Climate change in Romania | DW Documentary

Sand is overrunning Oltenia, a historical region in southern Romania. It’s getting hotter and drier, with sandstorms now reaching all the way to Bucharest. As they try to prevent the worst, environmentalists are turning to reforestation.
The effects of climate change can be clearly seen and felt in the Romanian region of Oltenia. Where once green meadows and forests lined the banks of the River Danube, swathes of sand are now expanding. The area in question now covers more than 800 square kilometers along the Danube. Wind blows sand into villages, and even as far as the capital, Bucharest, more than 200 kilometers away. It’s the result of a combination of global warming and reckless agricultural policies. In the 1970s and 1980s, dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu had forests cut down and lakes drained as he sought to promote large-scale agricultural production.
Environmentalists, entrepreneurs and local politicians are now trying to stop the ongoing devastation in the south of their country. Bucharest lawmaker and environmental activist Octavian Berceanu travels regularly to the region, in order to discover the main causes of the desertification. Together with forestry engineer Dan Popescu, he wants to convince locals and officials to plant new trees in fields that have become unusable.
Farmers can hardly grow any crops in the sandy soil. Even undemanding cereals like corn no longer find sufficient nutrients there. Desperate farmers are now mainly growing even less demanding melon crops.
What’s already happening in Oltenia is also threatening other parts of Europe, as the continent feels the effects of climate change: one summer of drought after another, with serious consequences for both environment and agriculture.
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[@Niki-lt9hf]

The background music is from Romania’s southetn neighbour - Bulgaria. We have the same problem here with the deforestation, unfortunatelly noone gives a shit about it... Good luck, Romania, greetings from Bulgaria❤️🇷🇴🇧🇬

[@asamoahotanga7809]

Goodluck to You as well, hope to see better days for both our countries as we have so much potential.🇧🇬🇷🇴

[@TheEston99]

Same happens in Serbia, government just decides to cut trees in cities and forests.

[@iztok252]

wait.... we dont have desertification right?

[@sebastianr1204]

@@TheEston99 same happens in Spain, Germany and everywhere. Sadly in some countries many people don’t care and the people caring are to few and often powerless.

[@vatravlahilor492]

Love Bulgaria from Romania

[@faranume7735]

frumos documentarul si Doamne ajuta ca exista oameni ca tine. This man makes me proud that im a Romanian.

[@kaligola2713]

Just remember that the African Sahara was vast green areas, plains, rivers and forests before 6000 years ago!

[@Klunkabatzn]

True, Jason got his fleece the same way...

[@abdirahmanjama7481]

You can trust what they say only the creator of the heavens and earth knows such

[@Hookooo]

@@abdirahmanjama7481 And the people who sold you or to your parents this religion.

[@jacktriper4788]

Yes but then was a veritable ice age in Europe...

[@dotdashdotdash]

@@jacktriper4788 it ended in Europe about 13,000 years ago

[@ganeshchandravlogs5846]

I'm Indian and since 2010 in Bucharest..thank you dw English.. This this true ..I want meet him ..gentlemen doing great job.. Dw TV 📺 always showing out of 🌏earth

[@EUTalks]

How much wood was illegally cut down for the Austrian companies in Romania? And when the media started talking about it, they just left the country. Leaving full forests gone.

[@charronfamilyconnect]

Its time to ban plastics in favor of plant based bio-plastic! This would get us halfway in our fight against environmental degradation! Permaculture methods applied would take care of the other half of the problem!

[@chaigasho775]

Best stop buying phones or laptops for making these comments then!

[@ChrisTian-yw7jc]

Permaculture doesn't feed the world.

[@chaigasho775]

@@ChrisTian-yw7jc I'd agree with o'byran. Permaculture is just the art of bringing land back to a point that's as close to nature as possible. And we can't say nature dosent feed the world! !!

[@ChrisTian-yw7jc]

@@chaigasho775 We can very well say that a natural habitat does not feed the world. The current areas are formed by centuries of agriculture, strictly connected to the growth of populations.

[@chaigasho775]

@@ChrisTian-yw7jc I said nature. I agree we've messed up much of the planets soil and tree population. But nature is still what grows our food for better or worse.

