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PEASANTS WILL NOT GO TO THE FOREST
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[06:58 pm] 18 October, 2006
The new borders of national park "Dilijan" may create problems for
the nearby villages. In November the new plan of management of the
park will be sent to the Government for ratification. As a result of
metering carried out within the framework of the program "Management
of natural resources and combat against poverty" realized by the
World Bank, national park "Dilijan" will have an area of 36 thousand
hectares instead of 28.
Manager of the park Ashot Davtyan says that they have not yet had
arguments over the territory of the park with the nearby villages.
"We don't have problems with the communities. Those areas which have
forests will be given to us and those which don't will be given to
the community", he said.
Nevertheless, the problem of pastures has not yet been solved. The
peasants have a problem of lack of pastures. One of the residents of
village Gosh considered it impossible to forbid the peasants to go
to the forest. "If the forest is 100 meters away from our house, how
can I avoid going there? After all, the forests serve us too", he said.
Ashot Davtyan himself thinks that a balanced variant of solving
the problem must be found in order to protect both the park and
the peasants.
Let us remind you that in 2002 the Dilijan reserve changed its
54-year-old status and became a national park according to the decision
of the Government.
A1+
[06:58 pm] 18 October, 2006
The new borders of national park "Dilijan" may create problems for
the nearby villages. In November the new plan of management of the
park will be sent to the Government for ratification. As a result of
metering carried out within the framework of the program "Management
of natural resources and combat against poverty" realized by the
World Bank, national park "Dilijan" will have an area of 36 thousand
hectares instead of 28.
Manager of the park Ashot Davtyan says that they have not yet had
arguments over the territory of the park with the nearby villages.
"We don't have problems with the communities. Those areas which have
forests will be given to us and those which don't will be given to
the community", he said.
Nevertheless, the problem of pastures has not yet been solved. The
peasants have a problem of lack of pastures. One of the residents of
village Gosh considered it impossible to forbid the peasants to go
to the forest. "If the forest is 100 meters away from our house, how
can I avoid going there? After all, the forests serve us too", he said.
Ashot Davtyan himself thinks that a balanced variant of solving
the problem must be found in order to protect both the park and
the peasants.
Let us remind you that in 2002 the Dilijan reserve changed its
54-year-old status and became a national park according to the decision
of the Government.