{"id":18718,"date":"2021-08-12T18:32:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=18718"},"modified":"2021-08-12T18:32:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:32:31","slug":"albania-spends-e1-million-per-year-to-rescue-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-spends-e1-million-per-year-to-rescue-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania spends \u20ac1 million per year to rescue forests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 53% of the country&#8217;s surface is covered with forests and pastures, but the attention towards these natural resources has been low.<\/p>\n<p>Official data show that from 1998 to 2019 the state budget has invested in the maintenance and enlarged the forest fund to an annual average of \u20ac1 million.<\/p>\n<p>But human errors and fires have reduced forest areas, since 2015 by about 1000 hectares, while the blaze of the past 3 weeks has aggravated the situation even further. Expert Mihallaq Qirjo predicts the recovery to take at least 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>In the short term, the fund for forest management is expected to increase. The emergency fund will also be larger.<\/p>\n<p>For next year, the government will allocate 1.6 billion Albanian Lek, about 500 million more than this year, but this fund is only implemented during natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that long-term strategies are needed to preserve the environment and biodiversity, as the risk of disasters will be even greater due to Albania\u2019s high chances of experiencing disasters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A study by the Regional Environmental Center shows that the politicization of the forest service has created a non-professional administration to manage this natural resource.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 53% of the country&#8217;s surface is covered with forests and pastures, but the attention towards these natural resources has been low. 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