[@AnaGeorgescuArt]

Wonderful documentary. It's the first time that I hear about this problem and it's really concerning. It's a great thing that DW makes these documentaries helping us to understand better the world :)

[@imme9196]

Daca esti interesata, Greenpeace Romania si Declic au petitii fix pe tema aceasta (si poti si dona daca vrei)

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi @Ana Georgescu, thanks for watching!

[@darkjosephx9074]

i am romanian and i can say that our politicians allowed foreign companies to cutt down our woods and now the people is paying. stop cutting the forests and regenarete the evil that has been done! Oltenia is facing desertification because of the lack of forests,lack of irrigation and many more. Sometimes I wish as a romanian to be governed by a swede or norwegian,notherners know what to do with they land and resources!

[@kevohwapipelinetransami4351]

Watching from Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@buddha1736]

Plant 🌱 as many Tress as you can my friend. 😉👍🏻

[@cristhina21]

Hello from Romania

[@khankrum1]

I was diving past the Karnobat region going to Burgas, Bulgaria, and thought I was driving past the Siera Nevada.

[@M_alienWorld]

starting last Nov his party [USR] is in the govt coalition, so he is not an opposition politician any longer. They are in position to do even more for the environment... I wish them luck!

[@PartidulIndezirabililorSociali]

salvatorii pulii cu ideologii de la hollywood. cine pune botul la USR o sa si-o ia mai tare decat de la cei care au fost pana acum.

[@ryanB74]

@@PartidulIndezirabililorSociali Free Dragnea si Go for Putin, nu? esti tare, ca untu' la soare, ca fularu', ca mustiucu' care-l scuturi dimineata...

[@alvinjoseph9315]

It is the pure passion and high spirits of one man army like Octavian, this planet is still green and alive. Kudos to you gentleman!. Thanks DW, for the excellent story !

[@RJS76]

After seeing the whole documentary, I come to a common conclusion.. these documentaries are so good, so eye-opening and so in your face when it comes to the suffering of people and their homelands. Who are we to say that you shouldn't cut down trees to prepare your food or make "drinkable" water, who are we to say don't through your (plastic) garbage in the river and let it flow out into the sea.. is there an alternative? Do they have electricity, gas, water, sanitation, sewage treatment facilities, is there somebody that pick up garbage and sort it out responsibly? Getting by on 2-3 euros a day for a 12 hour hard labour unofficial job is something we all here in a world of comfort, insurances, social Healthcare, fixed prices, steady jobs & income should really think hard about.. Why does this persist in so many countries? Why are all the people condemned to looting thier natural resources? Its sad.. its sad to see so many people think if they scrape out a living by devastating their homeland to give their children an education that it will all work out.. No foreign investment is ever going to happen if 1) the foreign investors are crooks themselves and/or 2) you have to deal with the politions that simply have their own financial agendas.. . Back in the 80's I saw starving children in Afrika on television..30 years later and billions spend on everything under the sun... what changed?.. I praise the good of humanity 🙏.. but I really what i would prefer is those responsible for the delays is to be convicted for long jail sentences. All the people, all the animals big and small, insects, and all affected should at some point win over greedy money loving pigs..

[@ralucaganga1974]

Romania made it to the high-income group of countries, with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of USD 12,630 in 2019, up from USD 11,290 in 2018 (current exchange rates), the World Bank announced. ... Romania ranks as the last of the high-income countries by GNI per capita, and the group is quite diverse.Jul 6, 2020

[@VitaminBarbos]

Băiatul de la inceput nu e de la Garda de Mediu (din clipul Recorder)?

[@GogusDrone]

a fost pus seful garzii de mediu acum 2 saptamani.

[@bogg306]

Correction: "Save Romania" is part of the current coalition government. (After December elections.) This was filmed and likely edited last year.

[@jeffjefferson8145]

save romania is just the worst thing in our parliament

[@alexhorhat]

Unfortunately there are many people that turn their backs when you try to raise awareness towards the effects of climate change. For example I'm a Master's Degree student in Cluj-Napoca Romania and two classmates and I decided to make a small project about this phenomenon that we presented it at a conference in november.. We used Remote Sensing to show the decrease in plants quality and overal soil humidity in the southern region of Romania only that so a Climatology professor that assisted the conference to yell at us that our research is fake and we manipulated the data just because she's from southern Romania and haven't seen any desertification and that there are no real effects of the climate change xD.. I'm happy that this documentary shows the effects that even some "experts" are denying :)

[@brentkuehne435]

Looking at the aerial views , the land is spent due to poor agriculture practices. It will need to go back to native vegetation for many years ! The problem has little to do with climate change.

