“With 20.5 billion rubles of damage determined by the federal project (“ Forest Conservation. - RT ), 14.4 billion rubles is the amount that we fix on December 1, 2019, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

According to the agency, the total area of ​​forest stands destroyed was 63.8 thousand ha, and the area of ​​reforestation was 1049.7 thousand ha.

Mikhail Kozlov, the head of the department for the protection, protection and reproduction of forests of the Federal Forestry Agency, talked about the results of the “Save the Forest” All-Russian campaign.