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Aravot: Trees stealthily cut in Teghut
09:21 * 22.07.14
Illegal tree cutting activities in Teghut (Lori region) are said to
have raised concerns among employees of the local mine and
environmentalists.
"While they used to cut the trees before our very eyes and later deny
the fact, they now do it in a very skillful way, turning the trees
into stumps and burying them under the ground to make the traces
invisible," an employee of the mine told the paper, adding that the
owner is now considering a plan for exploiting gold and uranium mines
that have been uncovered recently.
Artur Grigoryan, a lawyer and an activist of the environmental group
Saving Teghut, said he has no doubt that the mine exploiter, Valex
LLC, will decide on such a plan after numerous other violations. The
paper quotes him as saying that a US company, which recently conducted
reassessment activities in the mine, found out that it now works based
on a completely new project that hasn't even received an expert
approval.
Armenian News - Tert.am
09:21 * 22.07.14
Illegal tree cutting activities in Teghut (Lori region) are said to
have raised concerns among employees of the local mine and
environmentalists.
"While they used to cut the trees before our very eyes and later deny
the fact, they now do it in a very skillful way, turning the trees
into stumps and burying them under the ground to make the traces
invisible," an employee of the mine told the paper, adding that the
owner is now considering a plan for exploiting gold and uranium mines
that have been uncovered recently.
Artur Grigoryan, a lawyer and an activist of the environmental group
Saving Teghut, said he has no doubt that the mine exploiter, Valex
LLC, will decide on such a plan after numerous other violations. The
paper quotes him as saying that a US company, which recently conducted
reassessment activities in the mine, found out that it now works based
on a completely new project that hasn't even received an expert
approval.
Armenian News - Tert.am