“In the first half of 2020, you should organize large-scale audits in the field of forest management. During them, give an assessment to the state authorities on the timeliness of forest management, reforestation, the legality of the disposal of forest plots, the effectiveness of control measures, ”Chaika said at a meeting on the state of legality in the field of forest management.
The Attorney General demanded that special attention be paid to observing the procedure and timing for carrying out an inventory of forests, and for setting the forest fund lands on cadastral registration.
Seagull also instructed the prosecutors to find out the circumstances of the destruction of forest stands in 2018-2019.
Earlier, the Prosecutor General of Russia discovered cases of concealment of crimes in the forest industry by local supervisory authorities.
In mid-July, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to step up the fight against illegal logging. He added at a meeting on flood management in the Irkutsk region that illegal logging “leads to waterlogging of the soil, increases the risks of flooding”.
Also, the publication “Vzglyad” reported that since the start of the “Save the Forest” campaign, over 3.5 million seedlings and seedlings have been planted in Russia as part of the Ecology national project.