| Company type | state-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | wood |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Bucharest,Romania |
Area served | Romania |
Key people | Ion Codruț Bîlea (CEO) |
| Revenue |  € 250 million (2009) |
| € 7 million (2009) | |
Number of employees | 22,900 (2009) |
| Parent | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Website | www.rosilva.ro |
Regia Naţională a Pădurilor Romsilva or simplyRomsilva is aRomanianstate-owned enterprise responsible for dealing withprotection,preservation anddevelopment of publicly ownedforests of the Romanian state, and the management ofhunting andfishing grounds. Romsilva owns and manages 4,000,000 hectares (9,900,000 acres) of forests which represents 65% of all forests in the country.[1] The company has its headquarters inBucharest.
Romsilva owns and manages 4,000,000 hectares (9,900,000 acres) of forests or around 65% of Romania's 6,300,000 hectares (16,000,000 acres) overall forests.[1] The forests consist mainly ofcommon beech 31.5%,coniferous trees 29.9%,pedunculate oak 18%, different species ofhardwood trees 15.7% and various types ofsoftwood trees 4.9%.[2] Other important assets include 214 lodges, of which 187 are introduced in the online accommodation system, and 69 are placed for national and international tourist circuits.[3] The company produced around 25,000,000 cubic metres (880,000,000 cu ft) oftimber andtimber products in 2009 of which 90% was exported toEgypt and 10% to thePeople's Republic of China.[4]
In 2009 Romsilva also harvested 6,750 metric tons of forest berries includingvaccinium myrtillus,hippophae rhamnoides,rosa canina,vaccinium vitis-idaea,blackberry,crataegus monogyna andrubus idaeus, of which 3,100 metric tons were exported toGermany,Austria,France and theNetherlands.[4][5] Romsilva is also an importantfungus producer, having a total production of 25 metric tons ofchanterelle,armillaria mellea,boletus edulis andmorchella spongiola in 2009.[6][7] The company also exported 2,650rabbits and 3,000pheasants mainly toItaly.[4]
Romsilva publishesRevista pădurilor,[8] the oldest journal published without interruption from Romania and one of the oldest forestry journals in the world.[9]
According to Dimitrova & Buzogány (2014) "Romsilva was regarded as the main culprit behindthe dramatic rise inillegal logging during the last decade, resulting in irreparable losses inforested territories. Its leadership has been accused of illegally contributing to campaignbudgets of governing parties and of corrupt decisions in numerous local and nationalpublic procurement cases."[10]
Corruption within Romsilva is rampant and employees who have spoken out against their corrupt superiors have been threatened and assaulted.[11]
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