Hungary’s oldest forest is chopped down

One of the oldest forests in Hungary was chopped down by Egererdő Ltd, a governmental forestry holding. The forest was 180 years old and located in a nature reserve. How could this happen? The forestry claims they had good reasons for it.

One of Hungary’s oldest forests was chopped down as reported by WWF Hungary and Index.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organisation founded in 1961, working in the field of wilderness preservation and reducing human impact on the environment. WWF is the world’s largest conservation organisation with over five million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries, supporting around 1,300 conservation and environmental projects.

The 180-year-old-forest was located near Tar-kő in Bükki Nemzeti Park [Bükk National Park] which is an official national reserve. According to WWF Hungary, the logging was done by Egererdő Ltd. which is a governmental forestry holding.

WWF Hungary writes that the forest provided the natural habitat for rare bird species including the white-backed woodpecker and the stock dove, among 13 other protected and specially protected plant species. The forest was also one of the oldest forests in the country. The 6,000 m3 wood that was chopped down is worth very little money due to its old age.