Logging Moratorium: the Minister Responded to Criticism
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The Minister responsible for the living environment responded to criticism of the end of the logging moratorium at the end of September.
The long-term contracts with biomass power plants signed under the previous government limit the current cabinet's room for maneuver, the minister said.
Finally, László Gajdos has spoken out on the issue of forests. In recent weeks, there has been a lot of controversy over the ministry's failure to extend the logging moratorium on protected state forests that expired on September 30th, and for not providing a clear explanation for its decision. Now, at least, the reasons have become known, and the Ministry of Environment is promising a gradual transition and an action plan.
Logging will remain prohibited in 35 percent of 1,441 protected forest areas. The post László Gajdos says one million families could be in crisis if the logging moratorium is maintained first appeared on 24.hu.
According to László Gajdos, maintaining the logging moratorium would endanger the supply of around 1.5 million households that rely on wood for heating. The minister responsible for the living environment believes that up to one million families could be in a crisis situation if logging were to cease. According to his statement, the ban will remain in force in several protected forest areas and in state forests older than 120 years with a high d…
According to the Minister responsible for the living environment, anyone who demands the moratorium to be extended in the current situation must agree to tell one and a half million people that they will not have anything to heat their homes in the winter.
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