4,121 cases of environmental violations recorded in Georgia in Jan-June 2020
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision (DES) says that most of the violations are related to the pollution of the environment. The employees of the agency recorded 1,002 violations of the Waste Management code. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision (DES) registered 4,121 cases of environmental violations throughout Georgia in January-June 2020.
Out of 4,121 cases, 224 of them may be criminally prosecutable, says the agency.
DES says that most of the violations are related to the pollution of the environment. The employees of the agency recorded 1,002 violations of the Waste Management code.
DES has registered 1,532 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber throughout Georgia during the first six months of 2020.
Out of 4,121 violations, 290 were related to illegal fishing and hunting.
DES reports that most of the environmental violations (1,047) were registered in the Ajara region, while 248 violations were registered in the capital Tbilisi in January-June 2020.
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 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 3,573 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber in 2019.
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.
Illegal forest felling, waste management violations and breaches of laws on minerals were among environmental infringements identified by state supervision across Georgia over the past year, the Environmental Protection Ministry said on Friday.
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.