The Ecopatrol service of the Ministry of Environment revealed another illegal case of deforestation.
On the basis of the operational information received, the officers of the Eco-Patrol Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Tavush Marz Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs found a large number of cut ash trees and other types of trees, cut tree stumps, in the first and second reserves of the Achajri Forest State of the "Sevkar Forestry" branch of the "Hayantar" SNCՕ, then in the village of Achajur. 15 coal pits operated in the adjacent area and 68.6 cubic meters of ash and other types of timber accumulated near these coal pits, 82 bags of charcoal.
Documents certifying the legality of the discovered timber, as well as the activity of the coal mines, were generally not available.
It will be possible to present the amount of initial damage caused to the state on the basis of the protocol prepared by the regional department of the Ukrainian National Economic and Social Committee Tavush.
The prepared materials were transferred to the Investigative Committee's Tavush Regional Investigative Department.
Let's remind that during the last 3 days, this is the second case of exploitation of coal wells and the discovery of a large number of cut timber in Tavush marz by eco-patrol service employees.