Before the occupation, the total area of the Forest Foundation in the KhojaVan area was 22,428 hectares. This was told by journalists Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Vugar Kerimov, reports Trend.
Deputy Minister noted that in its biodiversity KhojaVan district – one of the most interesting in Karabakh: “For the period before the occupation in the district there were 12 relict trees – seven eastern planes and five Zelkv with the status of a natural monument, two geological and paleontological The monument (Azyh and Taghlask caves) and a particularly valuable forest area with Dzelkva trees. Azyhsky geological and paleontological monument, located 15 km from the village of Gadrut, was opened in 1960, and in 1982 – registered as a natural monument. Snapshots from the satellite testify The fact that for the occupation period in the area was destroyed by 3537.4 hectares of the forest area. “