Cozia National Park with an area of 171 km²[3] was declared a natural protected area by the Law Number.5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Romanian Official Paper, No.152 on April 12, 2000)[4] and represents a mountainous area with flora and fauna specific Southern Carpathians. Besides its peculiar aspect of flora elements, Cozia National Park has a good number of lichen species. Mustafa YAVUZ and Dr. Gül?ah ÇOBANO?LU from Turkey studied Lichen Flora of Cozia National Park in 2007[5] In 2017, two old-growth forests were inscripted in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe nature site.[6]
