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Gas tariff growth to cause final elimination of woodlands in Armenia -
environmentalists
12:02 - 21.05.13
The gas tariff growth will cause the loss of woodland territories in
Armenia, which is already in bad condition, the Pan-Armenian
Environmental Front member Levon Galstyan and Nazeli Vardanyan,
chairwoman of the Armenian Forests NGO, told Tert.am.
The residents of the rural communities are using wood fuel and after
the recent growth of the gas tariff the urban population will do it
too.
`People in villages are using wood fuel for quite a long time, now
when gas tariff grows people in Yerevan will start burning wood too,'
Nazeli Vardanyan stressed.
`Only few in villages are able to heat their houses by gas and in case
of new tariff growth the 100% of the rural population will pass to it.
It is very natural as the Armenian people do not have the necessary
income,' Levon Galstyan said.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2011
the woodland in Armenia made 8%. Later the figure was reviewed and
became 11% which is the figure of 1991.
`Now it is impossible. According to my calculation it makes 6-7% at
best. So many trees were cut and have not been planted. Hayantar is
planting trees only by grants. Our organization has planted 740
hectares but it is nothing, it is like a drop in the sea as only in
2003 the amount of logged wood made 3 million, in case when only
50,000 cubic meters were allowed. How much is it necessary to plant to
turn it back into forest?' she asked.
Vardanyan stressed that currently 500,000 cubic meters of illegal
cutting takes place.
Levon Galstyan drew the attention to the recent map made by Chartsbin
international environment protection organization, according to which
the woodland in Armenia makes 9.3%.
Nazeli Vardanyan said the tree planting organized on the sidelines of
different initiatives does not give anything. `It is not the matter of
planting only, it is also about taking care of it. Wood is like a
child, you should take care of it for 5-6 years, water it,' the
environmentalist said.
Pan-Armenian Environment Protection Front head has posted a call in
his Facebook page saying that the gas tariff growth is one of the
resolute and noticeable steps aimed at making people leave Armenia.
The call urges to boycott and stop using gas for a month, hitting the
weakest place of the slave owners - pouch
.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/21/forest-fuel/
environmentalists
12:02 - 21.05.13
The gas tariff growth will cause the loss of woodland territories in
Armenia, which is already in bad condition, the Pan-Armenian
Environmental Front member Levon Galstyan and Nazeli Vardanyan,
chairwoman of the Armenian Forests NGO, told Tert.am.
The residents of the rural communities are using wood fuel and after
the recent growth of the gas tariff the urban population will do it
too.
`People in villages are using wood fuel for quite a long time, now
when gas tariff grows people in Yerevan will start burning wood too,'
Nazeli Vardanyan stressed.
`Only few in villages are able to heat their houses by gas and in case
of new tariff growth the 100% of the rural population will pass to it.
It is very natural as the Armenian people do not have the necessary
income,' Levon Galstyan said.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2011
the woodland in Armenia made 8%. Later the figure was reviewed and
became 11% which is the figure of 1991.
`Now it is impossible. According to my calculation it makes 6-7% at
best. So many trees were cut and have not been planted. Hayantar is
planting trees only by grants. Our organization has planted 740
hectares but it is nothing, it is like a drop in the sea as only in
2003 the amount of logged wood made 3 million, in case when only
50,000 cubic meters were allowed. How much is it necessary to plant to
turn it back into forest?' she asked.
Vardanyan stressed that currently 500,000 cubic meters of illegal
cutting takes place.
Levon Galstyan drew the attention to the recent map made by Chartsbin
international environment protection organization, according to which
the woodland in Armenia makes 9.3%.
Nazeli Vardanyan said the tree planting organized on the sidelines of
different initiatives does not give anything. `It is not the matter of
planting only, it is also about taking care of it. Wood is like a
child, you should take care of it for 5-6 years, water it,' the
environmentalist said.
Pan-Armenian Environment Protection Front head has posted a call in
his Facebook page saying that the gas tariff growth is one of the
resolute and noticeable steps aimed at making people leave Armenia.
The call urges to boycott and stop using gas for a month, hitting the
weakest place of the slave owners - pouch
.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/21/forest-fuel/