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Romsilva rejects allegations of "disastrous" cuts in forests around Bucharest but drone images show different version

December 6, 2023

Romania's National Forest Administration, or Romsilva, recently rejected accusations levied against it by local environmental activist Daniel Sărdan regarding the "disaster" in the forests managed by the Ilfov Forestry Directorate. Ilfov is the county that surrounds Bucharest.

This past weekend, Sărdan released images of trees, including centuries-old oaks, in the Snagov area that had been cut. He said that, deep into the Snagov forest, he found entire...

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