Ortega: Minamb have special presence in degraded forests


Caracas, Jun. 05 ABN .- In order to support the state Environmental Directorates in the work of recovery of damaged forests and areas contaminated by mining activities, the Ministry of People's Power for the Environment (Minamb) will have a special presence in the Amazonas, Bolivar and Delta Amacuro.

This was announced the head of the Environmental Yuvirí Ortega, who said that this activity will be present in the environmental tax, which shall take appropriate measures to the case.

In that regard, thanked the support and collaboration of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) in the efforts being made on environmental issues.

'I will initiate the first outpost. Then the ministers and other officials Minamb appeared in these states, all these to restore our forests, "he said.

In this regard, Ortega reported that President Hugo Chávez, has recently approved four million 467 thousand 162 bolivares strengths for the development of National Forest Inventory.

With this inventory, which will run later this year will be known in a precise, objective, scientific and weather, the diversity of forest species across the nation.

This project will be coordinated by the Directorate General of Forests Minamb.

For its part, the director general of the Forest People's Power Ministry for the Environment (Minamb), Leonardo Lugo, noted that with the implementation of this project will generate over 200 direct jobs and will relaunch the forestry sector in the country. For the same recruit a group of professionals in environmental matters, primarily from the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV) and the Environmental School of Forestry, University of the Andes.

"The most important is that the national government, through its environmental policy, takes a step forward in respect of the international environment," he said.

Lugo to take a project like this, your total investment is around 15 million bolivares strong, is very significant since so few countries do.

"In everything that is part of North America, Central and South America, only Mexico and Argentina have the inventory, the other countries have not dealt with the same magnitude. In the recent history of OUR country no government had taken over the Fourth of that commitment, "he said.

With the National Forest Inventory will provide further figures on a scientific and technical area of annual deforestation in the country, and it will reveal the dynamics of the vegetation, said the official.

Moreover, he noted that in recent years have been great strides in environmental matters, the adoption of the Law on Forests and Forest Management which determines the duties and rights of citizens in favor of forest resources.

In this Act involving the ministries of the People's Power for Science and Technology, including promotion and research in the forestry sector; and Agriculture Organization of the Earth, in the promotion and strengthening of forest plantations; for Environment, for the center and management of forest resources.

Venezuela has 12 forest reserves, an area that reaches 12 million hectares. In the west are Ticoporo and Caparo, Barinas, San Camilo, Apure in; Tocuyo River in Yaracuy and Turén in Portuguese; Imataca.

In the eastern (Bolivar, Amazonas and Delta Amacuro) are Imataca, San Pedro, La Paragua, Caura, Dorado, and Sipapo Tuneremo.