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HOW TO PREVENT DEFORESTATION?
A1 Plus | 19:44:56 | 17-05-2004 | Social |
A five-day practical seminar for 12 journalists started Monday
in Caucasus Media Institute. The seminar is focused on covering
environmental problems.
Karine Danelyan, the chair of For the Sake of Stable Development
association, finds Armenian laws not so bad saying it would be very
well if we can observe the existing laws.
Armenia's top environmental concern is Sevan Lake and the country's
second biggest worry is deforestation. Armenian Environment Ministry
says areas covered with forests make 11,2 percent of the republic's
territory. Environmentalists say only 7-8 percent. It means 0,1
hectare of green area per capo.
Armenia's Forests organisation chair Nazeli Vardanyan says it is 2,7
times less comparing with other countries.
A decade ago deforestation was due to energetic crisis and used as
fuel to heat homes, now forests are being cut for woodworking needs
and other purposes and even exported.
Customs Service says 80,000 cubic meters woods were exported to Turkey,
France, Germany, Italy and Iran last year.
Besides, illegal cutting is widespread in Armenia. Environment Ministry
says 700,000 cubic meters has been illegally cut last year.
Nazeli Vardanyan thinks woods should be imported in the republic
instead of exporting.
A1 Plus | 19:44:56 | 17-05-2004 | Social |
A five-day practical seminar for 12 journalists started Monday
in Caucasus Media Institute. The seminar is focused on covering
environmental problems.
Karine Danelyan, the chair of For the Sake of Stable Development
association, finds Armenian laws not so bad saying it would be very
well if we can observe the existing laws.
Armenia's top environmental concern is Sevan Lake and the country's
second biggest worry is deforestation. Armenian Environment Ministry
says areas covered with forests make 11,2 percent of the republic's
territory. Environmentalists say only 7-8 percent. It means 0,1
hectare of green area per capo.
Armenia's Forests organisation chair Nazeli Vardanyan says it is 2,7
times less comparing with other countries.
A decade ago deforestation was due to energetic crisis and used as
fuel to heat homes, now forests are being cut for woodworking needs
and other purposes and even exported.
Customs Service says 80,000 cubic meters woods were exported to Turkey,
France, Germany, Italy and Iran last year.
Besides, illegal cutting is widespread in Armenia. Environment Ministry
says 700,000 cubic meters has been illegally cut last year.
Nazeli Vardanyan thinks woods should be imported in the republic
instead of exporting.