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Ecology | 28.04.06 | 16:00

Disappearing forests: Illegal trade in lumber at root of Armenia’s tree loss

By Arpi Harutyunyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Armenia's forests and urban green spaces barely survived the energy crisis of the early 1990s. Fifteen years later the nation’s forests are again under threat, this time from illegal logging, corruption and the lucrative trade in lumber.

Non Governmental Organizations engaged in environmental problems say that while focus was centered on damage from the energy crisis (1992-93), greater damage has been done to the forests of Armenia since a market for lumber emerged afterwards.

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