Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s Țarcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing
European bison disappeared from Romania more than 200 years ago, but the species was reintroduced to the southern Carpathian mountains in 2014.European bison disappeared from Romania more than 200 years ago, but the species was reintroduced to the southern Carpathian mountains in 2014.emissions equivalent to removing almost 2m cars from the road for a year, research has found, demonstrating how the animals help mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis.
Alexander Lees, a reader in biodiversity at Manchester Metropolitan University, who was not involved with the study, said it “makes a convincing case for European bison reintroduction as a nature-based climate solution – one with major biodiversity conservation co-benefits”.
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