ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTION DIDN’T SEE NEWLY CUT TREES IN AZAT GORGE

ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTION DIDN’T SEE NEWLY CUT TREES IN AZAT GORGE

EcoLur

The State Environmental Inspection of Nature Protection Ministry has conducted an examination on the tree felling in Azat Gorge based on alarms raised. The State Environmental Inspection Acting Head Marzpes Qamalyan’s letter addressed to EcoLur particularly says:  “In a distance of 200-250 meters from Hatsavan pump station located in Azat Gorge we have detected previously cut down stubs and one walnut tree with its top cut down. This territory is included in the administrative territory of Garni community, and the land area of 0,33 ha is privatized.”

February 16, 2011