Romania currently has 6.9 million hectares of forest, 51% of which are private property, according to the National Forest Inventory.

In addition to forests, there are about 14 million hectares of farmland.

The report shows that there are about 830,000 forest owners and about 4 million farmland owners, reports local Agerpres. The forest sector has a 2% share in the GDP, whereas the agriculture and food industry have a 12% share.

The National Forest Inventory was carried out between 2008 and 2012. This inventory needs to be made in the whole country every five years, said Danut Iacob of the Environment Ministry.

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