Romania

Romania is another largely deforested country in Europe . Just like Hungary, it once had forests covering three quarters of Romania, but currently it has been reduced down to 27%. Out of that, 2% are plantations and 25% are natural forests and managed woodland. Romania has lost basically 5 million hectares of its forests in the last three centuries. Half were lost due to end of World War I. Currently the country is trying its best to save the forests, but half of them are owned by private owners. Even today these forests are facing many problems, and the causes are same as they were which are extended droughts, industrial pollution, and over grazing and damage brought by mechanization. Pine tree species have been planting beech and oak for over 60 years and today they constitute 30% tree cover. The government recently had planned to have 27% forests under conifers. Most people are trying to simplify forests for production, but they don’t know that it is leading the forests in danger to be damaged by cockroaches, rats, wind, and snow.