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My Favorite – The Oak

For Aurel Lozan, an environmentalist from Moldova, is the mighty oak, an important Symbol of Moldavian forests.

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Aurel Lozan is an environmentalist and works for a variety of Wiederaufforstungsprogramme in the Republic of Moldova. His special love is for the oak trees. The species has been around for about 12 million years ago, but in the Republic of Moldova are the great forests had virtually disappeared. Lozan works for FLEG, the world Bank co-financed Waldschutzprogramm. For you it monitors the progress of the reforestation. Especially for the biodiversity of the oak forests are important, says Lozan. Already on a single oak tree can have up to 350 different species of insects live.

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We often hear of endangered species, the value of biodiversity or the Use of Ecosystems. Because we forget sometimes, why plants and animals are worth it, to be protected: because we love them, or because we are for our own well-being depend on them. No matter who and where, a lot of people around the world have their own personal favorites – your favorite kind. For different reasons: because they are particularly beautiful or fascinating, or because this type helps you to make a living. We show some of these people and their Pets in our series
“My Favorite”.