3,573 cases of illegal logging, transportation of timber registered in 2019
Out of these 3,573 cases, 199 of them may be criminally prosecutable. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision has registered 3,573 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber in 2019.
Out of these 3,573 cases, 199 of them may be criminally prosecutable.
16 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber were registered in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Illegal logging and transportation of timber were registered in the following regions:
- Kakheti – 1,415 cases
- Imereti – 438 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti – 422 cases
- Adjara – 372 cases
- Kvemo Kartli – 300 cases
- Shida Kartli – 211 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti – 193 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 99 cases
- Racha-Letchkhumi and Lower Svaneti – 56 cases
- Guria – 51 cases
16 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber were registered in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
In total, illegal logging and transportation of timber amounted to about 21,100 cubic metres, says the agency.
Foresting licenses will no longer be issued in Georgia per the country’s new Forest Code, said head of the Department of Biodiversity and Forest Policy of Georgia’s Ministry of Environment and Agriculture Karlo Amirgulashvili.
251 cases of illegal logging and timber transportation were recorded in between July 1-31, the Environmental Supervision Department reports.
Georgia is tightening sanctions against illegal tree felling to reduce damage to forests and encourage the sustainable development of forests in the country.
The import of timber will be exempt from value-added tax (VAT) in Georgia in order to prevent illegal tree felling in the country, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced.
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision has registered 309 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber throughout Georgia in January 2020.
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision has recorded 161 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber throughout Georgia in April 2020.
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision has recorded 155 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber throughout Georgia in May 2020. Out of 155 cases, nine of them may be criminally prosecutable, says the agency.
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision has registered 1,532 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber throughout Georgia in January-June 2020.
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision (DES) registered 4,121 cases of environmental violations throughout Georgia in January-June 2020.
2,754 cases of illegal logging, transportation of timber were recorded in 2020, says the Ministry of Environmental protection and Agriculture.
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision has recorded 210 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber throughout Georgia in April 2021.
A total of 306 cases of illegal transportation of timber were recorded across Georgia in 2022, marking a 24 percent increase over 2021, the Revenue Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.