Romania: illegal logging increases by 32% in 2017
Damages to the State up to 9 million euro
17 September, 19:41In 2017, Romania lost almost nine million euro (+5.2%) because of the damages of illegal logging, local media reported.
Greenpeace said in a report that in Romania the areas covered by forests fell in the 20th century, down to 28.95% at present, below the EU average of 43%. From 2000 to 2011, approximately 360,000 hectares become deforested or degraded, Greenpeace noted. (ANSA).