President participates in forest damage awareness programme

Budapest (MTI) – President Janos Ader on Sunday participated in a public media programme to raise awareness about damage suffered by Hungary’s forests after an ice storm in December of last year.

The president likened the aftermath of the storm to a bombing and said the work of 30-40 years had been destroyed.

About 34,000 hectares of forest was seriously damaged by the storm and more than 200 hecatres must be replanted.

More than 28,000 people called into the “S.O.S. The Forest is in Trouble” programme to make a contribution to the cause by the early afternoon on Sunday.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters