Protect Old-growth Forests in Romania from Illegal Logging!

There is not much old-growth forest left in Europe these days, while before the human agricultural revolution it covered the majority of our lands. Old-growth forests are invaluable for their:

• Biodiversity: As this was originally the most abundant habit, most of the biodiversity evolved in such forests. Therefore old-growth forest house tremendous biodiversity (insects, fungi, likens, mosses, etc.)
• Carbon sequestration: Old-growth forests sequester massive amounts of carbon per hectare, more than any other forests or land use.
• Cultural heritage: This is how our lands originally looked like; important to preserve for people to experience and learn about.
• Scientific value: With their scarcity and special characteristics old-growth forests are important to study and learn from (knowledge to apply in sustainable forestry, etc.)