Heydar Aliyev Foundation, IDEA start program to prevent trees cut
By Nigar Orujova
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation and IDEA Public Association are launching a joint program called "STOP Cutting Down Trees!"
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the International Dialogue for Environmental Action Public Association have embarked on the program with a view to addressing environmental challenges and strengthening the public's control over the environment.
The program was launched following the initiative of Leyla Aliyeva, the Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and the founder and head of IDEA Public Association.
A hotline called "Emergency Care for Nature" and a mobile group will be established in the framework of the program. Through the hotline, Baku residents will be able to convey their complaints and recommendations regarding any cases of cutting down trees to the IDEA Public Association.
The mobile group will investigate the received complaints on the ground and collect additional evidence, photos, and video materials.
Residents will also be able to make their appeals regarding cutting down of trees at the IDEA's website (www.ideacampaign.org).
To cover the problem more extensively, photos taken in territories where trees were cut down can be placed on the website.
Once the complaints and recommendations are investigated by the IDEA employees on the ground, all evidence and materials will be given to the Azerbaijan Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry.
The IDEA will watch over the process of addressing the issues mentioned in the appeals.
The IDEA is implementing large-scale local and international projects to protect the environment and promote innovative approaches to solving environmental problems.
The campaign is based on the principles of dialogue, action, leadership, and education - all the essential components for equipping a generation with means of fostering positive and sustainable environmental change.
One of the notable activities of the IDEA during three years of its existence is a massive tree planting campaign in which more than 3,472,000 trees have been planted.