EcoLur
Again trees are being cut down in Yerevan. People living in different quarters of Yerevan have been giving alarms. We speak about deep pruning of trees so known to all Yerevan residents, while specialists, botanists and ecologists make statements against this phenomenon. “This is a crime, as trees cannot develop normally. Strong root system is deprived of foliage, and tree nutrition balance is disturbed". (See photos). As a result, trees try to survive, but they cannot cope with imbalance, and as a result they may die,” said Anush Nersisyan, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Botany of NAS RA, PhD in Botanical Sciences. One more essential detail: the verdurous masses drastically reduce in the city which serve as a protective shield from toxic exhausts and dust.
It should be noted that ecologists time and again assumed at various meetings and events dedicated to green Yerevan the real reason for deep pruning is to free visible space for billboards having flooded Yerevan. Nevertheless, this assumption was also denied at official level time and again. The photos show tree cutting in Gyulbenkyan Street on 10 November 2009.
November 11, 2009