Over the last year as part of the work of PAN Parks research network, we have been building on the Cost Benefit Analysis process by working with students undertaking thesis research to carry out the surveys in each of the parks. This is both a challenging and rewarding task for those students involved. It gives them an opportunity to undertake what may be the first commissions of their research careers and at the same time meet the communities surrounding the best of Europe’s wilderness. The reports are available here. But here we would like to share with you a personal insight of one of the students from Wageningen University in the Netherlands who carried out the research in Retezat National Park.
