Considerations regarding the nature reserves in the Natural Depression of Maramures and their environmental importance

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Article Title:	Considerations regarding the nature reserves in the Natural Depression of Maramures and their environmental importance
Authors:	Ileana Vasilescu
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Abstract:	The environment is the world around us, including everything we see or feel, wherever we are. It is continuous in space and time – in space as a series of physical and social events, and in time as a continuation of these events that constantly cause changes. The environmental approach of nature reserves is basically considered to imply four main stages: knowledge ( the study of reserves as central elements of the environment), perception (through the entire complex of environmental relationships), attitude (with reference to the building-up of an intensely positive attitude towards the importance of nature reserves in preserving environmental balance in entertainment, knowledge and research), and behaviour (as definite response in which a body answers to an experience according to environmental stimuli).The nature reserves in the Maramures Natural Depression are strikingly rich and diverse, being of real scientific, landscape and touristic value; however, in relationship with the present potential, the number of protected natural areas and conservation sites is fairly small. By virtue of this research which I conducted, i.e. through the administration of questionnaires (352 people interviewed) and, consequently, through the interpretation of the results and their analysis, several important issues have been outlined regarding the environmental value of nature reserves and the interest in their integration in the life of the local communities in Maramures.
Keywords:	environment, nature reserves, perception, attitude, behaviour, integration
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