Cutting and planting
The Yerevan city council has assigned a specialized committee to regulate, as well as show a professionally grounded and unified approach to sanitary tree-cutting and trimming.
The committee comprises correspondents of Yerevan city council's department of environmental protection and the environmental protection program at OSCE Office in Yerevan, representatives of the RA Ministry of Nature Protection and "Orhaus" informational-analytical centers, as well as researchers and assistant researchers from Yerevan State University and the Botanical Institute.
According to the press release of the municipality, the committee has completely studied the state of trees on Zakyan and Khorenatsi streets, as well as Myasnikyan and Isakov avenues. The trees on Khorenatsi and Zakyan Streets were mainly ash-trees and were planted in the period between 1950 and 1955.
According to conclusions by professionals, the roots of those tree types are fully destroyed. There are deep hollows and notable cracks that have debilitated the growth of roots.
Ash-trees live up to a maximum of 45-50 years, but they currently live up to 50 years. Such trees are a potential danger to road accidents and human life. In order to avoid that, according to the specialized group's conclusion, a decision has been taken to cut these trees and plant new ones.
The issue of trees on Myasnikyan and Isakov avenues mainly refers to the black poplars. The trees were planted from 1955 to 1960 and, based on the specialized group's conclusions, need to be rejuvenated.
Observations have shown that black poplars have mainly outgrown. Their roots are superficial and as a result, these trees often fall down due to strong winds and cause accidents. The rejuvenation of these trees will ensure their security and raise longevity," as stated in the notice by Yerevan city council's department of information and public relations.
After project implementation, there will be 70 rejuvenated and 90 new trees in Yerevan in 2010.
