Mapping of the potential risk areas for illegal logging and illegal timber trade in Romania

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The areas have been set up during the public consultation/workshop organized in Geoagiu, Hotel Diana 15-17 November 2006, by the WWF Danube Carpathian Programme and Forest Information and Certification Center Brasov together with Forestry Inspection Directorate from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The risk areas were delimitated on maps together with the forest inspectors from the Regional Forest Inspectorates. The activity of identifying risk areas was part of the Ministry of Agriculture Action Plan for fighting against illegal logging and illegal timber trade.

The following criteria were taken into consideration during the risk area delimitation:

• 1. Number of private owners with properties smaller than 1, 00 ha. ha
• 2. Forest property size.
• 3. Number of complaints and letters addressed to the regional forestry inspectorates claiming illegalities in a certain forest area.
• 4. The volume of illegally logged wood registered official during the forest inspections.
• 5. Number of penalties and sanctions applied by the forest inspectors.
• 6. Number of small size timber and wood sawmills
• 7. Social problems and poor communities.
• 8. Illegal or abusive forest restitution of important areas.
• 9. Political pressure in cases of investigations done by the forestry inspectors
• 10. Lack of forestry cadastre
• 11. Non managed forest areas according with Governmental Decision nr.139

LEGEND

Regional Forestry Inspectorate Bucuresti

• 1. Urziceni FMU -Barcanesti village - illegal logging, social issues, gipsy communities
• 2. Bucuresti FMU - Baneasa forest - political presure , constructions
                                - Sintesti forest - illegal logging
• 3. Branesti FMU - Piteasca village - social issues, sanctions and penalties, illegal logging,etc

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