The Contribution of the Cluj School of Biology to the Development of European Sozology in the Inter-War Period

The movement of nature’s protection in Romania had a number of promoters and the most representative of Alma Mater Napocensis were Emil G. Racoviţă, Alexandru Borza and Emil Pop. E. G. Racoviţă, Antarctic explorer, the creator in Cluj of the first academic institute of bio-speleological research in the world, was also a pioneer in defining and classifying protected areas. A. Borza, renowned botanist, the founder of the Botanical Garden of the University of Cluj, actively contributed to the establishment of the first national park in Romania. E. Pop, titular member of the Romanian Academy, supported the continuation of protective movement promoted by its illustrious predecessors.

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