Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Carmen Claudia DURĂU, Veronica SĂRĂȚEANU, Otilia COTUNA, Mirela PARASCHIVU

Permanent grasslands in Romania represent an important resource for animal breeders because they represent a very high rate from the total agricultural land. The problems characteristic for many grassland surfaces from lowland area are mainly degradation determined by overgrazing, improper management or the lack of the management works. The aspects related with the management of permanent grasslands from Romania are regulated by a national law (34/2013 with the latest updates) that imposes to the permanent grassland owners (private and public) to elaborate a Grassland Management Planning that is based on the preliminary evaluation of the grassland’s vegetation and the problems found there. The planning sets the proper measures for permanent grassland use and maintenance of the vegetation cover. This work is a case study that takes in consideration six permanent grasslands from lowland area of western Romania that are in public ownership and rented by private animal breeders. The purpose of the work was to determinate the application of the Grassland Management Planning that is reflected in the grassland vegetation quality and biodiversity. The results obtained show that the forager value of the analysed grasslands is low according with the pastoral value obtained. Thus, biodiversity expressed as Shannon index is relatively high, but this fact is due to a great number of annual weed species that colonizes the grasslands, their origin being the surrounding access ways and the arable land from the vicinity.

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