MENR: More than 54 thousand hectares of forest fund destroyed in liberated territories from occupation

MENR: More than 54 thousand hectares of forest fund destroyed in liberated territories from occupation
# 18 May 2021 17:22 (UTC +04:00)

“During the war, as a result of bombs inflicted in the forest territories of Barda, Aghjabadi, Dashkasan regions, forest funds were severely damaged,” said deputy head of Forest Development Service of MENR Mehman Safarov at the program “Expert hour”, APA reports.

He noted that as a result of bombings forest fires broke out: “As a result of service employees’ efforts, those fires were localized on time. More than 54 thousand hectares of forest fund were destroyed in the liberated territories from the occupation. Currently, works on the calculation of damage are underway.”

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