Logging
Vanishing Greenery: For North Macedonia’s Developers, Law Protecting Urban Green Space is no Obstacle
There will also no longer be any space for the gardens that surrounded the old buildings, or for the trees that used to grow there.
These trees were not only of sentimental value to old Skopje residents, or important for activists seeking more humane urban development.
More than 18 Thousand cubic meters of Illegal Logging in Bulgaria was Established in 2022
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.
After the Floods: No Illegal Logging has been Discovered in Karlovo region, Inspections are Ongoing
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.
Bulgaria’s PM Promised: The State will Grant Money to the Victims of the Floods
"The state will allocate funds to help victims of the floods in Karlovo region. There will not be a single person left that was affected who will not be helped", stated acting Prime Minister Galab Donev during a visit to the village of Karavelovo.
Ombudsman calling for logging to stop during state of emergency
Romania's Ombudsman on Wednesday posted an own petition on its website, calling attention to logging.
BIRN Fact-check: Is Illegal Logging Destroying Romania’s Forests?
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.
#2019PresidentialElection/ Dancila: Forests, my first environmental priority as President of Romania
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.
Thousands of people participate in march to defend forests, in Bucharest city center
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.
Illegal Logging in Bulgaria is Estimated at BGN 150 Million Per Year
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.
Minister astonished by Labor Day picnickers felling tree
The environmental protection minister told Tanjug that authorized inspection services of the public company Srbijasume went to the scene after video footage of the incident was published, and found that one tree had been cut down