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PROSECUTOR GENERAL OFFERS TO INSTALL GUARD STATIONS ON ALL FOREST-ADJACENT ROADS TO PREVENT CARRIAGE OF CUT TREES
ArmInfo
2010-10-06 09:58:00
ArmInfo. An extended session dedicated to illegal deforestation was
held in the Prosecutor General's Office on October 5.
As press service of Prosecutor General's Office told ArmInfo,
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan said that fighting against illegal
deforestation should not be of temporary nature and should not be
connected just with public alarms.
According to him, it is necessary to implement purposeful measures in
this issue. He instructed to send materials on all the revealed cases
of illegal deforestation to regional prosecutor offices for further
inspection and decision-making. A. Hovsepyan also offered to install
guard stations on all the forest-adjacent roads to prevent carriage of
trees cut. According to him, control in this issue should be carried
out jointly with public organizations. He said this measure will allow
to increase transparency and effectiveness of guard measures. In his
turn, deputy Prosecutor General A. Tamazyan spoke of the legislative
initiative, according to which it is scheduled to make punishment in
the area of illegal deforestation more severe and create legislative
bases to bring violators to criminal responsibility.
To note, the problem of illegal deforestation in Armenia over the
last years is one of the most topical ones. Noteworthy, cases of
deforestation become often known due to the monitoring by green
activists and members of public organizations but not by Environmental
Inspection. Ecological NGOs say trees are cut in a great quantity
and transported by lorries without state numberplates.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-10-06 09:58:00
ArmInfo. An extended session dedicated to illegal deforestation was
held in the Prosecutor General's Office on October 5.
As press service of Prosecutor General's Office told ArmInfo,
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan said that fighting against illegal
deforestation should not be of temporary nature and should not be
connected just with public alarms.
According to him, it is necessary to implement purposeful measures in
this issue. He instructed to send materials on all the revealed cases
of illegal deforestation to regional prosecutor offices for further
inspection and decision-making. A. Hovsepyan also offered to install
guard stations on all the forest-adjacent roads to prevent carriage of
trees cut. According to him, control in this issue should be carried
out jointly with public organizations. He said this measure will allow
to increase transparency and effectiveness of guard measures. In his
turn, deputy Prosecutor General A. Tamazyan spoke of the legislative
initiative, according to which it is scheduled to make punishment in
the area of illegal deforestation more severe and create legislative
bases to bring violators to criminal responsibility.
To note, the problem of illegal deforestation in Armenia over the
last years is one of the most topical ones. Noteworthy, cases of
deforestation become often known due to the monitoring by green
activists and members of public organizations but not by Environmental
Inspection. Ecological NGOs say trees are cut in a great quantity
and transported by lorries without state numberplates.
From: A. Papazian