Belarusian officials start violating environmental laws more often

25 июля 2022
If 305 officials were prosecuted for violations of environmental legislation in 2021, in 2022 their number is already 601, almost twice as many. The head of the State Inspectorate for the protection of fauna and flora in the explained the increase of violations.

"We identify violations by officials who commit these offenses. Accordingly, in order to exclude these violations, first of all, we draw the attention of managers to bring order in the forestry sector, since the protection of the forest fund is also within their competence," commented Yuri Tertel.