Austrian timber company Schweighofer is linked to large-scale illegal logging which accounts for half of Romania's timber production. An EIA investigation finds that almost all the illegal timber ends up in the company's mills. Romania still has an estimated 218,000 hectares of old growth forests. A recent Romanian government study estimated that 80 million cubic meters of timber have been cut illegally in the past 20 years, representing a loss to the Romanian economy of over €5 billion. Following the report’s publication, WWF filed a complaint at the Federal Forest Office in Vienna for violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) and calls for a full investigation of the allegations against Schweighofer.
Austria
Name
Austria
ISO
AT
Region
Europe
Risk
Deforestation
No
Transhipment
No
Labour Rights & H&S
No
Environment
No
Biodiversity
No
Forest Area
Land Area
8,252,300
ha
Forest Area
3,870,800
ha (46.9%)
FSC Forest Area
587
ha (0.0%)
FSC CoCs
284
PEFC Forest Area
2,983,873
ha (77.1%)
PEFC CoCs
465
Paper Mills 7
Mill |
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Gratkorn Sappi Europe SA |
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Hamburger Containerboard Prinzhorn Group |
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Lenzing Papier GmbH Lenzing Papier GmbH |
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Mondi Neusiedler GmbH (Hausmening mill) Mondi |
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Mondi Neusiedler GmbH (Kematen mill) Mondi |
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Norske Skog Bruck GmbH Norske Skog |
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Salzer Papier GmbH Salzer Papier GmbH |
Forest Legislations 2
Austrian timber giant ransacking Romania's forests
The Ecologist, 21 Oct 2015