At the intiative of the Vice-President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva Heydar Aliyev Foundation and IDEA Public Union starts a new programme titled “No tree cutting!” in order to contribute to the solutions to the environmental problems and empowering socio-ecological control among people in Azerbaijan. A hotline named “First aid to the nature” and mobile group have been created within the programme. The citizens can reach IDEA regarding with their complains and requests on illegal tree felling, that they witness in the country. The mobile group will start investigations upon the complains, gather the proofs, photo and video materials.

Moreover, the citizens will have opportunity to submit their requests and complains through the website of IDEA (www.ideacampaign.org). In order to illustrate the problem they will be able to upload the photos of the area where the tree cutting appear. After the investigation by the IDEA mobile group on the entered complains,  the gathered materials and proofs will be sent to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan to take necessary measures. IDEA will keep the process of measurement by the Ministry under its control.

During the 3 years of activity IDEA Public Union has played an important role in increasing environmental awareness among people, especially the young generation, and implemented large and small-scale ecological projects in order to give impetus to the recovery of the natural environment in Azerbaijan. The massive tree-planting campaigns have been held, thereby the total number of the trees have been planted passed 3 million 472 thousand.