00:00Romania has between 10,000 and 13,000 bears.
00:05These are the figures reached by the Forestry Research Institute,
00:09who conducted a census of the species.
00:12However, the study comes with great delay and criticism
00:15from environmental experts who question both the numbers
00:19and the method of data collection.
00:22Experts also point to the amount of time it took
00:25for the study to be completed.
00:28Probele au fost colectate din anul 2022 până la sfârșitul anului trecut,
00:33practic pe parcursul a trei ani,
00:35și, în mod normal, un studiu genetic se face
00:37prin colectarea probelor într-un interval foarte scurt de timp.
00:41Nu e atât de important mărimea populației,
00:45cifra cât măsurile care se iau.
00:47Over 24,000 DNA samples were collected
00:50from 25 counties in the Carpathian Mountains.
00:53That is where most of the bears were found.
00:56The major problem we have worked,
00:58analizele pe care a trebuit să le facem în laboratorii,
01:01infrastructura umană din spate,
01:03a determinat această perioadă de timp extinsă.
01:07Romania's Minister of the Environment says
01:09he'll request the European Commission
01:11to lift the brown bear's protected species status.
01:14Suntem obligați să venim cu măsuri de intervenție.
01:22Tot colegii specialiști spun că efectivul optim pentru populația de urs în România
01:31e undeva în jurul cifrei de 4.000.
01:34România, alături de alte state europene,
01:38va susține scoaterea ursului de pe lista speciilor strict protejate.
01:45Last year, Romania almost doubled its prevention quota of brown bears.
01:49This means that 426 bears were allowed to be killed by trophy hunting,
01:54even though the European Commission strictly forbids this.
01:57Romania is the country with the largest brown bear population in the European Union.
02:02The European Union
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