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A long list of leading non-governmental organizations from Romania and all across Europe sent a letter to the Romanian President Klaus Iohannis today expressing concern about the criminal developments in the Romanian forests and urging action to better protect these valuebale ecosystems. Only recently, two foresters were killed and there is evidence that illegal logging … Mehr / More International NGOs condemn the assassination of Romanian foresters and call for action against illegal logging →

Activists from Agent Green were able to stop an illegal road construction through an old growth forest in south western Romania. Big parts of Mehedinti Pleateau Geopark were threatened, and some parts already destroyed, by plans for a controversial road construction. After the submission of a notification by Agent Green, Romanian state forests enterprise Romsilva … Mehr / More Romania: Complaint by Agent Green stops the destruction of natural forest on Mehedinti Plateau →

Forest crimes and violence against authorities and conservationists are on the rise in Romania. The latest incidents of where two forest rangers were killed by thugs within just four weeks draws a shocking picture of eroding law enforcement within the Romanian forest sector: Illegal logging and criminal practices including mafia style threats against authorities and … Mehr / More EuroNatur and Agent Green: Romania must intensify fight against mafia and corruption in forestry sector →

EuroNatur and Agent Green: Europe needs to do its homework and halt forest destruction in Romania While Europe is shocked about the forest destruction in the Amazon, central Europe’s largest natural forests in Romania are vanishing due to logging. EuroNatur Foundation submitted a comprehensive inventory of the valuable forest stocks of Romania: PRIMOFARO (PRIMary and … Mehr / More Romania: New inventory reveals huge and threatened natural forest treasure →

Sept. 24, Brussels: Forest destruction – only an issue in the Amazon? *** New report “LOGGING OUT – Saving Romania’s paradise forests” *** On September 24th, Members of the European Parliament (Michal WIEZIK, Martin HO-JSÍK, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Sarah WIENER) and Humberto DELGADO ROSA (Director at DG Environment of the EU Commission) discuss with NGOs EuroNatur, … Mehr / More How safe are EU’s natural forests? High level event in EU Parliament. →

Among all EU citizens, Romanians show strongest attachment to forests and their protection On May 21, 2019, the international non governmental organization Fern (Brussels) published a new YouGov survey documenting the very high importance of forest conservation for the EU population: 87 percent of EU respondents favour new laws to combat global forest destruction. The … Mehr / More Large majority in EU supports call for better global forest protection, new poll shows →