[@MrTaxiRob]

You're saying that human activity caused the desertification, but it's not climate change? You and 17 idiots who liked your comment need to learn some basic logic skills.

[@hithamthabet7777]

Thank DW channel about your documentary films.... I love your films, it's very stunning, and your reporting very excellent. Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi @Hitham Thabet, we are glad you enjoy our documentaries, thanks for the positive feedback :)

[@hithamthabet7777]

You are welcome, but this is the truth, you are the best channel

[@kiranpatil2924]

I am Coming to Bucharest by April end

[@falxus9962]

Nothing good to you,here in Romania !!Is better do not come!Stay in your country!

[@recoverhealth2062]

Please don't, you'll work like a slave for bad wages, something that you do in India anyway.

[@markbattersby7253]

the man is an inspiration

[@adrianmunteanu8135]

Respect Romania 🇷🇴 Frate, Isus Christos , sa te binecuvanteze. ! Sănătate și putere de munca. Oamenii ca tine are nevoie Romania și lumea.

[@alexserban3442]

Acum a ajuns unde trebuie. Este seful garzii de mediu

[@lucalazar7707]

Mai taci cu cristosii tai 😅😅😅

[@MrHriskoch]

Here you have used Bulgarian folklore! Prituri se planinata at 0.58! DW Documentary? :)

[@gosho0]

1:15 - Why are you playing the Bulgarian Folk song "Prituri se planinata" in the background of a video about Romania?

[@raquelemralino6641]

There was a research that provide know how to fight deserfication. Releasing animals in the deserted area is one way to prevent it.

[@sandybelle9861]

Dislike for the music background you put. You should search about Romania traditional music, before you put this Arabian, oriental music !

[@RealSalica]

Plant trees !

[@tecomaman]

Do you get the fallen leaves in autumn from the cities for mulch ?

[@RosenIvanovPetkov]

The song at 12:50 is Bulgarian not Romanian. You can clearly hear the lyrics are in Bulgarian.

[@etaokha4164]

The government should arrange for were people should dump their dirt or it will continue and next will be lack of water because of some selfish people who don't care about nature.

[@povidiuu]

Go Octavian! Hope to see you minister next.

[@chrispetersen4639]

If farmers stopped tilling the soil and started rotating crops which deprives soil of it's nutriants, and started planting rows of trees and brush to act as windbreakers.., this would be a thing of the past. Some times it payes to think!

[@mihaelac2472]

They do this, of course.

[@recoverhealth2062]

So permaculture, yes?. Not profitable in our greedy world. Money, its always about money.

[@ramongonzalez8960]

Inspiring

[@irenejoyce8456]

OBARE Nation here 💪🏾

[@_al_c2638]

Congrats good people. Chapeau

[@Mona.2307]

❣️ DW ❤️

[@gardengeek3041]

Why is it always so hard to say what kinds of trees are being planted. They all have names. Then, we can learn more. Looks like they might be replanting with only one species.

[@boicerdiegio1709]

Well, the filming near Bucharest was made on the place where before 1989 a canal to the Danube river was projected, 90% completed. It was planned that Bucharest would be a port on the Danube. That place would have been a wonderful natural ecosystem and Bucharest one of the strongest commercial cities, but after 1990, everything was destroyed by the stupid governments and the demand of the European Union: Romania must not be allowed to develop. Even today, the European Union does not want to allocate money to complete this goal. Other images were from the south of the Oltenia area, where desertification had long since begun and was being fought by planting many forest curtains that were destroyed after 1990 by imbecile governments. So all evil belongs to idiotic governments.

[@vascoribeiro69]

So how climate is supposed to be? He are always changing our environment.

[@krisalid83]

We may have a future like in Interstellar if we don't act soon

[@rzezwicki1980]

Plant fruit trees all over thats best benefit for enviroment.Ad activated carbon to soil with compost or manure and you will plant what you want.

