Today we submitted concrete proposals to the Ministry of European Investments and Funds to allocate €1.6 billion to stopping desertification and increasing Romania’s forested area from 29% (today) to 32% (in 2026) and 40% by 2040. We propose establishing 40 automated lines capable of supplying 800 million saplings for planting on 160,000 hectares each year, even using prison inmates. The new forests would surround cities, enrich grasslands with trees and cover degraded and abandoned agricultural land.
