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    PEASANTS WILL NOT GO TO THE FOREST

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    [06:58 pm] 18 October, 2006

    The new borders of national park "Dilijan" may create problems for
    the nearby villages. In November the new plan of management of the
    park will be sent to the Government for ratification. As a result of
    metering carried out within the framework of the program "Management
    of natural resources and combat against poverty" realized by the
    World Bank, national park "Dilijan" will have an area of 36 thousand
    hectares instead of 28.

    Manager of the park Ashot Davtyan says that they have not yet had
    arguments over the territory of the park with the nearby villages.

    "We don't have problems with the communities. Those areas which have
    forests will be given to us and those which don't will be given to
    the community", he said.

    Nevertheless, the problem of pastures has not yet been solved. The
    peasants have a problem of lack of pastures. One of the residents of
    village Gosh considered it impossible to forbid the peasants to go
    to the forest. "If the forest is 100 meters away from our house, how
    can I avoid going there? After all, the forests serve us too", he said.

    Ashot Davtyan himself thinks that a balanced variant of solving
    the problem must be found in order to protect both the park and
    the peasants.

    Let us remind you that in 2002 the Dilijan reserve changed its
    54-year-old status and became a national park according to the decision
    of the Government.
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