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After the horrible record of 2019, the illegal logging in North Macedonia last year partially put under control
The illegal logging in North Macedonia is a burning issue that is continuing to devastate the forest fund. Only in 2020, 19,282 cubic meters of wood were cut down illegally from the forests in North Macedonia, state the data provided by the State Statistical Office (SSO). The situation improved last year in comparison to the previous years, but it...
Timber thieves in North Macedonia last year had stolen 26 000 cubic meters of timber, Forest Police and inspectors lack personnel
The Macedonian forests are at constant risk not from the forest fires and illegal logging and misuse of the wood as firewood, but also from the insufficient number of forest rangers, inspectors and forest police that are supposed to take care of their safety. According to the data provided by the public enterprise "Makedonski shumi" (Macedonian Forests) revealed in...
