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The platform includes an interactive map displaying Forestry Guard inspections and their geographical locations. Users can select an inspection to view a summary of the checks and a report containing their results, including whether violations of the law were identified and whether fines were imposed.

Public information within the form is anonymized, meaning that the names of people who filed complaints will not be displayed, and inspection reports will not include identifying information about the companies inspected. According to the general inspector, this measure is important because some citizens hesitate to report irregularities for fear that their identities might become known.

The platform is not limited to inspections initiated following complaints. According to the Forestry Guard’s leadership, all inspections carried out by inspectors will eventually be entered into the system, regardless of whether they were prompted by citizens’ petitions or initiated by the institution itself.

At the time of the launch, however, not all inspections had been uploaded to the application. During the demonstration, Gârbacea explained that more inspections had been carried out than were visible on the map, and that some features, including those for mobile phone use, were still under development.

The environment minister stated that people who have filed complaints can request to participate in inspections carried out by forestry inspectors. The measure was not introduced through the new platform but through a decision by the general inspector that had already been in effect for several weeks.

Buzoianu explained that there had been complaints that inspectors arriving at a site did not check the exact locations indicated in the reports. According to her, the presence of petitioners can help identify the exact locations where possible illegal activities have been observed and prevent situations in which inspections are carried out in an area other than the one reported.

The environment minister also presented data on the Forestry Guard’s activity during the first six months of 2026, compared with the same period in 2025. In this period, the number of inspections increased by approximately 9–10%, while the value of the damage identified reached RON 3.85 million, compared with RON 1.34 million in the first half of last year. Buzoianu stated that these results were achieved with the same number of inspectors and the same inspection tools, noting that the difference was related to the prioritization of checks and changes in the leadership of some regional units.

The volume of illegally cut timber identified by inspectors also increased, from approximately 2,700–2,800 cubic meters in the first six months of 2025 to around 6,000 cubic meters in the same period of 2026.