Acting Minister of Agriculture Emphasized:

Implementation of Logging Ban Initiative in Hyrcanian Forests

According to FRWO’s website, Eng. Abbas Keshavarz, Acting Minister of Agriculture Jahad who attended the 34th ceremony on technological progress in agriculture which was held with the attendance of President Rouhani , high ranking officials and entrepreneurs in agriculture sector in Iran International Conference Center on Tuesday, emphasized the importance of Hyrcanian forests as the world invaluable heritage and implementation of  logging ban initiative and added that conservation of forests must be taken seriously in the ban period.

He also emphasized the participatory mechanisms in forest and rangeland management with the wide involvement of local communities.

Acting Minister of Agriculture also elaborated the importance of soil conservation and said “soil has been neglected in recent years and reduced to a secondary issue as a result its fertility and quality has declined due to erosion. Fortunately, application of new technologies in agriculture and soil sciences is improving soil conditions”.

Acting Minister of Agriculture Jahad reiterated we stand firmly against agricultural land conversion for housing and urban development.