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Romania has at least 500,000 hectares of degraded lands, in which context we have a big plan to substantially extend the surface that was covered by forests in Romania in the past 30 years, the Minister of Environment, Water and Forests Costel Alexe stated on Monday.
He added that, in the past ten years, only 26,000 hectares of degraded land were forested in Romania.
According to data provided by the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests (MMAP), the counties with the largest deficit of forests are Calarasi (with only 4 per cent of its surface being covered with forests), Teleorman (5 per cent), Constanta (6 per cent), Ialomita (6 per cent), Braila (6 per cent) and Galati (8 per cent).
In this context, the mayoralties in the country are invited to help the relevant Ministry to identify those degraded lands. They will be included in the forestation campaign to be initiated this autumn called "A forest as big as a country!," said the same source.