[@alex34521]

It is Dăbuleni, not Dabulini, omg

[@buddha1736]

Plant 🌱 as many Trees 🌲 as you can folks, I’m a Guerrilla Gardener from the U.K. planting Trees on any land I find. 😉👍🏻

[@io6027]

Got any tips? We got a problem with deforestation here in the south bit of Michigan’s southern peninsula

[@buddha1736]

@@io6027 I went to my local woodland found acorns etc any tree seeds I could find my friend, I made a family trip of it got the kids involved, come home planted seeds in pots then plant them out, onto spare land than is not being used, got a load of apple Trees growing in my yard at the moment ready to be planted out on the next piece of land I find.😉🌲👍🏻😍

[@roxxannn]

Why they should do that if the company's from Austria come in Romania and cut all the forests because the government is very corrupt and let them to do what they want even to falsificate documents which give them the power to cut your own forest if they want! The corruption kills! Everyone is corrup from the government till at the small councils! You can buy and do anything if you have enough money!

[@upupandaway5646]

Great job

[@buddha1736]

@@roxxannn Corruption is everywhere my friend, and if we do nothing about it we won’t have a home called earth 🌍 it’s time to fight back, plant Trees 🌲 it’s fun good exercise and a good hobby. 🌱🌲😍👍🏻

[@thequeenofcydonia]

I'm really impressed with Octavian's fight for saving the soil. It's devastating to see what humans have done to nature. :'( Wishing the best of luck to Romanians who are planting trees and vegetation and fighting against expanding landfills, from neighboring Serbia.

[@sandracepoi1178]

Thank you!

[@loganwolv3393]

@@sebastianflora299 Well nothing, but you're missing the point here. He's just amazed some politicians are actually geniune activists that choose to be good even if their pockets are being hurt.

[@Alex-ll3ig]

@@sebastianflora299 the sand goes up the flow of the Danube River , in near future this may come to neighbouring countries , the first in is Serbia.

[@thequeenofcydonia]

@@Alex-ll3ig Actually, I only mentioned that I'm from Serbia because I want the best for our region which we all know is facing all kinds of difficulties. I don't think we are (yet) in danger from sand spreading but we do plenty of damage on our own as well.

[@sebastianflora299]

Reading this again I think he's saying he is from Serbia.

[@necbranduc]

Ca și român, nu știam despre acest lucru și mă întreb oare de ce nu este mediatizată mai mult această problemă, la televizor, la radio etc. Translation: As a Romanian, I didn't know about this and I wonder why isn't this problem in the media more, on TV, on the radio etc.

[@marikaserasini2315]

😢

[@RobertaAdesignbyhumans]

Din acelasi motiv pentru care diplomele de facultate ies pe banda rulanta in fabrici de incultura...nimic nu e implementat pentru binele cetateanului. Trebuie sa ramanem inculti, ignoranti si stresati, sa cumparam multe electronice in timp ce toate se prabusesc in jurul nostru. Cu masca pe figura.

[@andreiandy9227]

Pentru ca subiecte ca acestea nu atrag audiența

[@PartidulIndezirabililorSociali]

Se stie demult despre desertificarea. Degeaba , ai vazut ce a zis. Solutia este sa puna pomi. Cine sa puna ? Proprietarii ? aia sunt saraci vai de mama lor. Nu mai are cine, o sa se ajunga la desertificare. Si in Dobrogea este o situatie asemanatoare.

[@strictlyunreal]

Nu arată la Acces Direct chestii d-astea. Încearcă și alte emisiuni. Problema e cunoscută de oamenii care știu pe ce planetă trăiesc.

[@catalinadam5007]

Octavian is the most famous environmental activist in Romania. He's not afraid of approaching the issues, in front of the authorities or in front of those who trespass the law. Unfortunately, at present, his activism is still overwhelmed by the hidden interests of those who make money over trespassing environmental laws. Hopefully one day his efforts will pay.

[@hemingstein4262]

And now the new head of the National Environmental Guard :) stopping the illegal burning of plastic waste at the edge of Bucharest and also stopping waste dumping from other countries into Romania, at the customs. One of the rare cases when a competent, honest person gets a high ranking job in the government.

