Official Documents
World Bank public documents, including Project Information Document, Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet, Project Appraisal Document, and Environmental Assessment (World Bank website)
Draft Project Appraisal Document, November 28, 2001, World Bank (on BIC’s Website) (Acrobat pdf 283 KB)
Civil Society Analysis
Comments on the Quality of the Environmental Assessment Update, Romanian Forestry Development Program, CEE Bankwatch Network, December 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Quality Analysis of the Environmental Assessment Report for the Romanian Forestry Development Program, CEE Bankwatch Network, February 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Comments on the Romanian Forestry Development Program, CEE Bankwatch Network, January 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Comparison of the EA with relevant World Bank regulation, CEE Bankwatch Network (CEE Bankwatch website)
Comments on the Executive Summary of the EA, Romanian Forest Development Project, CEE Bankwatch network (CEE Bankwatch website)
Correspondence
Letter from CEE Bankwatch Network to World Bank in reaction to response from the bank, (dated March 18, 2002) concerning Romanian Forestry Development Project, May 10, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
World Bank Response, May 17, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Letter from CEE Bankwatch Network to Executive Directors and President of the World Bank, February 20, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Initial World Bank Response, March 6, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Full response from Andrew N. Vorkink, Director of South Central European Country Unit, ECA Region, and comments on the Bankwatch review of the project, March 18, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Romanian Forests under Threat: Civil Society call on the World Bank for new Environmental Assessment, CEE Bankwatch Network press release, February 22, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Protest letter from Florea Trifoi, Director of Project Coordination Team of Romanian Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forests (CEE Bankwatch website)
Bankwatch response to Director Florea Trifoi January 8, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Protest letter from Romanian Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Forests, December 12, 2001 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Bankwatch response to Romanian Minister, December 21, 2001 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Press
Romanian Forests under Threat: Civil Society call on the World Bank for new Environmental Assessment, CEE Bankwatch Network press release, February 22, 2002 (CEE Bankwatch website)
Useful Web Pages
CEE Bankwatch Network Romania Forest Project page