Europe’s Vanishing Forests: How Ikea is driving forest destruction the Carpathians is a field investigation from Greenpeace Romania that provides damning evidence from the Carpathians.
The investigators documented the clear-cutting of forest with high biodiversity and connected it to popular Ikea furniture. Despite being slated for strict protection in early 2025, the Rusca Montană forest was logged in 2026 and then stripped of its proposed conservation status before legal protections could take effect.
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