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are realising here what is legally
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In order to end the further destruction of forests we should
stop their exploitation from foreign companies, forced by the law t
quit their productive activities at home, which in the name of
“philanthropic” investments
ted in their countries. The Albanian lawmakers cannot keep
silent and not change the technical regulations and legal structures by
which out of the 3 456 000 m
as been destined to
industr
and
specula
.
profess
d in
e with our forests and breathe
through
city
3 volume of tall forests, 2 346 000 m 3
have been destined to fulfil the requirements of the wood industr
and 1 110 000 m3 destined to satisfy the heating needs (burning
wood); out of the 718 000 m 3 volume of medium forests, 220 00
have been selected for industrial use and 498 000 m 3 for burning
wood; all the low forests volume (376 000 m 3 ) h
ial use and burning wood.
It is the time for us to think about the revitalisation of the
forests and not their exploitation. It is an unreasonable
tive (giving way to abuses) principle to allocate to the
industry only the timbers of more than 10 cm diameter.
The exploitation of forests should cease for a period of at
least 25 years and their cutting should be limited at the maximum
The cutting of the woods should always be observed by the
ionals and according to the natural changes and physiological
requirement of the timber resources that are preliminarily specifie
the official protocols as unavoidable and necessary.
Only in this way we can liv
their filter.
Fifty years ago they have been present even inside the
while today they have moved away but still not so much, 20- 41 km
far.
We should learn from the successful experience
of the foreigners.
It would be of great interest to base the identification of Shkodra's
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