Who burned the Yardimli forests of Honub?
It is possible to prevent targeted forest fires in the country.
At a time when massive wildfires in fraternal Turkey are on the agenda of the Azerbaijani media, there are reports of accidental fires in Azerbaijani forests. For example, these days there are reports of a fire in the Yardimli forests. According to the Emergencies Ministry's Crisis Management Center, the fire started on August 2 in the forest near the village of Honuba, Yardimli region.
Firefighters of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, employees of the Rescue Service of Special Risk and the Southern Regional Center, as well as employees of the Forest Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and local residents were involved in the event. firefighting. Although the fire was extinguished during the day, the forest in the area was destroyed. According to preliminary information, about 15 hectares of land are burnt out with hay, bushes, dead stumps and partially trees. It was reported that the fire was difficult to contain due to the fact that the affected forest area is located in a mountainous area with difficult terrain.
According to unconfirmed information received from local residents, a forest fire broke out in the part of the forest that the entrepreneur rented. Unfortunately, we were unable to identify the entrepreneur who leased the land. Attentive readers, probably, have not forgotten that Beta LLC once cut down a forest in Lankaran, and a criminal case was initiated against it. But the public was not informed about the final outcome of the case. According to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, young forests have been planted in the deforested areas of Lankaran. However, local residents say that a tourist site has been built in these places. Entrepreneurs usually use the forest area in this way and open tourist facilities there. According to residents, as a result of a fire in the village of Honuba, Yardimli region, all trees on an area of up to 30 hectares burned down. What the future of these areas will be is very interesting ...
In general, forest fires can be divided into three types: provocative, accidental and point fires. There are no first category forest fires in Azerbaijan, that is, in fraternal Turkey. Accidental fires usually occur due to smoking around tourist sites and on the side of the road, or from bonfires left for any purpose that cannot be insured. But you can get rid of targeted fires. Thus, targeted massacres in the forests of Lankaran, the alleged targeted fire in Yardimly and other similar places should not be transferred to any entrepreneur for other purposes. These areas should be brought under control at the ministerial level, and the forest should be fully rehabilitated in this area. Once such a practice is established, no one will spend money on causing or destroying forest fires, because the entrepreneur who inspects the area will understand that after the fire this area will not be given to him for other purposes, and he will be fined. ...
Akif