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The document details a legal complaint against the Romanian government for large-scale illegal logging in primary and old-growth forests, specifically within Natura 2000 protected sites. It argues that Romania has failed to implement the EU Timber Regulation, the Habitats Directive, and the Birds Directive, leading to the loss of half of the country's identified intact virgin forests over the last 15 years. Evidence from the Făgăraș Mountains, Maramures Mountains, and Domogled shows significant habitat deterioration and threats to protected species, including the capercaille.

The document details how logging activities in the Făgăraș, Maramureș, and Domogled Natura 2000 sites in Romania are causing severe biodiversity loss, including the disappearance of priority species and the destruction of old-growth forests through clear-cuts and progressive logging.