Before the holidays, Ukrainians were reminded of fines for illegal felling of Christmas trees: how much and why

On the eve of the holidays, the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" reminds and warns that self-harvesting of Christmas trees in the forest is prohibited and punishable by law, reports UNN.

The Christmas holidays will soon begin, so the task of foresters is to remind that self-harvesting of Christmas trees in the forest is prohibited. The amount of the fine depends on the damage caused to the environment. And the amount of damage depends on the location of the illegal felling and the diameter of the tree, 

Details

The fine for illegal felling of coniferous trees under 41 years old, as indicated, in December-January, ranges from 759 to 3432 UAH.

In addition, forest offenders also pay an administrative fine for illegal felling of coniferous trees in the amount of 510 to 1,020 UAH, while officials pay from 2,550 to 5,100 UAH.

The amount of damage caused by the violation of the legislation on the nature reserve fund as a result of illegal felling of conifers on the territories and objects of the nature reserve fund outside the settlements ranges from UAH 8,621 to UAH 42,690.

And illegal felling of trees or shrubs in forests, protective and other forest plantations, transportation, storage, sale of illegally felled trees or shrubs that caused significant damage is punishable by a fine of UAH 17,000 to 25,500 or arrest for up to six months, or restriction of liberty for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term.

As a reminder,

Ukrainian state forestry enterprises sold more than 11.8 thousand Christmas trees for a total of UAH 1.45 million. 

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