As promised, we continue to get involved in the public consultation process regarding the Forestry Code and to support the amendments that are necessary for the National Strategy for Forests 2030 to turn into reality.
Today we sent our technical comments to the Environment Ministry regarding those articles within the Forestry Code that should be improved.
We consider that, in its current form, the draft presented last week by the Environment Ministry does not take into account the strategic directions set by the National Strategy for Forests 2030. The so necessary administrative reforms are missing, which generates major risks regarding logging liberalization, lowering the forest-covered area at national level, starting a new wave of „appropriation” from the state-owned forests and encouraging the export of raw wood.