TO ALLEVIATE CRITICISM FROM THE INDUSTRY, THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER IS READY TO PUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BIRDS’ LIVES AT RISK
The Minister of the Environment (MoE), Tõnis Mölder, has sent to the Environmental Board (the Board) written guidelines, which aim to limit their work on the suspension of logging during the “peaceful nesting season” in spring and summer. The guidelines disregard the fact that the Board had carried out its decisions in line with the […]
24.02.2021: EMA CHALLENGES OVER 6000 FELLING PERMITS ISSUED FOR NATURE RESERVES
Yesterday (22.02.2021), the civic association Eesti Metsa Abiks (EMA) challenged the felling and deforestation permits issued by the Environmental Board (KeA) for Natura sites in the last 12 months, disputing a total of 6,345 notifications. EMA emphasizes that on the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, the people should remember how nature has always […]
