The general objective of the project is to increase the protection and conservation of the brown bear population in Romania. The overall objective at national level is to maintain the current conservation status of the brown bear population and its habitat in the long term. The favourable conservation status (FV-favourable qualifier, qualifier similar to reporting on the Habitats Directive) existing at this date is an associated result indicator and will not undergo any change after the project has been completed. Implementing the measures of the Action Plan for the conservation of the brown bear population in Romania in order to maintain the favourable conservation status of the species thus contributes in an integrated way to the improvement of the protection and conservation of the biodiversity of the ecosystems in Romania. The National Action Plan for the conservation of the brown bear population in Romania was approved by Order No 625/2018 of the Minister of Environment and was drawn up in accordance with the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020, the Framework of Priority Actions for Natura 2000, the National Strategy and the Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation 2014-2020." The National Action Plan for the Conservation of the Brown Bear Population in Romania takes into account the specific situation of our country, ensuring a prioritisation of actions and coordination of the actors involved in the conservation and management of the bear population. The objectives of the National Action Plan for the conservation of the brown bear population in Romania are: 1. Ensuring the distribution area and the size of the population in order to maintain the favourable conservation status of the brown bear species; 2. Maintaining the connectivity of the brown bear population in the Carpathian region; 3. Prevention, damage control and resolution of man-bear conflicts; 4. Education, information and communication on brown bear species and its management; 5. Improving the legal and institutional framework for the management of bear species. This document sets out the necessary priority actions for the conservation and management of the bear population at national level and specific measures for each action, the authorities/entities responsible for the implementation of the measures, and the prioritisation of actions in terms of urgency and benefits of their implementation. The implementation of conservation measures established by the National Action Plan for the Conservation of the Romanian Brown Bear Population (NAP) is a priority for the authorities responsible for the protection and management of this species at national level. A number of 187 Natura 2000 sites have as conservation objectives the long-term maintenance of the brown bear population and its habitat in a favourable conservation status, in coexistence with humans, thus contributing to the achievement of LIOP indicator 2S36 Number of Natura 2000 sites with operational administrator/custodians, with objectives of c