02 June 2015

“Green Marathon” project completed

May 30th, 2015, marked the completion of the nationwide “Green Marathon” project, which had been launched in November of 2014 at the initiative of the founder and head of IDEA Public Union Leyla Aliyeva.

 

Within the framework of the project, a total of around 1.5 million various trees have been planted throughout the country during the autumn planting season of 2014 and the spring planting season of 2015. The tree planting process as well as information on the planted trees, reports from districts and cities, and photos of tree-planting actions have been posted on the webpage of the “Green Marathon” project (http://ideacampaign.org/green_marathone/).

 

Since its start, the project has enjoyed great interest among the public, while state bodies, private companies and civil society representatives have been especially active in the process. Executive authorities of 76 districts and cities have joined the “Green Marathon”.

 

IDEA Public Union is immensely grateful to all partners for their contribution to the successful implementation of the project and, in general, to the protection of the country’s environment.

 

IDEA is particularly sensitive to the issue of protection and expansion of the country’s green areas. Thus, it was upon IDEA’s initiative that over 4 million trees have been planted in Azerbaijan within the past 4 years. Furthermore, a significant headway has been achieved in the prevention of illegal tree-cutting in Baku and the adjacent areas after one year of implementation of the “No tree-cutting!” program, jointly initiated by IDEA Public Union and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. So far, more than 150 complaints have been submitted by citizens through the “1113” hotline established within the program (for both landline and mobile operators), while IDEA’s rapid response team called “First aid to the nature” has investigated those complaints on the spot and taken all necessary measures in partnership with the relevant state bodies with a view to restore the destroyed greeneries (http://ideacampaign.org/az/first_aid_to_the_nature/).

 

 

IDEA Public Union intends to further continue its efforts to protect and expand Azerbaijan’s green areas. 

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