FCC and the Ministry of Environment and Climatic Changes, Department for Forestry, Waters and Fisheries, signed a comprehensive collaboration protocol that acknowledges common goals as well as the innovative and experimental character of the objectives and conservation activities included in the LIFE+ project. The protocol was signed on February 4^th by Mrs. Lucia Varga, Minister of Forestry, Waters and Fisheries Department, and Mr. Christoph Promberger, executive Director of FCC, followed by a press conference. The most relevant objectives of the protocol for the LIFE+ project are the technical support for implementation of forest restoration, the protection of natural forests, and the support to eliminate barriers affecting the free migration of the aquatic fauna in the upper Dambovita Valley.