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Out of Control... Forest destruction in national parks Most of Europe's last virgin forests have survived in Romania. But they are vanishing, even in national parks and Natura 2000 sites. A sea of forest to the horizon... Europe's unique natural heritage Nowhere else in Europe have as many virgin forests survived than in Romania: two thirds of the temperate EU's last wild forests can be found here. But they are logged in front of the eyes of the government and EU, just now...  WATCH THE VIDEOS! No path leads into wild Boia Mica valley ... Europe's wildest mountain valley Although the Fagaras Mountains are located in a Natura 2000 site, the protection of Boia Mica has been highly controversial. The preservation of this unique wilderness and development of nature tourism will support the local economy way more than (one time) logging ...  Read more Europe's biggest nature protection drama. Dying Natural Heritage Brutal logging in Domogled - Valea Cernei National Park, before the eyes of the government and the authorities. Other national parks look the same.  Read more Nera Forest: 6000 years old, 5000 hectares in size. The largest beech forest in the EU A window into pre-historic times in Europe. This is what Central Europe once mainly looked like - an ocean of trees. Our last primary forests allow access to that ancient world. They are invaluable to science.  Read more Enormous clearing in a European protected area An ecological emergency The official reason was the bark beetle. In 2013, the logging trucks endlessly thundered through the Fagaras mountains valley. Now the mountain sides are naked. It will take decades for these cleared areas to grow back. Until then it's catastrophic for soil erosion, mudslides and steep flooding...  Read more Chainsaws and bulldozers on the march. Critically threatened paradise Sinca forest has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage area. However, similar forest in neighboring upper Stramba valley (pictured), is progressively being logged - and destroyed.  Take action! UNESCO Natural World Heritage Beech forest. Worldclass Wilderness Red beech forests only grow in Europe. 5000 years ago, wild beech forests covered large parts of the continent. UNESCO has launched a European beech forest protection program. Gorgeous Iauna Craiova forest (pictured) has been inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage list.  Read more Where have all the trees gone? Forest destruction in a National Park Not far from the new UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Iauna Craiova Valley the native forest of Domogled National Park is destroyed: trees have been smashed down and the soil has been devastated. These wounds at the heart of the national park will take centuries to heal.  Read more Europe's real fairy tale forest Like in a fantasy land Very little is left of Europe's fairy tale forests. The spruce forest in Romania's Sambata valley is a real paradise. And it is much older than all the fairy tales and legends ...  Read more Irrecoverable primordial Europe Millenia long resilience and stability Europe's remaining primeval forests have thrived continuously since the last Ice Age and are constantly evolving and resilient. They are therefore extremely stable ecosystems. When they are logged, however, it can take many centuries for them to recover and reach that state again.  Read more Final stop saw milling Woodchips instead of Natural Heritage The hunger for wood of international sawmills and the greed of land and wood robbers has driven forest destruction in Romania in the last 10-15 years to its peak. Laws have been breached and ignored and violations of the law have gone unpunished. All in the last virgin forests of Europe.  Take action! EU Natura 2000 program flouted Logging hotspots in European protected areas A logging machine drags a habitat tree from the Stramba forest in the Fagaras Mountain Natura 2000 area. How is this large-scale forest destruction compatible with EU conservation targets?  Take action! Rare plants and animals Lost without Wilderness. The highly endangered hermit beetle can only survive in forests with old trees and deadwood. The last remaining virgin forests are critical habitat for many of rare plants and animals. If the forests are logged, these animals die with them.  Take action! Lynx, bears and company The planet also belongs to them. Without wild forests, our magnificent European housemates have no chance of survival. Do we really want to steal their last remaining habitat?  Take action! Carbon storage Virgin forests protect our climate. Vast amounts of carbon are stored in the old trees and in the soil reservoirs in virgin forests. This carbon is dangerously released into the atmosphere when these forests are logged and the wood breaks down or combusts. Protecting virgin forests is a critical contribution to climate protection.  Read more

Illegal logging of Romania’s natural forests increases despite court threat – new report

February 24, 2022

Agent Green: Romanian court suspends unlawful logging permissions in Făgăraș Mountains Natura 2000 site

December 8, 2021

EuroNatur and Agent Green: Glasgow Declaration on Forests falls short of saving the world’s natural forests

November 3, 2021

After the attack against journalists and conservationists in Romania: NGOs urge the government to finally act

September 20, 2021

UNESCO World Heritage Center expresses „utmost concern“ about Romania’s World Natural Heritage property components

August 30, 2021

Success: Cernișoara primary forest in Romania’s Domogled National Park finally strictly protected

May 19, 2021
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  • Illegal logging of Romania’s natural forests increases despite court threat – new report
  • Agent Green: Romanian court suspends unlawful logging permissions in Făgăraș Mountains Natura 2000 site
  • EuroNatur and Agent Green: Glasgow Declaration on Forests falls short of saving the world’s natural forests
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