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Virtual petition on the website petitions.lt created on Tuesday. It was signed by more than 600 people at noon on Wednesday.
It states that after the end of the reign of the Lithuanian Union of Greens and Peasants, the destruction of Lithuanian nature was expected to finally come to an end.
But when the Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania, a partner of its coalition, has publicly declared that it wants the portfolio of the Ministry of the Environment and intends to delegate Seimas member Simon Gentvilas to the ministers, we are very concerned about protesting against the Lithuanian forests, especially in protected areas. “, – refers to the virtual request.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Andrejus Gaidamavičius
He says there may be areas that can be liberalized, but nature conservation is already too liberal: protected areas intersect at the same level as unprotected protected species of European importance, with maximum hunting quotas and minimal environmental control.
It is claimed that the public statements of S. Gentvilas, the Liberal Movement candidate for Minister of the Environment, hear that Lithuanian forests are cut down too weakly, that one of the most valuable forests in Europe, Punia heath, does not need reserve status and additional logging restrictions. , – unacceptable.
Raimundo Eremino nuotr./Punios sengirė
The author of the petition, A. Gaidamavičius, points out that evaluations of party programs show that the Liberal Movement denies the problem of biodiversity loss, although the opposite is obviously true.
It is highlighted that the European Commission, by encouraging Member States to implement the Green Course, is paying particular attention to the rapid loss of biodiversity and natural habitats.
Thus, the question arises whether the Liberal Movement and its proposed candidate for the post of Minister of the Environment live in the same reality as the majority of society, which sees the destruction of the country’s landscape and wildlife on a daily basis. . Almost 7,000 ha of reserves were allowed to be logged during the last Seimas period alone. Even more forests from regional and national parks have been turned into plains. To stop the destruction of protected areas, many variants of the amendment to the Forest Law have been prepared, but all of them, thanks to members of the Seimas such as S. Gentvilas and Kęstutis Mažeika, have been stuck in the Environmental Protection Committee for many years. ”, Says the virtual petition.
The question arises as to whether the Liberal Movement and its candidate for the position of Minister of the Environment live in the same reality as the majority of society, which sees the daily destruction of the country’s landscape and wildlife.
It also affirms that in the 21st century, when the world suffers the effects of climate change, forests have become a fundamental pillar of rescue.
The Lithuanian Christian Democrats of the National Union, who won the Seimas elections, are called to take the initiative in protecting the environment.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Ingrida Šimonytė and Gabrielius Landsbergis
“Especially since it has competent and honest candidates suitable for the positions of Minister of the Environment and Chairman of the Seimas Environmental Protection Committee. At the same time, we declare that neither the Liberal Movement nor its proposed candidate S. Gentvilas have our support to occupy these positions ”, reads a virtual petition created by A. Gaidamavičius.
S. Gentvilas: “The phrase is taken out of context”
S. Gentvilas himself 15 minutes claimed that the petition was the result of unresolved disputes.
“It’s glowing, those coals, the sparks are glowing.” The public really has high expectations for the expansion of protected areas and Europe is threatening us with sanctions, and those things have not been resolved, “he said.
S. Gentvilas said he was assigned citations from the discussion on SFE reform. According to him, he was surprised that the director of Kaunas declared that logging should stop because too much Lithuanian wood is exported. According to the politician, only such statements surprised him, and it would be understandable by the president of the Labanoras club that he was referring to Labanoras.
“I was just talking about commercial forests, that’s a phrase taken out of context,” he said.
Gentvilas said that the Ministry of Environment is the Ministry of Interests: “There are many conflict situations here, for example, animal and livestock lovers, quarries and landscape specialists and foresters, commercial interests to work and the interests of the neighbors so as not to be in front of them. These are always hot spots. A.Gaidamavičius represents the expectation that our protected areas are unprotected and I agree with that (…) I am truly committed to working in the field of environmental protection to expand protected areas and protect important forests for biodiversity. I am not determined to increase logging in protected areas, on the contrary, it is necessary to reduce them. “
Gentville said that regardless of whether he or someone else is appointed a minister, the most important thing at first is deciding what work to do in the environment, as this ministry has always been like the fifth leg of a dog.
No rush to say yes
The Liberal Movement has indicated that it will seek to lead the Ministry of the Environment in the new government. S. Gentvilas is nominated as the party’s candidate for the post of Minister of the Environment.
I. Šimonytė is in no rush to confirm that he will see him in his cabinet.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15 min photo / Edita Rudelienė, Simonas Gentvilas, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
Interview 15 minutes On Tuesday, I. Šimonytė said that S. Gentvilas is really competent in areas like the green field, the circular economy.
But it is very sensitive to be an environmental problem and I would very much like the Minister of the Environment to also have the strong support of the environmental community.
VIDEO: 15min in the studio – future prime minister I.Šimonytė
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