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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Fri Oct 01 2010 - 14:23:04 EDT
Ministry issues statement pertaining to national reserve areas in Northern
and Southern Bahri
Asmara, 1 October 2010 - The Ministry of Land, Water and Environment has
issued a statement on the urgent implementation of 6 fundamental directives
pertaining to national reserve areas in the Northern and Southern Bahri.
The statement issued yesterday focuses on safety and protection of national
reserve areas in both regions through reinitiating guarding activities and
strengthening popular participation, and thereby preventing environmental
degradation.
It further pointed out that the utilization of natural resources in a manner
that fails to take into consideration the safety and protection of the
environment is not allowed. In this respect, the statement indicated that
any economic activities or development projects in such sites would only be
undertaken through the consultation and permit of the concerned
administrative bodies.
It went on to say that law enforcers and advocators of natural environment
who are entrusted with the task of putting into effect these directives are
duty-bound to take the necessary legal punishment against those individuals
violating the law.
Northern and Southern Bahri denotes to geographical escarpments stretching
from Central Kebesa to east of the Semhar plains in the Northern Red Sea
region.
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