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261 thousand hectares of our forests occupied by Armenia

18 January 2006 [03:20] - TODAY.AZ
48,8% or 592 thousand hectares of forests of our country are in the territory of Great Caucasus, 14,5% or 176 thousand hectares of Small Caucasus, 2,5% or 30 thousand hectares of Kur-Araz lowland, and 0,5% or 6 thousand hectares of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan.

As APA informs citing the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, 0.12 hectare of forest fall to share of each person in our country. 261 thousand hectares of our forests were occupied by Armenia.

It was revealed in the result of conducted researches that 450 species of trees and brushes belonging to 135 generics and 48 families grow in forests of our republic.

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