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		dakna on March 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to c... There is already a lot of illegal logging in Romania. Timber is a very valuable resource, and capitalism doesn't care if something is legal or not. As long as there are no revenue streams with less risk available, everyone local will have an incentive to exploit this resource. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_mafia

lowkey_ on March 29, 2024 [–]

+1 to this, the article even states how there's illegal logging operations in the area that are fighting against this preservation.

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