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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><EM>This petition was launched on our YouMove
platform by Euronatur and Agent Green. We think you might be interested in it.
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>While forest guards are in lockdown, forest thieves are not. Europe’s
last old-growth forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. The <B>wood mafia
in Romania continues logging while the government does little to stop them.</B>
During the lockdown, wood transport was bigger than in the same period last
year. And this in spite of the fact that the European Commission launched an
infringement procedure against Romania on this very issue. [*]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>More than 120,000</B> people signed the petition to immediately stop
the illegal logging. Our partners are meeting the Romanian Minister of
Environment, Water and Forests tomorrow to deliver the petition and demand
instant action. The more people behind this, the more Romania's government will
realise that this is an issue that people care about. <STRONG>Will you share the
petition with your friends to put as much pressure as possible? It’s the last
chance!</STRONG></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Thank you!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>David, Marta (Warsaw), Olga (Bologna), Jörg (Lübeck) and the entire
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<P><SMALL><BIG>[*]
https<SPAN>://www.clientearth</SPAN>.org/press/eu-announces-legal-action-against-romania-for-illegal-logging-of-europes-last-natural-forests/ </BIG></SMALL></P>
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<P><BIG>************************************************************<BR>Below
our email from last year, explaining the
situation: <BR>************************************************************</BIG><BR> </P>
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<P><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">The Romanian government allows the
<STRONG>devastation of Europe’s largest untouched forests</STRONG> in
national parks and ‘Natura 2000’ areas - to sell the wood to timber
corporations. But now the eyes of Europe are on Romania, as it holds the
EU presidency. Let’s use this moment and say the logging must stop
now!</SPAN></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Old-growth forests are in danger! </STRONG>Vast areas are being
logged right now in Romania - against EU law - all this while its government
holds the EU presidency. We must act now if we don’t want to <STRONG>lose
Europe’s green lungs.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Until the end of June</STRONG>, the presidency of the EU is
being held by Romania. In the coming weeks, the eyes of Europe will be still on
the Romanian government. We have a chance to <STRONG>demand from the Romanian PM
to immediately stop the devastation! </STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Logging in Romania is out of control</STRONG> — wonderful,
untouched forests in <STRONG>national parks</STRONG>, Natura 2000 sites, buffer
zones of UNESCO World Heritage sites are all being logged and lost, both legally
and illegally, often with the full permission and support of the Romanian
government. [1] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>But we can stop it. During the EU presidency, the Romanian government
wants to make the best possible impression on the European and international
public. <STRONG>If we publicise this tragedy all over Europe, the Romanian Prime
Minister will have to listen.</STRONG> We will deliver the petition to the
Romanian authorities and, in order to make more noise, also to the European
Commission and the European Parliament. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>The pressure must come from different countries</STRONG> to show
the Romanian Prime Minister that <STRONG>forests belong to everyone</STRONG>. By
signing this petition, you will contribute to persuading the Romanian
authorities to stop the logging. </BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>The forests under threat grow in the Carpathian Mountains, Europe’s
third longest mountain range. Mixed mountain forests of <STRONG>beech and
spruce</STRONG>, and at higher altitudes, coniferous mountain forests with
<STRONG>black pines and Alpine meadows</STRONG> - they are home to the EU’s
largest and healthiest populations of <STRONG>brown bears, wolves, lynx,
chamois, and red deer</STRONG>. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>The threat comes mainly from Romania’s state-funded forestry company,
Romsilva, which prioritises logging over conservation and is given full consent
by authorities in Bucharest. <STRONG>Biofuels and timber industry are driving
the logging.</STRONG> International companies benefit from its scale. [2]
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<P><BIG>We have shown numerous times that we can mobilise to protect natural
treasures all over Europe and that saving forests is our priority. We fought for
the Kresna gorge in Bulgaria and we massively supported the successful action to
save the Białowieża forest in Poland. [3] So let’s do it again and save the
green lungs of Europe. <STRONG><A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=202685&qid=218300488"
rel=nofollow>Sign now!</A> </STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Thank you! </BIG><BR><BIG>Marta (Warsaw), Olga (Bologna), Jörg (Lübeck)
and the entire WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>PS: <STRONG>Our generation has the responsibility to save nature for
future generations.</STRONG> Romanian forests are carbon reserves, gene banks,
scientific laboratories, oxygen factories and home for numerous threatened
species, some found nowhere else on earth. <STRONG><A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=202685&qid=218300488"
rel=nofollow>Sign and save the forests!</A></STRONG> </BIG></P>
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<P>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//wilderness-society</SPAN>.org/logging-in-romanian-virgin-forest-continues/<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.saveparadiseforests</SPAN>.eu/de/video-3/<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//www.saveparadiseforests</SPAN>.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/EuroNatur_AG_briefer_web.pdf<BR>[3]
https:<SPAN>//act.</SPAN>wemove<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/campaigns/Save-the-Kresna-Gorge<BR>https:<SPAN>//act.</SPAN>wemove<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/campaigns/justice-forest-defenders</P>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=info@wemove.eu href="mailto:info@wemove.eu">David - WeMove Europe</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 29, 2020 8:40 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> URGENT: Last chance to save forests</DIV>
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