A few days before a moratorium against deforestation entered in effect,
the forest area Gemernj-Shelegur in Erseka was given to a private firm
to exploit the lumber. Residents asked the government to intervene and
stop the massacre, but the firm continued its legal operation and no
state structure was able to stop them.
After Top Channel’s “Fiks Fare” denounced the environmental massacre, the MP of Korce, Arta Dade, sent the video footage to the Prosecution General for an investigation. Dade accused the company and the Ministry of Environment officials who did not intervene.
The MP added that the Mayors who will administer forests cannot stay indifferent but they should act and defend the law. Dade was skeptical about the implementation of the moratorium.
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