On behalf of the First Vice-Governor of the Primorsky Territory Sergey Sidorov Forestry Department of review reasonableness thinning of mature and old growth stands in the Bikin River Valley in Primorye . Recall that on 12 March, the inhabitants of the village of Krasny Yar National appealed to the gathering to President Vladimir Putin Putin to request to stop logging in the Bikin .
Here\’s a snippet appeal to the President, adopted people at the gathering:
«Now with the licensing documents are logging in floodplains Bikin River in its middle reaches of the border with the kernel production zone. On the section of cedar-broadleaf forest, which never were cutting, and even there is no reason for them. And now with permits for the firewood is cut down, cut with the whip assortments Mongolian oak timber for sale to the Chinese. Oak — now the most valuable species for loggers. Healthy mature trees are cut for firewood allegedly — half-meter diameter! And driven by the taiga 200 km border with China.
This part of the forest is leased to our indigenous communities «Tiger», we pay for the rent of the forest fund and protect it from fire. Prepared by the community development project of the forest fund, approved by the Forestry Department, no logging is not planned. Meanwhile, permits for felling Awarded to neighboring municipal district, without any notice to the community. The residents of the village of Krasny Yar, home to members of the community, in this winter can not get permission for firewood even in places where they can be harvested. »
Forest Department of the Primorsky Territory found that the cutting of forest plantations in Pozharsky district conducted in quarter 68 Sable district forestry Upper Perevalninskogo forest under permits issued by the Upper Perevalninskim branch KGKU «Primorsk forest» for its own needs of citizens in the timber.
In accordance with the forest management regulation Upper Perevalninskogo forestry specified block is not related to the walnut-fishing zone. It belongs to the protective forests, but the Forest Code of the Russian Federation, forestry regulations Upper Perevalninskogo forestry and logging rules, approved by the Order of the Federal Forestry Agency in that quarter allowed felling of forest plantations for own needs of citizens (firewood under contracts of sale of forest plantations quarter 68 Sable district forestry).
Experts emphasize that the finding of a violation in the audit will take appropriate measures.