The FFA has denied the information on transfer to China 1 million ha of forest under logging

The FFA has denied the information on transfer to China 1 million ha of forest under logging

Federal Agency of forestry commented on the information regarding the transmission of 1 ha of the taiga in the Amur region to the Chinese procurement companies that appeared in some media with reference to the environmental Prosecutor's office. As reported, under the cutting allegedly hit more than half of the state forest Fund of the region, which, in turn, threatens the disappearance of forests.

"Information, to put it mildly, exaggerated, or rather, does not correspond to reality, - said the head of the press service of the Federal forestry Agency Vladimir Dmitriev. - Total area of forest land is 30.5 million hectares of forested land amounts to 22.8 million hectares In rent for the various uses of transferred less than 20% of the forests of the Amur region. The annual volume of timber is less than 2 million cubic meters. Now the region produces less than 12% of possible amounts".

As explained by the representative of the Ministry, the cooperation between Russia and China in the sphere of forestry is carried out in the framework of implementation of priority investment projects. Thus, companies from China play the role of investors willing to invest in building processing plants in Russia. "In the framework of cooperation of the forest departments of the Russian Federation and people's Republic of China is a permanent working group, which considers issues of cooperation in the field of forest fire protection, reproduction of forest resources, protection of forests from insect pests and diseases of forest law enforcement and governance in the forest sector, scientific research. Any negotiations regarding transfer of 1 million hectares of Chinese logging companies, the forest service has not conducted", - said Vladimir Dmitriev.


Source: news Agency "GreenPress" 22.01.13.
Translated by «Yandex.Translator»

Edited admin (July 31, 2013 12:03:04)