![Virgin forest in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/WIB2WEVTQRCX7HJT2K5XKMZVGE.jpg?auth=a213f3e6f9e251e8575c3f5d638c1a118b9cb896851322dafaa90b07380f18aa&width=414&height=233&focal=748%2C485)
Philanthropist group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create ‘European Yellowstone’
Local residents who at first suspected gold or uranium deposits had been found are being won over by the initiative to protect nature and economically develop the areas involved