Sanitation campaign to take place in woods of Moldova

Chisinau, 20 March /MOLDPRES/ -   A Wood is Worth being Known – Clean and Cared is the title of a sanitation and arrangement campaign, launched by the Moldsilva forestry agency today and which will last till late March.    

„After the winter season, woods are in a precarious state, especially the ones adjacent to communication ways, nearby settlements or sectors meant for recreation in the forest fund. The deterioration or destruction of information and anti-fire panels, following works of cleaning snow or vandalism actions, the lack of posters on the observance of sanitary and behavior norms in woods, inappropriate arrangement of halts places in areas preferred by tourists impose the initiation of measures of re-establishing/prevention and re-arrangement of the forest fund,” a Moldsilva press officer, Mariana Bujag, has said.        

Besides works of cleaning woods, agency’s employees will also carry out actions of raising residents’ awareness about the need to maintain order in woods and ensure a clean and cared aspect of the green areas.    

The campaign, A Wood is Worth being Known – Clean and Cared, will be organized in all entities subordinated to the Moldsilva Agency.

There are more than 400,000 hectares of woods in Moldova. Most of them are managed by the Moldsilva Agency and the rest - by the local authorities and three per cent are in private property. Woods occupy an area of about 13 per cent of Moldova’s territory.