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Following the social and economic transformations of the past decades, forest cover in Romania was seriously impacted, particularly in mountain areas. The study is seeking to analyze the spatio-temporal forest cover changes in Apuseni Mountains Natural Park. The study area is located in the north-west of Romania, covering a large part of the Western Carpathians. It includes extended forest ecosystems (72%), pastures and grasslands, karst forms and phenomena, and a large variety of flora and fauna. The spatial and statistical analyses relay on LANDSAT satellite images (1990, 2000, 2018) aimed at assessing forest flows, conversion, and dynamics using some relevant landscape metrics (binary change index and trend index). Despite the protected area status, over the analyzed interval, forests recorded a slight decrease (4.3%); pastures and grasslands being the main categories forests were converted to, but also the main categories converted into forests, followed by scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation. Forest cover evaluations in protected areas are critical in understanding the spatial dimension of landscape dynamics, and the resulted environmental disturbances in order to perform further evaluations on ecosystem services, risk assessment etc.

LAND USE/COVER CHANGES RELATED TO FOREST COVER IN THE APUSENI MOUNTAINS NATURAL PARK. ROMANIA