Moldovan authorities warn vegetation's burning harms environment, to be sanctioned
13:23 | 11.03.2023 Category: Social
Chisinau, 11 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Environment Ministry has warned residents about the ban of the burning of leaves and vegetal remains, which is a frequent process in spring, when the farmlands are prepared for a new agricultural year.
„We recommend the observance of the legal provisions as regards the burning of dry vegetation and the use of ecological alternatives, such as the recycling of waste and composting,’’ the central environment authority said. According to ecologists, the burning of dry vegetation and vegetal remains is strictly banned, if it is not imposed as a measure of phyto-sanitary quarantine, in order to prevent the spread of diseases or specific pests.
The non-observance of the legal provisions entails the enforcement of contraventional or even criminal sanctions, Thus, a fine worth from 3,000 lei to 4,500 lei for private people and from 12,000 lei to 15,000 lei for legal entities is envisaged for the burning of vegetal remains of any origin in open field, under the Contraventional Code of Moldova.
Also, the large-scale destruction or deterioration of forest massifs in the wake of imprudent use of fire or other sources of enhanced danger is punished, under the Criminal Code of Moldova, with fine worth from 27,500 lei up to 47,500 lei or imprisonment up to 3 years for private people and from 100,000 lei to 200,000 lei for legal entities, with the deprivation of the right to exercise a certain activity.
The same article from the Criminal Code stipulates that the deliberate destruction or deterioration of forest massifs in proportions exceeding 500 conventional units is punished with fine worth from 32,500 lei to 67,500 lei, with non-remunerated labour for the benefit of the community from 180 to 240 hours or imprisonment from 3 to 7 years for private people; legal entities receive fine worth from 200,000 lei up to 350,000 lei, with the deprivation of the right to exercise a certain activity.
Photo: Environment Ministry
