Ministry of Natural Resources is preparing a proposal to tighten orders for the manufacture of spare parts – Russia |
September 5th. Interfax-Russia.ru – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology will soon present its proposals for tougher equipment to protect against tigers, said the head of the department, Alexander Kozlov.
“We are now looking at an increase,” Kozlov said. journalists at the II International Forum on the Conservation of the Tiger, answering the question of Interfax about whether it is necessary to toughen the punishment for poachers.
In addition, it is necessary to fight hard against poachers, who sometimes hunt wild boars, deer, roe deer, which are the food base for tigers (a wild cat eats up to 40 individuals per month).
“And in this part, tougher legislation is required,” the minister said.
In addition, illegal clearcutting of forests, in particular cedars, deprives wild boars of food and thus reduces the tiger’s habitat.
Speaking at the plenary meeting of the tiger forum, the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources noted that in the countries of the range of the tiger there is a punishment for being rare against a predator – on average, this is punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to ten years, but this is not enough.
“This is not enough.
He also said that by the end of the year control over the turnover of pine nuts will also be introduced.
“It will be included in the list of important issues related to goods and resources.