Nature at your door!

❑ First urban natural park in Romania (cat. V IUCN) , 184 ha of protected area, situated at 4 km from Bucharest city center

❑ First Wetland Centre in Romania, part of Wetlands Link International with direct impact to 15% of Romanian population

❑ Ideal place for ecological education, nature experience and outdoor activities

❑ A real Embassy of Romanian natural heritage and protected areas

❑ A biodiversity reserve, home for 170 bird species, other animals and plants

Nature at your door!

The park

Nature at your door!

Nature at your door!

Nature at

your door!

Nature at

your door!

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your door!

Nature at your door!

Nature at your door!

❑ Our strategy: Nature becomes a major component of urban

infrastructure, with an essential role to the quality of life

❑ Our mission: We create, restore and conserve urban and peri-

urban natural areas, facilitating access of population to healthy

recreation and ecological education

❑ The strategic objectives:

1. Vacaresti Natural Park becomes a national best practice model

for efficient management of an urban protected area

2. Creation of a National Network of Urban Protected Areas

3. Creation of a Romanian Embassy of Protected Areas in the

Vacaresti Natural Park, a multifunctional Center for information, education and promotion of Romania's natural heritage

Future of

the park

Nature at your door!