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It's a direct quote from somebody who donated to the project, found in the first paragraph of the article:

> The aim is to create “the European Yellowstone,” as the largest donor of the initiative described it

National parks were invented by the USA and Yellowstone was the first one in 1872. It is also very large.

Yellowstone is massive, but only 4% the size of Romania.

https://mapfight.xyz/map/ro/#yellowstone

yellowstone is literally called the first national park in the world so...yes?

To cite sources:

>> On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed The Act of Dedication law that created Yellowstone National Park. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park#Hi...

I believe the Yellowstone claim is based on the fact that it was the first park explicitly declared for the benefit of the public by a federal government.

There are national park-like things that existed before, but they were often technically owned by the King or somesuch.

The article says it's the term used by the largest donor to the project.