🌳The Carpathian mountain range stretches for 900 miles across eight Central European countries. Its forests, some of them over 150 years old, are one of Europe’s last biodiversity havens. But « on average a forest area of more than five football pitches is lost to wood extraction every single hour », according to Greenpeace. #AFP 🎥 Damien SIMONART 📷 Janek SKARZYNSKI #forest #environment | AFP News Agency

The Carpathian mountains, stretching across seven European countries, are home to vast forests and steep gorges that shelter charismatic wildlife. During summer, a mother brown bear forages for food to sustain herself and her two cubs, who must learn vital survival skills, as only half of bear cubs survive their first year. Meanwhile, lynx kittens venture from their den, observing their mother’s hunting techniques to prepare for independence. This rugged landscape also links the lives of local h