210 cases of illegal logging recorded in Georgia in April 2021
In total, the State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision recorded 250 cubic meters of illegally extracted timber in April. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision has recorded 210 cases of illegal logging and transportation of timber throughout Georgia in April 2021.
Out of 210 cases, 12 of them may be criminally prosecutable, the agency says.
Illegal logging and transportation of timber were recorded in 10 regions:
- Kakheti – 55 cases;
- Imereti – 37 cases;
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti – 30 cases;
- Samtskhe-Javakheti – 26 cases;
- Shida Kartli – 17 cases;
- Kvemo Kartli – 17 cases;
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 2 cases;
- Ajara – 15 cases;
- Guria – 2 cases;
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Lower Svaneti – 9 cases.
In total, the agency recorded 250 cubic meters of illegally extracted timber in April.
The State Sub-Agency Department of Environmental Supervision (DES) registered 4,121 cases of environmental violations 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.
We are starting an uncompromising battle against the illegal usage of forests, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said at today’s cabinet meeting. Kvirikashvili said the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture is working on important changes regulating and strengthening laws that concern forests and their utilization as natural resources.