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Estimated fire damage in Deliblato Sand over €1 million
Belgrade,
26 July 2007
Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Sasa Dragin visited today together with president of the Vojvodina executive council Bojan Pajtic the special natural reserve Deliblato Sand which has been ravaged by fire.
Dragin said that the estimated damage exceeds €1 million since there are valuable Scotch and black pine trees which need between 30 and 40 years to reach their full height.
He said that the damage will be cleared up by joint efforts of the Ministry and provincial authorities.
The fire is currently under control and fire-fighters, foresters and residents from surrounding areas are present on the site.
The Deliblato Sand special natural reserve covers an area of 35,000 hectares where a threefold system of protection has been established.
Deliblato Sand is a unique phenomenon in Europe, characterised by very specific genesis, orography and flora and fauna, and once described as the European Sahara.
There are more than 900 species of plants in the Deliblato Sand including black pine, black locust, poplar, somewhat less under mixed stands of linden, English and pubescent oak, poplar, flowering ash, and other rare species.
In 1989 Deliblato Sand was declared an Important Bird Area or IBA since 1989, home to the Little Cormorant which is an endangered species.
He said that the damage will be cleared up by joint efforts of the Ministry and provincial authorities.
The fire is currently under control and fire-fighters, foresters and residents from surrounding areas are present on the site.
The Deliblato Sand special natural reserve covers an area of 35,000 hectares where a threefold system of protection has been established.
Deliblato Sand is a unique phenomenon in Europe, characterised by very specific genesis, orography and flora and fauna, and once described as the European Sahara.
There are more than 900 species of plants in the Deliblato Sand including black pine, black locust, poplar, somewhat less under mixed stands of linden, English and pubescent oak, poplar, flowering ash, and other rare species.
In 1989 Deliblato Sand was declared an Important Bird Area or IBA since 1989, home to the Little Cormorant which is an endangered species.
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