Without earmuffs in Armenia
The sound is deafening when the blade cuts through the Armenian Beech-wood (Fagus sylvatica). The freshly sawn slats get piled by the first sawyer who seems completely unaffected by the angry noise.
However, the visitors from the Swedish Forestry Association desperately try to cover their ears while they take pictures and ask questions. At the same time, four men lift up a new log on the saw table at the other end of the room. Thus, almost the entire workforce showed up.
During the Soviet period, the little sawmill in the village Koghb located near the border with Azerbaijan in the north of Armenia, employed about 40 people. Today they manufacture components for local flooring manufacturers, the manager explains, but the export market for Armenian timber is nearly nonexistent. When asked why they have not been using ear protection he smiles. If he were to enforce smoking-bans and earmuffs the three days per month that the men have jobs here, chances are they will not show up once he actually had work for them.
- One of the biggest problems with the Armenian forestry is the extremely weak industry. There is simply no motivation pushing the development forward – and in this case also for the protection of the workers, says tour leader Leif Strömquist.
Forest offices, national parks, planting schools and a forest education center. Leif’s long experience in forestry projects in the country and his contacts within the industry gave the members of the Swedish Forestry Association unique opportunities to learn about Armenia and its people.
Fortunately the situation is slowly improving. Recent community meetings organized by the EU-funded FLEG programme in Armenia have sought to ensure efficient assessment of the local population’s access to forest resources as well as help develop pilot projects on sustainable forest use and improved livelihood.
More about the FLEG programme: http://www.enpi-info.eu/indexeast.php
Swedish Forestry Association: http://www.skogen.se/pub/render?id=1980
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