[@catalinadam5007]

@@hemingstein4262 indeed. He deserves his place and position. But he is an exception, unfortunately. There are few public servants like him. The large majority of them are different and we both know this situation. :-)

[@romella_karmey]

Until the last trees have been wiped out and until the last ocean has been polluted only then we realize that we cannot eat money.

[@ymeekins6357]

Very very very true.

[@SynchronicitySequence]

@@ymeekins6357 You must have never dipped a $100 Bill in A1 Sauce, & chased it with Caviar on your yacht.

[@stevenbaker7696]

I'm so glad you made and put this film here, Al Jazeera have a documentary about the devastation of the forests in Romania due to greedy logging companies which is a real eye opener!

[@alb0zfinest]

Illegal logging is also a HUGE problem in the Balkans. Albania shortly after ww2 had 60% of the country forested, now it’s 19%. And a huge part is western countries dumping their trash there (Italy, Canada, some U.S etc).

[@stevenbaker7696]

@@alb0zfinest I can believe it: as I put the first comment I thought 'but it's happening everywhere!' the worst for me is in Indonesia and the Phillipines where rare and irreplaceable (fragrant) woods are harvested to extinction ... that recent catastrophe in the Himalayas where they take the trees and are putting up DAMS of all things? God, it's so depressing!

[@stevenbaker7696]

@Eugene Vikernua Thanks for this and Hello IKEA! How will we all feel when we can't breathe and have all been washed away? It seems like a logical outcome from all this ... ?

[@Palaxz]

As an annoyed romanian about this problem of deforestation for years I can tell you that not the greedy companies are the main problem but rather the politics and local mayors who are behind this problem. They control both the politics and the companies as members and administrators of these companies. They legally sign the papers and cut the trees with the same hand. But there is some fight aginst deforestation and I hope these methods gets more sophisticated with time.

[@ShiviRo]

Do you have the link ?

[@peterjoshuva1521]

Octavian has a heart of eden I firmly believe his passion and determination can transform any desert to eden the garden of life bravo brother...

[@danielvanvance6297]

He's my hero that protect the environment

[@victorsefan]

he is now the chief of the national environment guard, so he really has some claws now

[@thegodofmischief8141]

byth 2xLKW with garbage -mtl,aluminium,iron,etc made 60.000 Euro...Imagine how much money he just saved

[@davidyasss3484]

Who are these weirdos who dislike videos? 🧐 mind boggling.

[@zenokarlsbach4292]

Once they saw these garbage dumps they decided to turn it off.

[@MrTaxiRob]

Hungarians

[@kevinpeng4059]

US Republicans

[@sk-so9dx]

@@notimeforspace2477 the same shithole that basically owns america, americas in a debt trap to a shithole country, sad LOL

[@auramsafaris-tanzania-east5632]

Just a wild guess - MONSANTO/BAYER - so that there is a food shortage so that we buy their GMO seeds....

[@nightbleeding2759]

Yeah, this summer it was as hot as 43C all over the country, I've never experienced that high temperature, it was suffocating, I remember when I was a little kid summer were not as hot about 30C sometimes they were chilly like 21C and winters with temperatures as low as -20C and snow storms up to 40cm of show, now is like 5C in middle of January.

[@AlexxanderOnYoutube]

you can say what you want about romanians, but the vast majority are honest working people, open minded and culturally well educated, with a very good english knowledge also!

[@taranpreetkaur8303]

I wish we had more politicians like Octavian. Massive respect to him and DW as always you never fail to impress me with your quality stuff :) .

[@frankenstein1991may]

It comes from love for one's country

[@rockefeller1787]

3 days a ago my home country Gambia west Africa was hit with sand storm never seen before and visibility was very very bad, imagine the intense heat in Africa🤔 it was so bad that daylight was gone and the dust covered the whole sky

[@bobigny9345]

Why the name rockefeller?!

[@xxxxxsero]

This one hurts a lot! It breaks my heart that my own country has to go through so much ... if only corruption would be eradicated so that we can direct money where it's needed. Our kids won't have a home if we don't wake up and fight for our house!

[@xxxxxsero]

@Lucid Magic Same here. Seems like there is no way out of this. I guess, deep down, I still hope things will change for better so that I can go back home. Nothing hurts more than to see your home being destroyed and knowing you cannot change anything.

