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government crisis in Romania hasn’t stopped us: the logging of the virgin
forests must cease and we will continue pushing for it in Romania and in the
EU.</BIG></DIV>
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<CENTER><BIG><I>Please find below an update about the petition “Romania – save
Europe’s last large virgin forests!” which was launched on our YouMove platform
by EuroNatur and Agent Green. Thank you again for signing it! -- WeMove
team</I></BIG></CENTER>
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>Romania’s virgin forests: International pressure is
growing</B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>A strong statement of support for the virgin forests of the Carpathian
mountains: already more than 110,000 citizens from all over the world have
signed our petition for the protection of the Romanian paradise forests. In
2017, the international conservation foundation EuroNatur and their Romanian
partner organisation Agent Green launched the campaign ‘Save Paradise Forests’.
Together we are fighting against the destruction of the last remaining large
tracks of virgin forest in the EU. As Romania was president of the European
Council in the first half of 2019, and thus very much in the limelight,
EuroNatur and Agent Green launched a petition on the YouMove platform.
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<P><BIG>It was actually <B>planned to present the list of signatures to senior
government officials at the beginning of September.</B> However, Bucharest is
currently in <B>a state of political chaos. In August, the coalition collapsed
and a number of ministers, among them the environment minister, had to leave
their posts.</B> It would not have been worthwhile to deliver the petition, this
powerful public statement, in such chaotic circumstances. <B>As soon as there is
a stable government in Bucharest again, we will hand in the petition</B> - with
hopefully even more signatures. <A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=165773&qid=169561937"
rel=nofollow>You can invite your friends to sign and share the
petition.</A></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>However, the work of EuroNatur and Agent Green does not stop there.
Together with the legal experts of ClientEarth they have filed a complaint
against the Romanian authorities with the European Commission. The goal is to
stop the wilful destruction of the paradise forests. The nature conservation
organisations hope the European Commission will act on their complaint and, if
the felling continues, initiate infringement proceedings. Should there still be
no movement from Romania, they anticipate that the Commission will bring an
action before the European Court of Justice.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>There is therefore still cause for hope. <STRONG>You can find out what
happens next in the fight for Romania’s paradise forests by clicking on this
link: </STRONG><A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=165774&qid=169561937"
rel=nofollow>https://www.saveparadiseforests.eu/en/home-2/</A></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Thank you!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Janinka Lutze</BIG><BR><BIG>Campaigner at EuroNatur</BIG></P>
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rel=nofollow color:#941b80;text-decoration:none?><I>You Move Europe</I></A> is
an online action platform dedicated to help making Europe a more democratic,
environmentally and socially just place. <I>You Move Europe</I> puts power in
your hands. If you have an idea to make Europe a better place, <I>You Move
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and run by civil society groups and members of the public. WeMove.EU hosts these
petitions and they are in line with our values but they are not necessarily
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=youmove@wemove.eu href="mailto:youmove@wemove.eu">Janinka Lutze -
EuroNatur</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 02, 2019 3:56 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Romanian forests - what’s new</DIV></DIV>
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