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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
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