The ULBS is a state higher education institution with 9 faculties and 23 research centers that promotes excellence and sustainability in education and research in a wide range of areas, including biodiversity management.

The social dimension of the ULBS mission is to concretize the meaning of socio-economic policies to contribute to sustainable development, in a multidimensional framework aimed at improving the quality of life.

In the last 5 years, ULBS has conducted over 120 research projects with national and international funding, 36 of which in the environmental field.

Main research areas:

– assessment, monitoring and management of biodiversity, biological resources and ecosystem services;

– natural and semi-natural ecosystems;

– invasive species;

– natural and man-made risks;

– management of aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems in the context of climate change;

– evaluation of the interactions between the ecosphere

– socio-economic systems as a foundation for sustainable development.

Webiste: http://www.ulbsibiu.ro/