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With an eastern European background, I cannot help but thinking about a project which topic relates to this. I am originally from Romania and when I think of what people's reaction is when they hear this, I always get: "Oh, Dracula!... Transylvania!...". Well, fair enough...Bram Stocker's novel has definitely made this part of Europe very famous. It is attracting an increasing number of tourists every year ( https://transylvanianow.com/transylvanian-tourism-on-the-rise/ ) whether they travel there for a relaxing holiday and to visit the real historical places behind Stoker's novel or even to explore further the other touristic attractions which this land has to offer. Many have wandered around there being obsessed with the myth of Dracula, either for their own personal research or even to use the local places as filming sets for Hollywood movies and documentaries.
Not too many people know though that in a world wide climate change context, one of the greenest countries in Eastern Europe with 50% of the Carpathian Mountains stretching on its territory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains), Romania is facing major issues regarding illegal logging, leading to natural calamities, loss of fauna and flora and serious damage of numerous historical and touristic landmarks.
Personally, I believe that a good exposure in order to raise awareness about exactly these issues could make a suitable topic for a Degree Project and I am planing on bringing this on in form of a short (max. 4 minutes long) documentary.
BBC has spoken about this (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-46377993/the-romanian-forest-that-s-disappearing ), the Independent has written about it (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/romania-forest-ranger-murder-deforestation-environment-illegal-logging-a9193896.html ) and there is a lot of media around this subject already, which will hopefully bring some positive results. In the meantime, I though of taking a different approach basing the context on the touristic aspect simply because...
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