deforestation

Fire and logging threaten Armenia’s forests

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

Despite a ban, industrial and small scale logging for firewood is still relatively commonplace, as it’s a more affordable than gas, and fires continue to ravage vast tracts of in Armenia’s forests. A number of local and international organisations are trying to fight back, to protect and restore Armenia’s forests. [Read in Armenian — Հոդվածը հայերեն կարդացեք] ‘Best case scenario, two-thirds of our forests remain’ Samvel Sarukhanyan, 67, lives in the village of Dovegh, bordering Azerbai