(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. The Azerbaijani
working group on environmental issues of the Interdepartmental
Center, operating under the Coordination Headquarters established
for the centralized solution of issues in liberated territories,
held a meeting in Lachin city, trend reports.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the relevant
state structures included in the working group, the special
representative office of the President of Azerbaijan in the
Gubadli, Jabrayil, and Zangilan districts of the East Zangazur
Economic Region, the special representative office of the President
of Azerbaijan in the liberated territories of the Karabakh Economic
Region (except Shusha district), Shusha City State Reserve
Department, and employees of the Restoration, Construction and
Management Service in the Karabakh Economic Region.
Opening the meeting, the Working Group Head, Deputy Minister of
Ecology and Natural Resources Firdovsi Aliyev said that the action
plan of the 'I State Program on the 'Great Return' to the liberated
territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan' determined the Ministry
of Ecology and Natural Resources as the main executive body for 16
events and one of the executive bodies for 25 events.
It was noted that, in accordance with the soil and climatic
conditions of the liberated lands, more than 46,000 tree seedlings
were planted on an area of about 66 hectares, work was carried
out to install 11 automatic hydrological stations on 10 rivers to
assess surface water resources, and an automatic
agro-meteorological station was installed in Zangilan district on
the territory of the 'smart village' Aghali.
In order to restore the ecosystem in the territories liberated
from occupation, along with measures to restore forests, create new
green areas, and restore infrastructure in specially protected
natural areas, projects are being implemented to reintroduce fauna
species. To this end, on October 19-20, 2022, an event was held to
release 33 gazelles into the territory of the Jabrayil
district.
Besides, 408,000 brook trout and carp fry (white and silver
carps) were released into the Basitchay, Hakarichay, Bargushad, and
Kondalanchay rivers flowing through the territory of Zangilan,
Gubadli, and Fuzuli districts, and 400,000 - into the Sugovushan
and Khachinchay reservoirs.
The ministry envisages the permanent implementation of projects
for reintroducing and enhancing aquatic biological resources.
At the meeting, general information was provided on the results
of biological, radioecological, and microbiological monitoring
conducted by research institutes operating under the Azerbaijan
National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), including the biological
diversity, flora and fauna of the Lachin district, and species
listed in the Red Book of Azerbaijan.
Additionally, the event participants were informed about the
work on monitoring, inspection and evaluation of mineral reserves
in the liberated territories, including 40 mineral deposits in the
Lachin district, the reserves of which have been confirmed in the
appropriate manner.
Information was also provided on the work done in the field of
environmental impact assessment of projects implemented in the
liberated territories, work in the field of agriculture, and solid
domestic waste management.
In conclusion, the environmental situation in the Lachin
district was discussed, and an exchange of views took place on the
upcoming measures in this field.