Dosar penal pentru furt de arbori

Bosnian woodcutter Nebojsa Neskic prepares tree for transportation after cutting it near the northwestern Bosnian village of Suhaca, 6 June 2005. Bosnia, still struggling to rebuild its war-shattered economy, has turned towards frantic exploitation of forests, while experts warn it could have irreparable consequences for the country's environment. Bosnia has the fourth largest forest reserve in Europe and some 45 percent of its territory is covered with forests, while timber tops the list of a few products that this Balkans country is exporting. However, Bosnia exports mostly raw wood, instead of manufactured furniture which would create a much higher profit and the industry is slow to move from the deadlock that was put into during the country's 1992-1995 war. Official figures show that some five million cubic meters are cut per year, but the problem is that there is a lot of illegal logging. In Bosnia there are some 1,800 private sawmills, only a third of which are legal. AFP PHOTO STRINGER