Degradation of Geoecological and Hydrological Conditions due to Grazing in South Carpathian Mountains under the Influence of Changing Social Structure in Romania

This study tried to clarify the ecological damage in the areas of sheep transhumance, after the regime change of 1989, in the South Carpathian Mts. of Romania. The number of sheep increased by a factor of ten per hectare in areas where transhumance was practiced in the South Carpathian Mountains. This was because the sheep cheese produced in this area became more popular and increased in price. Ji