The Crimean ecologists consider that the proposal to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko of the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Crimea autonomous republic Anatoly Hrytsenko to remove 800 hectare of land for investment projects from the mountain-forest reserve is irresponsible.
Andrey Artov deputy representative of Crimean association “Ecology and World” told today at the press conference in Simferopol.
“Such statement of the first officials of the power of the Crimea autonomous republic is irresponsible,” the ecologist said. At the same time he noted that investments should not be an end in itself, they should be “instrument” for solving social and ecological problems.
According to Artov, the reserve became today a “titbit” for some officials who aspire to make money selling land on the south coast of Crimea. Sale of Crimean lands can lead to destruction of Crimea.
Crimean ecologists demand from the Minister council of Crimea to submit results on boundary of Yalta reserve and to forward agreement to the President of Ukraine.
Moreover, ecologists demand to allocate funds for work completion of boundary set of objects of natural-reserved fund of Crimea that has state significance.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Crimea Anatoly Hrytsenko proposed the President to remove 800 hectare from the reserve. According to Hrytsenko, Yalta and villages of the south coast of Crimea don’t have possibility to realize big investment projects because of lack of free lands. The speaker offered to solve this problem through reduction of area of Yalta reserve. According to Hrytsenko, free land areas can be sold by open auctions.
