Annual Report
FOREWORD
by Gabriel Păun
Hello, all green agents
Here are the wonders the Agent Green team achieved in the last completed year thanks to your support.
But before the film begins, I want to share with you that the United Nations (UN) decided to honour me in December 2024 with its highest title: “Champion of the Earth”. I thus became the first Romanian to receive this title, which comes after more than 20 years of uninterrupted struggle for Romania’s nature and recognises the importance of the fight to protect primary and old-growth forests, stop desertification and adapt to climate change. This title would not have been possible without Agent Green’s team of specialists and its wonderful volunteers. This honorary title tells us that our mission is of planetary importance and that we are doing it well. It also gives us the motivation to continue the fight for Romania’s forests.
In March 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution dedicating the decade 2021-2030 to ecosystem restoration. Consequently, the European Commission adopted a biodiversity strategy under which each EU country (including Romania) would place 10% of its land territory and 10% of its marine territory under strict protection and 30% under partial protection (Natura 2000 protected areas).
At the height of the pandemic, in May 2020, we brought this strategy to the attention of Romania’s prime minister and environment minister. A broad process of identifying areas for strict and partial protection began, and today the study is almost ready. If the government does not mutilate what scientists have mapped, we will have saved our most precious ecosystems and increased Romania’s resilience to climate change. View the 2024 Annual Report (PDF, in Romanian) View the 2024 Annual Report (PDF, in English) View the 2023 Annual Report (PDF, in English) View the 2023 Annual Report (PDF, in Romanian) View the 2022 Annual Report (PDF, in English) View the 2022 Annual Report (PDF, in Romanian) View the 2021 Annual Report (PDF, in Romanian) View the 2020 Annual Report (PDF, in Romanian) View the 2019 Annual Report (PDF, in Romanian)
