Up to 10,000 trees of species listed in Georgia’s Red List, a registry of vulnerable species, will be uprooted for the construction of a wind power plant in the Imereti region of western Georgia. The government decree released in July stated that the company is required to pay compensation and conduct ‘restoration works’. According to the 9 July decree, the 9,688 trees to be removed belong to three species: 7,533 sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa …
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.