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“Amendments to Forest Code have obviously been made for the purpose of permitting site development so as to legalize the objects of certain people already constructed in the forests and to continue site development in forest-covered areas,” said Levon Galstyan, Coordinator of Pan-Armenian Environmental Front at “Sustainable Forest Management as Integral Part of Climate Policy” round table held at EcoLur Press Club. Levon Galstyan outlined that nothing will be left from forest, if site development in the forest in permitted, “The situation is the following: even if a small object is constructed in the forest, a road is laid and additional permit is issued for taking out trees with heavy machinery, it leads to elimination of 50% of trees in 2 years.” Levon Galstyan offered to withdraw the concept of industrial forests from Forest Code, as Armenia doesn’t have any forests of industrial significance, as well as he proposed to lay down the procedure of use and conservation of forests of special significance in the legislation.
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The material is prepared by 'EcoLur' Informational NGO under “Armenia’s First Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC” UNDP-GEF/00079327” project.
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May 02, 2016 at 15:55