--- title: Save the Carpathian forests! - sign the petition description: Act now to ban irresponsible logging and new forestry roads in the Carpathian forests!  image: https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hubfs/2-Nov-22-2022-04-17-36-0691-PM.png --- [![Greenpeace Polska](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Greenpeace_Logo_Green_PNG.png?width=200&height=32&name=Greenpeace_Logo_Green_PNG.png "Greenpeace Polska")](https://www.greenpeace.org/poland/) ![GP logo white](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hubfs/GP%20logo%20white.png "GP logo white") ![Carpathians-logo-color](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hubfs/Carpathians-logo-color.png "Carpathians-logo-color") # Save the Carpathian forests!  # Save the Carpathian forests!  The forests of the Carpathian mountains are a sanctuary for countless animals such as lynx, brown bear and bison, and a crucial ally in our fight against climate change and species loss. But they're disappearing fast. Every hour, an area the size of five football fields is lost to logging. We can't let this continue. Join us in urging European leaders and wood-based companies to take action and save the Carpathian forests from destruction. Together, we can protect this unique natural treasure. EN | [PL](https://ratujmykarpaty.pl) | [RO](http://salvamcarpatii.ro) | [HU](https://sites.greenpeace.hu/peticio/mentsuk-meg-a-karpatok-erdeit/) | [UA](https://savecarpathians.org/ua/) Act now to save the Carpathian forests from destruction! The data administrator is the Greenpeace Polska Foundation. [Read the information clause](https://www.greenpeace.org/poland/information-clause-on-personal-data-processing/) explaining how we process personal data. The forests of the Carpathian mountains are a sanctuary for countless animals such as lynx, brown bear and bison, and a crucial ally in our fight against climate change and species loss. But they're disappearing fast. Every hour, an area the size of five football fields is lost to logging. We can't let this continue. Join us in urging European leaders and wood-based companies to take action and save the Carpathian forests from destruction. Together, we can protect this unique natural treasure. # **What’s the problem?** - Less than 3.5% of Carpathian forests are protected from logging. - Big corporations exploit the oldest forests and destroy wildlife habitats.  - The current protection system is patchy and fragmented across different countries.  ![Karpaty - rumunia-1](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Karpaty%20-%20rumunia-1.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Karpaty%20-%20rumunia-1.jpg) Logging in the Romanian Carpathians ![Karpaty - wycinka](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Karpaty%20-%20wycinka.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Karpaty%20-%20wycinka.jpg) Clearcut forest in the Slovak Carpathians ![karpaty 1-1](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/karpaty%201-1.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=karpaty%201-1.jpg) Trees cut in the Polish Carpathians ![Karpaty - Ukraina](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Karpaty%20-%20Ukraina.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Karpaty%20-%20Ukraina.jpg) Logging site in the Ukrainian Carpathians ![Save the Carpathian forests!](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/GP0STWPBY_Medium_res.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=GP0STWPBY_Medium_res.jpg) Save the Carpathian forests! ![Save the Carpathian forests!](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Karpaty%203.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Karpaty%203.jpg) Save the Carpathian forests! ![Karpaty - Tatry](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Karpaty%20-%20Tatry.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Karpaty%20-%20Tatry.jpg) Save the Carpathian forests! # **What’s the solution?** - **An immediate ban on logging** of the Carpathian old-growth and other valuable forests. - Taking global **wood-based companies' pressure off the Carpathian forests** and ensuring their **supply chains no longer support the destruction** of the Carpathian nature. - **A transnational protection plan** for the Carpathians that essentially enforces the EU's 2030 biodiversity strategy to protect 10% of EU land strictly.  ![Save the Carpathian forests!](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/GP0STWPBY_Medium_res.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=GP0STWPBY_Medium_res.jpg) Save the Carpathian forests! ![Save the Carpathian forests!](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Karpaty%203.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Karpaty%203.jpg) Save the Carpathian forests! ![Karpaty - Tatry](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Karpaty%20-%20Tatry.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Karpaty%20-%20Tatry.jpg) Save the Carpathian forests! - ![Brown bear in the Carpathian forests](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/GP0STPF50_Low_res.jpg?width=800&height=534&name=GP0STPF50_Low_res.jpg) Brown bear in the Carpathian forests - ![Lynx in the Carpathian forest](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/GP0STPF5H_Low_res.jpg?width=799&height=532&name=GP0STPF5H_Low_res.jpg) Lynx in the Carpathian forest - ![Grey wolf in the Carpathian forest](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/wilk2.jpg?width=1920&height=1276&name=wilk2.jpg) Grey wolf in the Carpathian forest - ![European Bison in the Carpathian forest](https://dzialaj.greenpeace.pl/hs-fs/hubfs/GP0STWPCJ_Low_res.jpg?width=800&height=533&name=GP0STWPCJ_Low_res.jpg) European Bison in the Carpathian forest # Dear EU and national leaders: Nature, our life support system, is at great risk and thus is humanity. Yet the destruction of the natural world continues in Europe. For centuries, the Carpathian forests have been one of the largest wildlife refuges in Europe. However, in recent decades, they have become increasingly and dangerously fragmented. In the last twenty years alone, we have lost 7.4% of tree cover in the precious Carpathian forests, an area twice as large as Paris, Berlin, Rome, Budapest, Brussels, and Warsaw combined.  The oldest forests are critical parts of the web of life, which can restore vital, functioning ecosystems and store massive amounts of carbon. Yet they are cut and sold as timber, wooden chips, or paper pulp.   You have the power to change this. You can stop the ongoing destruction by putting the Carpathian forests on the political agenda, halting wood sourcing in the oldest forests, and developing a solid action plan to protect them effectively. # Let's save the Carpathian forests! Greenpeace 2024 Greenpeace Polska 2026