{"id":8626,"date":"2026-01-28T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:01:13","slug":"romanian-forestry-guard-discovers-illegal-logging-near-baile-felix-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8626","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Forestry Guard discovers illegal logging near B\u0103ile Felix resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Forestry Guard and police in Oradea, western Romania, discovered 14 stumps from illegal tree felling in a forest in B\u0103ile Felix on Wednesday, January 28.\u00a0According to a statement from the Bihor County Police Inspectorate (IPJ Bihor), the damage is estimated at RON 10,000 (EUR 2,000) without VAT, for a volume of 8.052 cubic meters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/justitie\/2026\/01\/28\/ipj-bihor-dosar-penal-dupa-taieri-ilegale-de-arbori-intr-o-padure-din-baile-felix--1522724\">Agerpres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Checks revealed that the acts were allegedly committed between December 29, 2025, and January 23, by a company from Oradea that legally exploited a timber batch but also cut unmarked trees of oak, hornbeam, and cherry species.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnauthorized felling and theft of trees from the national forest fund were found,\u201d IPJ Bihor stated, specifying that investigations are continuing under the coordination of a prosecutor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company allegedly cut trees that were not intended for exploitation and were not marked, according to the Bihor Forestry Directorate, Teodor Suciu. The case was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/taieri-ilegale-in-padurea-din-baile-felix-garda-forestiera-face-astazi-ultima-faza-a-verificarilor-impreuna-cu-politistii-3604383\">Digi24<\/a>, which showed that the tree felling in the area did not only target sick or broken trees but also healthy ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe forestry offenses mentioned in the Forestry Guard\u2019s statement, which are also being confirmed by police representatives, concern illegal felling in the lot established by the Oradea Forestry District and sold through public auction to the company Felidan Foresta,\u201d said Teodor Suciu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis company apparently cut, according to the findings of the Forestry Guard, 14 trees without authorization that were not intended for felling and were not marked as such. Consequently, they will bear the legal consequences regarding these illegal fellings,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/cristicroitoru0_info\">Cristi Croitoru<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forestry Guard and police in Oradea, western Romania, discovered 14 stumps from illegal tree felling in a forest in B\u0103ile Felix on Wednesday, January 28.\u00a0According to a statement from the Bihor County Police Inspectorate (IPJ Bihor), the damage is estimated at RON 10,000 (EUR 2,000) without VAT, for a volume of 8.052 cubic meters, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}