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Illicit ruble in 2015, has inflicted losses of Ukraine of almost 85 million,-Khrystyna Yushkevych

In 2015 in Ukraine according to official data it was illegally cut off 24 thous. Cubes of forest. This was reported by T. V. Head of the state agency of Forest Resources Christina Yushkevych in an interview gazeta.ua.

If you speak the language of numbers, such damages can be estimated in almost UAH 85 million. As for the year 2016, only for the first six months, illicit felling increased by 36% with the corresponding period of last year, and amounted to 15.8 thous. Cubes. But frankly – these numbers are far from real. In fact, illegal deforestation in Ukraine has a larger character, she said.

At the same time, Christine Yushkevych noted that to estimate the exact percentage of illegal felling and, most importantly, overcoming this phenomenon, a complete introduction of unified electronic accounting of wood, as well as the base of statistical data of processing and needs Wood in the state.

Today there is a balance of preparation. We know that during the year forestry in the agency sector prepare almost 16 million cubes and even more – 3 million cubes – other forest users,-said T. v. Head of the department.

Press-Service of State forestry