The Romanian state has acquired, through the National Forest Administration (RNP) Romsilva, over 4,000 hectares of forest, located in Neamt county, in the areas of the Grintes and Ceahlau rural towns, the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests (MMAP) informs on Friday, in a press release sent to AGERPRES.
"The Romanian state owns, starting today, a forest covering an area of 4,063.25 hectares, located in the Neamt county, in the areas of the Grintes and Ceahlau rural towns, through the completion of its acquisition by the National Forest Administration - Romsilva. The transaction value was 111.83 million RON and it was approved through the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, by Government Emergency Ordinance no. 5/2025. This represents the largest forest acquisition made to date on behalf of the Romanian state, and the area of more than 4 thousand hectares will enter the state's public patrimony," the press release states.
According to the same source, since its establishment in 1991, until 2024, Romsilva has acquired, on behalf of the state, from private owners, a total of 10,322.76 hectares of forest land, as well as another 1,923.67 hectares of unproductive agricultural land, which were subsequently afforested. Thus, these acquisitions have contributed to the expansion of the state's forest land by over 12,246 hectares.
"Through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, we have substantial budgets for afforestation and reforestation and we must take advantage of these calls that are open until January next year," emphasised the minister of environment, waters and forests, Mircea Fechet, in a statement
RNP - Romsilva manages approximately 4.2 million hectares of forests, in public state ownership or in other forms of ownership, based on contracts. All forests in public state ownership benefit from forest management certification according to international standards.
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