Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr E. Huseynli / Between January to August, the Baku City Administration received sixteen complaints regarding illegal construction in public green spaces, according to the Azerbaijan Ecology & Natural Resources Ministry.
In the aforementioned period, 175 acts and ninety-seven reports regarding damage caused to green spaces were drawn up in Baku against natural and juridical persons, as well as officials.
Eighty-seven fines were ordered for felling trees and shrubs. On the basis of eighty-one lawsuits regarding environmental damage, defendants paid AZN 11,733 to the State Fund for Environmental Protection.