Azerbaijan urges Armenia to stop ecological terrorism

On Sept. 25, the Public Association presented the results of the project "Assessment of ecological damage to hydrobiological environment of the country during the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan." The project has studied hydrosphere of the Azerbaijani regions, bordering with Armenia and ecologically assessed the damage to hydrobiological environment.

The project was implemented jointly with scientists from the ANAS Institute of Zoology, Geography, Microbiology and Soil.

Using water of the Azerbaijani rivers, whose sources are located in the territories occupied by Armenia, is extremely dangerous not only for domestic but also for agriculture purposes, said Mammad Salmanov, the Academician and Director of the ANAS Institute of Microbiology.

"Water basin in the Araz river is polluted due to the fact that Armenia pours off all the contaminated water directly into the river. Moreover, there is serious pollution and its growth in the Agstafachay, because domestics wastes of the Armenian Dilijan and Ijevan industrial centers and other settlements are poured off into this river," said Salmanov.

According to the Head of the biology of aquatic animals department of the ANAS Institute of Zoology, Doctor of Biological Sciences Zulfugar Guliyev, for about 20 years, the Azerbaijani water basins bordering with Armenia, which plays an important role in development of the country's fishing economy have undergone intense pollution.

"There is a cut in the number of endemic species of aquatic animals, caused by the pollution. Some species faced with the threat of disappearance may soon be listed in the "Red Book"," Guliyev said.

Scientists believe that a centuries-old fertile soil layer have already destroyed or under threat of destruction, caused by the systematic pollution of soil and watershed, located in the territories of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia, and  hydrobiological environment reached a mark of environmental crisis.

The Ecological Care Public Association and scientists of Azerbaijan urged the international community, environmental and community organizations to condemn the destructive activities of Armenia with regard to biodiversity of the Azerbaijani nature, aimed at destruction of  environment.

/Trend News/