India, March 3 -- These forests, home to the continent's largest surviving carnivores and offering ecosystem services, were in danger of fragmentation, the body said

The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) called on multiple stakeholders, including the European Union (EU), to save Europe's last old-growth forests.

The whole of Europe must act now to preserve the forests and the wildlife and people that depend on them, WWF Central and Eastern Europe noted in a statement March 3, 2021 that is celebrated globally as 'World Wildlife Day'.

Finding ways to ensure that Central and Eastern Europe's old-growth (OGF) and other natural forests remain intact must be a key element of the EU Green Deal, the statement added.

The organisation called on n...