectares, making it the largest green space in Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What wildlife species can be found in the park?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The park is home to 97 bird species and mammals including otters, foxes, weasels, and raccoon dogs, as well as tortoises and turtles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is responsible for managing the park?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests will select an administrator based on a specific development and management project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Acumulare Vacaresti&#8221; natural area has been declared a natural park, named &#8220;Vacaresti Natural Park,&#8221; and a protected natural area regime has been established, according to a decision adopted on May 11 by the Government. Thus, Vacaresti Natural Park becomes the country&#8217;s first urban protected area and the capital&#8217;s largest green space. The park includes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123449"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}