Forest Inspector

The Ministry of Environment Water and Forests has launched the "Forest Inspector". What is the "Forest Inspector"? "A tool to combat illegal logging", says the Ministry in a press release.

Forest Inspector is an app that works only on android devices. It can be downloaded for free from Google Play, i.e. from here. For a month, the app will be in test mode. Basically, with it, anyone can check with their android phone whether a truck or another truck transporting wood is legally transporting it. In other words, this application enables the general public to check the legality of a timber transportation in an extremely simple, one-step process.

How does the app work? Enter your license plate number...

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The application displays system information about that shipment.

We learn more from Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Minister of Environment, Water and Forests. "Let's suppose we are on the Bucharest - Pitesti highway and we notice a vehicle carrying woody mass. There's only one thing to do: We enter the truck's license plate number into the app we already have downloaded on our cell phone with the data service up and running. The app checks, in real time, this number in the "SUMAL" system (N.R. the system of tracking/monitoring of timber from felling to final producer) and automatically provides information about the shipment: If the shipment is registered, the app will display the available information about this shipment. This means that the vehicle is transporting timber legally, registered in SUMAL and has the necessary documents. If the license plate is not identified, the application will generate the following message: There is no Online Code generated in the last 72 hours for the verified license plate! This means that the transportation is possibly illegal, not being registered in the "SUMAL" system. In this situation, the next step is to call 112 to report the transport and for rapid intervention of the control institutions. Basically, through the "Forest Inspector", any citizen automatically queries our "SUMAL" database", said Cristiana Pasca Palmer at a press conference.