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"The future forest in your hands" 2018

 

Every March 21, the world celebrates the International Day of Forests.       The International Day of Forests or the World Day for the Protection of Forests was founded in 1971.

The initiator of this introduction was the European Confederation of Agriculture at the XXIII General Assembly in 1971. This idea was supported by the World Food and Agriculture Organization at the United Nations (FAO). In 2012, the General Assembly of the United Nations, in its resolution No. 67/200 of 21 December 2012, approved the International Day of Forests annually on March 21st.

This day is the start of the All-Ukrainian Action "The Future of the Forest in Your Hands" (hereinafter – the Promotion), which is held annually by the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine.

The purpose of the Promotion is to raise the respect for nature in the younger generation, to ensure interest in preserving forest plantations, to observe the rules of conduct in the woods, to explain to the general public the importance of creating forest plantations, to familiarize and provide the opportunity for the students of the youth, representatives of the public to participate in the creation of forests , increasing public confidence in forestry activities.

This year, foresters of Kyiv region attracted more than 2659 representatives of school youth, public associations and organizations, representatives of authorities and communities, ordinary citizens.

A large-scale public awareness campaign on the forestry industry was conducted. Forestry workers organized and participated in events that aimed to raise the careful use of forest resources, acquaintance with the basics of protection and protection of forests, preservation of the environment.

During the Promotion, state forest enterprises of the Kyiv Oblast and the city of Kyiv Kyiv forestry and hunting management provided free seedlings for activities on reforestation, planting and landscaping of children's preschool and educational institutions, as well as other objects of the social sphere.

Therefore, during the action, 67.6 hectares of forests were created, 161 study and cognitive and 96 measures for improvement of territories were created.