EcoLur
Under EcoLur signal alarm, the State Environmental Inspection of Nature Protection Ministry of Armenia conducted an examination. According to the official information, 124 trees have been cut down in Jermuk City Park, out of which 108 have been knocked down or damaged from hurricane. Punitive measures, 370,500 AMD, have been applied only for 16 poplars.
“Municipality’s statement, to say the least, is a lie. Only 2-3 poplars were damaged because of strong winds in Jermuk. Why was no representative from Nature Protection Ministry or an environmental NGO present during the recording of natural disaster consequences?” says one of the letters addressed to EcoLur. “It would be much better, if Mayor could explain why only 12 ha has been left out of 17 ha in the park?” another letter says.
January 28, 2011