The civic initiative Ohrid SOS has raised alarm about tree felling in a strictly protected zone near the Black Drim river sources, within Galicica National Park. Published photographs show cut tree stumps and destroyed vegetation at one of the most sensitive locations in the region - directly adjacent to Sveti Naum.

The initiative demands urgent inspection oversight to determine whether illegal logging has occurred. The location carries the highest level of protection designation - and yet, someone was cutting trees right there.

The Ohrid region is under UNESCO protection. The Black Drim sources are part of Lake Ohrid ecosystem, whose biodiversity value is internationally recognized. Any disruption to this space is not merely a local issue - it is a matter for which Macedonia answers to the world.

The question is not whether someone cut trees - the photographs are clear. The question is who authorized it and why inspections failed to react sooner. In the Balkans, protected zones are often protected only on paper. Will Galicica be yet another example?