The Juridical Protection of the Forest in Romania

In the field of forestry, there have been numerous situations when the law did not apply, for various reasons (most important of them being corruption), which lead to the lost of over 60% of the forest area, since 1990 to the present day. The article aims to point out:-the current legislation in the field of forestry;-the protection measures that must be adopted by the legislative and administrative authorities of the state, in order to stop the savage aggression against national forests;-the deeds that are incriminated as crimes or contraventions and which is the difference between them in Romanian legislation;-the legal provisions in some states of the world in the field of forestry;-measures that must be taken by Romanian legislative and administrative authorities in order to harmonize Romanian legislation with the one of the EU in the field of forestry