The Center de la Propetate Forestal, an organization associated with the province of Dequeu Clámatica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural, has concluded that the logging that occurred last April in Alforja (Baix Camp) was illegal, reports it through a statement from Grup d’Estudi i Proteció dels Ecosistemes Catalans – Ecologistes de Catalunya (Gepec-EdC). The environmental entity deplored the action of a company – whose name has not appeared – which failed to comply with the implementation requirements set out in the Technical Plan for Forest Management and Improvement.

The affected area covers five hectares and is a protected area included in Xarxa Natura 2000, in the Prades Mountains. As Gepec-EdC pointed out in the statement, 352 feet of mother trees had to be left per hectare and the company responsible for the felling ended up cutting them down “randomly.”