forests

Historic conviction for Romania, as the European Court of Human Rights compelled the Romanian state to return 17,000 hectares of forest in Maramureș to an association in Borșa. Otherwise, it will have to pay damages of over 61 million…

MEP Nicu Ștefănuță (the Greens/EFA) was part of a delegation this week to the forests of Romania, organised by the European Parliament Committee on Petitions. Together with 7 other MEPs, Nicu Ștefănuță, the only member of the Committee on…

Romania takes a new important step for the development of the culture of sustainability among the new generations, by launching the first interactive museum dedicated to education for the environment and climate change, an initiative of the…

Finland, the most densely forested country in Europe and a center of forest products manufacturing, is logging its forests so intensively that its land sector has converted from being a sink to a source of greenhouse gas emissions,…

Known on the music scene as DJ / Producer Nico de Transilvania, Nicoleta Cărpineanu has dedicated her international career to a cause that concerns us all: the revitalization and conservation of forests in Romania, considered the "green…

A camera set in the Piatra Craiului National Park in the Southern Carpathians has filmed several bears getting ready for hibernation. Experts say that the bears will not be spotted anymore soon, as they will retreat in their den. The…

Over 38,000 hectare of virgin forests, older than 140 years, will be transferred from the production area to the protection status, Romanian Environment minister Costel Alexe has announced on Friday. The decision means that no logging…

Environment Ministry has launched a national forestation campaign on Friday, under the patronage of President Iohannis. The campaign, entitled "A forest the size of a country" aims at planting 53 million seedlings this year, planting a…

Famous actor Leonardo DiCaprio, known for his environment-related stances and actions, has praised on his Instagram account the March for Forests held in Bucharest on Sunday. "More than 4000 people marched last night on the streets of…

Picturesque Apuseni Mountains in Romania have been praised in a recent report on CNN. "From Norwegian islands high above the Arctic Circle to forest-covered mountains in Romania, windswept sandy beaches in Wales and icy lakes in the…