[@RJS76]

This guy is a hero. Not only does he do what seems impossible but he knows exactly what the solution is. If only more did the same.. how do I do something like that..? Its good to speak out your mind but as I'm sitting comfortably on my couch looking at this, I feel embarrassed. Like I said, this guy is a hero..

[@yahooo949]

I'm sorry to hear about what has happened in Romania. I hope that more people become more concerned with the climate change issue and start to be more responsible to contribute in aiding the issue.

[@ShiviRo]

🇰🇷 ?

[@michelleayres5608]

You cut down your forest. The soil can't hold water. You get desert. It's not climate change. It's poor land management.

[@ciobanubogdan5619]

**Unde este acel desert din Romania?**

[@josephmessner5312]

This is far far less about climate change and more about human misintervention and mismanagement. It may be trendy and eye catching to throw the label of “climate change” on the situation, but that’s largely dishonest.

[@adoatero5129]

- "This is far far less about climate change and more about human misintervention and mismanagement." And what do you know that from? Because they tell about the "misintervention" and mismanagement on the video. They actually talk about it much more than about the climate change. Because of that, I think the following edited version of your comment would match the reality of the video better: - So this case of desertification seems to be more about human misintervention and mismanagement than the climate change. I thank the makers of the video for finding that out and telling us about it. It would have been trendy and eye catching to just throw the label of “climate change” on the situation, but in accordance with the principles of good journalism, they wanted to find out and convey us the whole picture.

[@Jimmy4video]

It's just a coincidence that the same issues exist across southern Europe? Nope, climate change is real and a major factor in the problem seen here.

[@Vayra78]

They need to watch The Green Gold docu, about regreening the desert by Permaculture principles. John Dennis Liu 💚

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

Or George Lawton.

[@japanluv]

Yes. There are options to bring it back to life. All is needed is be put in practice.

[@iliepetcan1736]

Actually we have soluțions since comunism regime but politiciana thry dont care

[@GingerGingie]

It was just last week that our sky, here in SW Germany, turned yellow with sand from the Sahara. At first we didn't know what it was. We were out walking with our family and neighbors, but when we got home hubbs looked it up. Our cars and windows were coated in yellow sand!

[@MrTaxiRob]

the Jet Stream is going crazy

[@matthewdolan5831]

Yeah, i was going to blame builders for the dust. Weather now free range in Europe..

[@yardmanharry3729]

Germany is now experiencing what we in the Caribbean for the last decade plus. Every it get worst and cause numerous respiratory issues. Climate change is real! The world is sleeping.

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

the Saharan dust issue has been a common thing in Romania in the last 20 years or so (cant say exactly when since i was born in 2002). but i think sand storms might only get worse if the desertification issue doesnt stop sooner or later...

[@bencrawshaw1227]

No way that's a coincidence I want become a guerilla Gardener. I'm planning as we speak.

[@carcotasu081]

Octavian will soon be the new Chief of the Environment Agency of Romania. So, good news. He will have the power and influence to do what is necessary.

[@danielvanvance6297]

Maybe they may give a contact number before I visit Romania , and eventually I can support their work to protect the trees from growing desert there

You can find him and a contact number on facebook. Search for Octavian Berceanu

[@crystalianike]

meanwhile, in Jakarta Indonesia slowly sinking the mother nature really try to speak with us by giving a signal.

[@FlorinGN]

Huh? What happened there?

[@complexaltruist]

Arent areas sinking faster because they are sucking up too much ground water which is collapsing the earth?

[@SikhoGuwa]

@@complexaltruist true and the water underground can't be refilled because there is so many concrete buildings separating the soil from the rain water

[@complexaltruist]

@@SikhoGuwa does the government on any level want to invest in desalination plants? Or even water vapor condensers?

[@SikhoGuwa]

@@complexaltruist don't know

[@wa7812]

We have challenged the same desertification in Syria and we overcame the task by implanting 40,000 pistachio trees with their unique test around the world... unfortunately when pistachio started flourishing the war started, wishing to save people and trees what are remaining now ...

[@iliepetcan1736]

God bless our Olănești earth

[@sonyalargo6439]

Good idea plant a tree on your birthday, 🙏

[@GQ2593]

Alternative idea: fill your fuel tank and drive a few victory rounds to accelerate global warming. Higher temperatures = better summer weather = great tanning for everyone.

