Panorama.am

18:09 24/05/2008

NATURE: FORESTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED

The most valuable types of trees remained in Armenia
are beech tree and oak tree. These are the trees which
are illegally cut down, said Karen Afrikyan, the
coordinator of -Armenian Trees- NGO to the Panorama.am
reporter.

According to him the rural inhabitants are not aware
of the fact that the current types of trees are of
great importance for the protection of forests. -It
does not matter what tress the villager cuts down.
They pay attention on how well they burn. But the main
threat comes from the oligarchs who cut down the most
valuable trees,- he said.

According to K. Afrikyan now some activities are taken
to protect the forests and the trees by making some
gates but the local people complained as they have
animals who get feed from those territories.

Source: Panorama.am