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Municipality helping eliminate trees
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2012/02/25/tree
03:59 pm | February 25, 2012 | Social
"Man doesn't have the right to intervene in nature," says
agro-ecologist Meruzhan Galstyan. He assured that the several tons of
salt that the municipality has used to clean the heavy snowfall,
causes harm to both trees and small bushes.
"Whereas a couple of years ago the municipality poured salt in the
roots of the trees, that wouldn't present a serious danger, but the
accumulation of salt in the water dissolution leads to osmotic
pressure and the plant isn't able to take the necessary micro and
macro food elements," says Meruzhan Galstyan.
Galstyan says only red and black slag is useful for the trees and
calls on employees of the municipality's nature protection department
to use only those substances.
"They should use 90-95 percent of the types of slag and not mix them
together. True, salt helps melt the snow quickly, but it also damages
the roots of the trees," says the Head of the Department for
Agro-Ecology of the Armenian State Agrarian University.
Meruzhan Galstyan calls on everyone to pay more attention to the
environment and preserve the trees.
Like every year, instead of cleaning the heavy snow that fell, the
municipality administration took necessary measures by pouring salt
and sand in the city and saved that mixture for the roots of trees in
the city.
This year, according to the municipality's official data, the
municipality has used nearly 190 tons of salt and 440 cubic meters of
sand.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2012/02/25/tree
03:59 pm | February 25, 2012 | Social
"Man doesn't have the right to intervene in nature," says
agro-ecologist Meruzhan Galstyan. He assured that the several tons of
salt that the municipality has used to clean the heavy snowfall,
causes harm to both trees and small bushes.
"Whereas a couple of years ago the municipality poured salt in the
roots of the trees, that wouldn't present a serious danger, but the
accumulation of salt in the water dissolution leads to osmotic
pressure and the plant isn't able to take the necessary micro and
macro food elements," says Meruzhan Galstyan.
Galstyan says only red and black slag is useful for the trees and
calls on employees of the municipality's nature protection department
to use only those substances.
"They should use 90-95 percent of the types of slag and not mix them
together. True, salt helps melt the snow quickly, but it also damages
the roots of the trees," says the Head of the Department for
Agro-Ecology of the Armenian State Agrarian University.
Meruzhan Galstyan calls on everyone to pay more attention to the
environment and preserve the trees.
Like every year, instead of cleaning the heavy snow that fell, the
municipality administration took necessary measures by pouring salt
and sand in the city and saved that mixture for the roots of trees in
the city.
This year, according to the municipality's official data, the
municipality has used nearly 190 tons of salt and 440 cubic meters of
sand.