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Investigative video footage reveals scandalous logging in Romania’s Cheile Nerei-Beusnita National Park New video evidence published today by environmental NGOs Agent Green and EuroNatur Foundation clearly demonstrates that forest destruction in Romania’s Cheile Nerei-Beusnita National Park is comprehensively out of control. Logging of old growth forests is being deliberately driven by state forest enterprise Romsilva. … Mehr / More Romania’s National Parks Deliberately Destroyed by State Forestry Managers →

Ministry of Environment must put an end to all logging in national parks Agent Green investigators have exposed the theft of trees from Domogled – Valea Cernei National Park by a Romsilva employee from the Baia de Arama forest district. Romsilva is the designated state agency managing all State Forests and 12 National Parks in … Mehr / More Romanian State Forest Manager caught stealing trees from National Park →

EU must also take action now to save Europe’s largest virgin forests in Romania The final decision by the European Court of Justice is clear: The logging approved in Poland’s Bialowieza Forest is not legal. The widespread impact of logging on natural forest habitats and protected species in the Natura 2000 site is not compatible … Mehr / More Bialowieza: EuroNatur and Agent Green welcome ruling of European Court of Justice and call for forest aid in Romania →

EuroNatur and Agent Green investigate traceability of wood ++ International timber companies call on Romanian government to clarify legal situation ++ Romanian old-growth forests are massively threatened by illegal logging The initiative “Forest Policy Checker” by nature conservation organisations EuroNatur and Agent Green calls on the wood-processing industry in Romania to disclose the origin of … Mehr / More Timber companies dissociate from sourcing wood from Romanian national parks and primeval forests →

Members of the European Parliament have to prevent forest destruction for bioenergy profits On 17th of January 2018 the European Parliament will vote on a law proposal promoting renewable energy in the period from 2021 to 2030. This is a crucial vote that will have an impact on the future direction of critical climate action … Mehr / More Urgent call on European Parliament: Burning trees is not climate friendly! →

EuroNatur and Agent Green: unacceptable incompetence by state forest administration “Romsilva” and director of national park Trailer “Out of Control”: Episode #2: Semenic National Park: Most of the EU’s last primeval forests are found in Romania.  But they are under immediate threat from ongoing commercial logging, even in national parks and Natura 2000 areas, environmental … Mehr / More Destruction of old-growth forests in Romania: logging devastates parts of Semenic National Park →