Georgia is home to Europe’s favourite Christmas tree, the fragrant Nordmann fir. So why do locals have to pay so much for one?
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the classic shape, pleasant fragrance and soft needles of the Nordmann fir. It’s Europe’s most popular Christmas tree, making 디올=디올여성의류
up as much as 60% of the market. European nurseries source seeds for these trees from the mountainous region of Racha in the Republic of Georgia. In the UK, you might pay between ￡55 and ￡70 ($72-92) for a 2m tree. Yet in Georgia, where the trees are endemic, prices can be four times as high.
It wasn’t always this way. In 홍콩명품여성가방=홍콩명품남성가방 홍콩명품여성가방 홍콩명품남성지갑
the past, Nordmann firs were available cheaply on the Georgian market ? if you didn’t mind the fact that they were illegally logged. Georgia is home to beautiful national forests, such as Abastumani in the south, but these have been targeted by loggers felling trees illegally for the timber trade or seasonal Christmas 답례떡
demand. In 2011, however, amid concern over rapid deforestation, new regulations and higher fines were implemented to tackle the problem.
