According to Kristina Yushkevych, the illegal forest felling inflicted Ukraine losses, amounting to more than UAH 85 mln.
The State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine (State Forest Agency) assesses losses of Ukraine from illegal forest felling for 2015 in the amount of UAH 85 mln, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“The volume of illegal felling in 2015 was 24 ths cubic meters, 34% out of which – in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The illegal felling inflicted us the losses, amounting to more than UAH 85 mln, reimbursed – UAH 4.6 mln”, - First Deputy Head of the State Forest Agency Kristina Yushkevych said during the press-conference in Kyiv on Monday.
According to her, this year it is planned to plant out forest for 32 ths ha, out of which 30 ths ha have already been planted out.
“This year we have a task – to implement a unified wood accounting system. We plan that it will work since July 1. It will make impossible the falsification of documents for illegal logging”, - K.Yushkevych adds.
In particular, the State Forest Agency will propose to implement a unified form of consignment note, which will be connected with the unified system of wood accounting, 1C accounting system and certificate of origin of forest materials. Such measures will allow to decrease the shadow turnover of wood in Ukraine.