[@iliepetcan1736]

În the time of Ceaușescu he wanted to plant a lot of trees and even the specialist from Craiova invented a way to save the south of Roumania and actually we have a lot of studys IT from the time of Ceaușescu,even șo my father whn he was Young all his colleagues frydays took all the Kids to plant trees all the tipe of trees

[@dji.mini1397]

Austrian wood processing group Schweighofer has sold all its forest areas in Romania to Swedish GreenGold Group, the company announced. Schweighofer sold its local subsidiary Cascade Empire, which owns 14,283 hectares of woodland in Hunedoara, Gorj, Valcea, Prahova, Buzau, Neamt and Suceava counties, bought between 2003 and 2011, as well as the forest management unit Ocolul Silvic Cascade Empire. The value of the transaction was not disclosed, but Ziarul Financiar estimates it at around EUR 90 m Austrian mafia buyed Many forests and they cut IT to 0 and they did not plant one tree..

[@dansome3563]

Octavian set up KZbin account and pathreon you will get support my friend I thought wages in Bucharest were bigger that's why I'm in UK not really planning to return yet aall the best

[@alexserban3442]

No need anymore. Octavian is now the new head of the the national Environmental Protection Agency (Garda de Mediu) and he is doing actually a great job.

[@abcMW1989]

A very interesting report. What I do not understand, DW, is why do you use Bulgarian folk music in a Romanian-only and -based report? While there are some cultural similarities between Romania and Bulgaria, the folk music is generally different and distinct, even in the region of Wallachia. Why, DW, don't you contact a cultural expert to find out, so you can show some cultural sensitivity?

[@madik3875]

That's exactly what I was wondering!

[@samanthamasters5015]

Why can't you be generous with the cultural , regional music. The music is not used here to make money but to add value to the problems we all face as human beings. You should feel happy if u r a Bulgarian. For an Asian like me, it really doesn't matter.

[@abcMW1989]

@@samanthamasters5015 All the power to you! In fact, I am Romanian, fyi.

[@alienvampirebusterswhoyoug8257]

That was Bulgarian land for a long time before the fake Romanian map of the 1860s look into it

[@wolfg6136]

In my impression, the desert is only in North Africa, the Arabian region and the Mongolian plateau. It will not appear in European countries. This documentary surprised me. I did not expect that desertification would actually threaten the Danube countries. I hope the environmental protection ideals of these volunteers who guard their hometowns from being destroyed by the desert can be realized.

[@bekabeka71]

So sad 😞. Love from across the sea 🇬🇪✝️🇬🇪

[@endowpanda]

DW DOCUMENTARIES ARE ALWAYS WORTH WATCHING

[@shivasubramanian3613]

Please try to show location on the map as well like old times, it made it easier to understand the perspective on large scale...👍 Thank you for keep on posting.

[@anthonypeters8714]

Very important documentary by DW about climate change, so that our world can become Green Again. Hope government See's this to adapt. Thanks🌹🙏

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi @Anto Peters, thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@mrznjaci]

Okay, I can understand everything, but to plant an invasive tree species (black locust - called acacia in this video), that I don't understand. I mean, maybe once in the future they decide to restore the natural vegetation in this area (various types of oak woodland) - black locust would be almost impossible to eradicate... Planting mono-cultures of trees does not make a forest - forest is far more than that.

[@sporo2000]

Perhaps you were not listening to the narrative. The acacias are a temporary measure to allow the soil and the vegetation to be restored. Once that happens the acacias will be replaced. The native trees do not thrive in the current conditions.

[@mrznjaci]

​@@sporo2000 I admit I missed that part. Nevertheless, black locust would be very very hard to replace once it's got established. You can cut it, you can even dig it out, but it will sprout from any remaining roots for decades after the original tree has been cut. I live just across the border, in Serbia, I know what I am talking about. Quercus pubescens (downy oak) and Quercus robur (English oak) should do okay in the sands - they grow on send dunes here in Serbia in areas adjacent to Romania. I'm afraid black locust is there to stay, forever.

[@1974dodgecharger]

We all have responsibilities to plant sustainable trees. 🤔 100 per person

[@maxwellkissieduasamani6447]

Yes it's our duty for the betterment of the future generations...

