Thursday, August 17 2017 19:38

ArmInfo.The charitable organization Adibekyan Family Foundation for Advancement of  philanthropist Gagik Adibekyan will send 100,000 EUR to eliminate the consequences of the fire in the state reserve "Khosrov Forest". The press service of the fund told ArmInfo.

"Today, when the fate of the unique nature reserve "Khosrov Forest"  and the ecology of the whole region is under threat, we can not stay  away. Restoration of forests after a fire requires a long time, a lot  of work and considerable funds. I believe that only by acting  together, we can shorten the period of restoration of this unique  nature reserve," said the founder of the Adybekyan foundation.

On August 12 at 12:30 in the Rescue Service of the Ministry of  Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia there was a signal  that a meadow burned in the state reserve "Khosrov Forest" in 20 km  from the village of Urtsadzor (Ararat region). The area of the fire  was about 200 to 250 hectares. Armenian forces of the Ministry of  Emergency Situations failed to extinguish the fire by their own  efforts and turned to their Russian counterparts for help. On August  14, the Russian side sent an IL-76 special plane to help Armenia.  On  August 15, at 08.50, the IL-76 plane of the Ministry of Emergencies  of Russia carried out its first flight into the fire zone. The night  before it was possible to extinguish the main fires in the reserve.

According to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Emergency  Situations of Armenia, on the territory of the state reserve "Khosrov  Forest" as a whole, vegetation perimeter was 16 km thick, of which  360 hectares of forest. The forest fire destroyed grass coverings  with a perimeter of about 15 km, 320 hectares of which - forest.

The charitable organization Adibekyan Family Foundation for  Advancement was founded in Luxembourg by a businessman and  philanthropist Gagik Adibekyan. The Foundation initiates charitable  projects in Armenia, Russia, Luxembourg and other countries aimed at  developing and strengthening cultural and business ties between  people and countries and supporting projects in social, sports and  educational spheres, preserving the cultural and historical heritage  and developing small towns and territories Armenia.