{"id":46907,"date":"2026-06-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46907"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:01:54","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-nature-and-the-city-how-vacaresti-urban-park-supports-biodiversity-in-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46907","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Nature and the City &#8211; how Vacaresti Urban Park supports biodiversity in Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/500px-Lacul_Vacaresti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/500px-Lacul_Vacaresti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/500px-Lacul_Vacaresti.jpg 500w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/500px-Lacul_Vacaresti-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-5b9f2191ee66454216a995bafaafbb87 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image for illustration:<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lacul_Vacaresti.jpg\"> Natural Vacaresti by Mihai Petre, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the heart of Bucharest, Vacaresti Nature Park tells a story of transformation, resilience, and renewal, reports <em>Co-operative City Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-operative City Magazine writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026. What was once a neighbourhood razed for a Communist-era water reservoir project in 1988, only to be abandoned after the Romanian Revolution, has now blossomed into a vibrant urban wetland\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 the park became the focus of a passionate conservation campaign, leading to its designation as Romania\u2019s first urban natural park in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Vacaresti is a thriving green space that draws thousands of visitors and students each year\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026. Initially, people were a bit reluctant\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026new constructions around the park benefits significantly from its presence\u2026 \u2026 As you can imagine\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest concern right now is preventing fires\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 There\u2019s an international movement growing for nature to be better represented in our cities, which are becoming more crowded, polluted, and dense. It\u2019s encouraging to see this shift towards integrating nature into urban environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cooperativecity.org\/nature-and-the-city-vacaresti-urban-park\/\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Natural Vacaresti by Mihai Petre, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons In the heart of Bucharest, Vacaresti Nature Park tells a story of transformation, resilience, and renewal, reports Co-operative City Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[142,6,112,30,29,31,45],"class_list":["post-46907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-biodiversity","tag-building","tag-city","tag-environment","tag-heritage","tag-nature","tag-urban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46949,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46907\/revisions\/46949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}