Elusive "black loggers" visit the "Lany" tract in Ivano-Frankivsk region every month

Elusive "black loggers" visit the "Lany" tract in Ivano-Frankivsk region every month shutterstock

Anna Velyka

Environmentalists only note violations, and criminals continue to cut down

In the tract "Lana" outside the village. Trostyanets of Dolyna City Council, Kaluska District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, eco-inspectors recorded repeated illegal felling of trees.

This was reported by the State Environmental Inspection (DEI) of the Carpathian District.

Specialists said that they had already discovered the consequences of the work of "black loggers" in this tract at the beginning of September. Then the violators demolished 57 raw-growing trees of various species. The estimated damage to the environment was 1 million 323 thousand 630 hryvnias.

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Photo: State Ecological Inspection of the Carpathian District.

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Photo: State Ecological Inspection of the Carpathian District.

This time, the attackers cut down 66 trees of various species. The inspectors estimated that the damage caused by them to the surrounding natural environment amounted to 1 million 482 thousand 817 hryvnias. Environmental protection officers sent the inspection materials to the police and the prosecutor's office.

EcoPolitic already talked about meager fines of 510 hryvnias , which must be paid by the employees of the "Northern Pushcha" chipboard company for the transportation of wood without any documents. Also, the other day we wrote about the NGL.media publication's investigation into the state of the Carpathian forests. Journalists claim that since 2004 Ukrainian The Carpathians were lost due to illegal felling of 161 thousand hectares of forest, which is almost 10% of the entire forest cover.

If you are interested in the topic of illegal logging, we recommend that you also familiarize yourself with TOP-7 of the loudest cases regarding deforestation for October 3-9.

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