[@dr.apollo4226]

Literally 1 tree is enough

[@Scotto6977]

So sad how we shit all over our beautiful world🌎. Don’t get mad when our world 🌍 shits back,as we keep pushing it to its limit

[@alsuri2203]

Good documentary! Thanks for making this desertification of Romania visible. Hope authorities will start making the environment a priority on their agenda. Well done to Octavian and his team as well to all those involved in supporting and promoting the environment recovery in Romania.

[@Xennox2]

Cut down tree = problem Solution = do not cut down trees Narrator repeating "Climate change" Climate change" Climate Change"

[@garynile2901]

I can solve that problem if ordinary people join the mission! The government doesn't care!

[@bencera6067]

May brave and intelligent people like Octavian always have the help they need 🙏

[@gfrankreddi3196]

Nature: I'll swallow you soon😡😡😡 Humans: pls give me one more chance!!😵

[@ert5585]

What you expect after massive illegal deforestation and corruption in Romania..?

[@victorinborsciov6817]

I am living in Romania, Buzau county. Back in 2015 I did some measurements regarding the water volume in my water well 7.4 m depth. I got 1.5 cubic meters when not using it. I had to clean it and by doing so I have used three pumps(one surface pump plus two submersible pumps) to control the replenishing water flow. Last month on April 2021 I did the same measurements again, this time I got 0.55 cubic meters. So, in the last 5-6 years we have lost two thirds in the water level volume with slim chances of recovery from such a dire situation giving the lack of significance in snow fall in the last two years. Last year back in 2020, I took some pictures with trees severely affected by drought. When discussing such matters with many, I got answers like, I will dig a deeper well to get the water, there is no climate change, you are talking non sense and so on. Bad things are happening all over the world while some are still debating political will included.

[@davesbainrps6909]

Large tree clearing did the damage

[@arminbrezovszky5118]

The desertification is because of deforestatioin, extensive agriculture and pesticides put on the soil

[@iztok252]

all is well and good but why use a freakin Bulgarian folk song as the backdrop

[@bitty5095]

Lemons and oranges would do good in the sandy soil!!

[@winbooo1104]

not really, they need a lot of rain

[@bitty5095]

@@winbooo1104 I live in So. Ca. we have lots of orange groves Israel grows oranges Spain does as well . Not much rain in Spain.Neither in Israel or So. Ca.

[@winbooo1104]

@Bitty Yes but it's still freezing cold in the winter unlike spain and Israel

[@bitty5095]

@@winbooo1104 Yes you have a point there , I did not think about their winters...

[@recoverhealth2062]

Lettuce does well also, anything without deep roots, also broccoli, artichokes, beta vulgaris.

[@nigangte6984]

Desert:aight imma slide through Romania Octavian: Desert: I don't feel so well

[@danielvanvance6297]

He's my hero. Just do a right thing for our society

[@sonyalargo6439]

We all need to help one another to start planting lotsa green, 👍🙏

[@garynile2901]

But two-legged animals don't care!

[@Critic224]

Eurasia is going to face huge climatic problems Many are already showing themselves however we humans keep out eyes shut ...

[@yt-xo4lb]

More vegetation, more clouds, more power.

[@OhMrLee-zr5jv]

Perhaps when this tiring pandemic is finally, totally under control and people can travel again, Romania will open its door (again) to green tourists who are willing to work for environmentalists like Octavian. There is a group, a worldwide movement called WWOOF, that links international travelers to farmers that offer the opportunity to work with them in exchange for room and board. During my service as a flight attendant for Norwegian Air Long Haul, I had many overnights in London and got to meet and make friends with some of the nicest folks in the hotel industry there who came from Romania. I'm glad to say that they are now among my best friends. From Pennsylvania, USA I am sending folks in Romania so much love.

[@marialianaciesielski4399]

Fantastically! It’s very real! I would like to know exactly the names of the places!

[@dzsotdzsoti6347]

Whatch it with subtitles and then you will see 😉👍

[@zzzps777]

Marsani ,Daneti pana la Dunare in Dabuleni

[@zhengqianyu7913]

Money should be used in this kind of area, instead of playing stock games.

[@MrTaxiRob]

if it doesn't work they can always ask the EU to give them more of Hungary