63M AMD Damage To State Due to Illegal Forest Fellings in Tavush

ABOUT 63 MLB DRAMS DAMAGE DONE TO STATE AS A RESULT OF ILLEGAL
FELLINGS IN FORESTS OF TAVUSH IN 2005

NOYEMBERIAN, MARCH 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Facts of illegal fellings of about
3000 trees were fixed as a result of partial control in the
forestholdings of Ijevan, Artsvaberd, Sevkar and Noyemberian of the
Tavush marz in 2005. As a result of those fellings, damage of 62 mln
590 thousand drams (about 140 thousand U.S. dollars) was done to the
state. Vardan Ayvazian, the RA Minister of Nature Protection informed
the Noyan Tapan correspondent about this.

The biggest breakings were fixed in the “Forestholding of Ijevan”
company where 1188 illegal fellings were found out. The size of the
damage done to the state forest fund made 43 mln 951 thousand drams.

The RA State Department of Nature Protection found out in the marz the
last year 10 breakings of the rules on keeping the water resources as
a result of what 5 men were subjected to the administrative fine of in
total 750 thousand drams, and the activity of 2 industrial enterprises
was stopped.