Illegal logging

In 2022, the total amount of wood identified by employees of the "Executive Forestry Agency" (EFA) and its structures, subject to illegal felling or disposal transactions with wood of unknown origin, amounted to more than 18.1 thousand solid cubic meters.

Initial checks show that there is no illegal logging in the Bulgarian region of Karlovo, which has suffered severely from flooding following torrential rains. This was stated on BNT by Eng. Stoyan Toshev, executive director of the Forestry Agency.

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The Brazilian state of Maranhao is asking the federal government to send National Guard troops to the Arariboia Indigenous Territory after a string of attacks, including five killings, targeting tribesmen known for their fight against illegal deforestation.

Attending the launch of the national afforestation campaign called "A forest as a country" at Uliesti, Dambovita County on Friday, President Klaus Iohannis said that a significant increase in Romania's forested areas is necessary, given the context of the environmental problems facing the country. "More forests are needed in Romania! I will explain why loud and clear.

The seriousness of the problem was revealed by the National Forest Inventory, IFN, which calculates the surface of forests and the existing volume of wood they contain.

The first IFN study measured these indicators for 2008 to 2012. The second and latest report, fully released in October 2019, establishes the figures for the period 2013-2018.

The leader of the Social Democrats, Viorica Dancila, says that "as president of Romania" forests would be her first environmental priority. "Forests are my first environmental priority, as President of Romania.

Over 2,000 persons gathered on Sunday night in the center of Bucharest, near University Square, to participate in a march to defend forests and against violence targeting forest rangers, organized by environment organizations Declic, Agent Green and Greenpeace.

The annual volume of illegal logging in Bulgaria reaches 2.4 - 2.7 million cubic meters. This is between a quarter and a third of the total yield, which forms a shady business of nearly 150 million leva per year. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said.

Romania's Ministry of Environment has vowed to investigate illegal logging in one of the country's protected national parks after environmentalists reported that 50 hectares of forest had vanished.