Sellers of wild garlic in Ukraine face fines

In the markets of Ukraine began to sell the first spring greens - wild garlic. However, picking and selling this popular spring plant is prohibited, since it is listed in the Red Book in Ukraine, writes SEEDS. Sellers of wild garlic face a fine of up to UAH 3,650, regardless of whether they sell forest greens or grown on their own beds. “Since wild garlic is a Red Book plant, a fine of 1,700 to 3,650 UAH is threatened for its sale. If a person was detained in the forest when he was picking wild garlic, then a fine is from 510 to 850 UAH, but an additional 62 UAH for each bulb for damages. To save this plant, special raids are carried out by police officers, we, as an environmental inspectorate and the forestry department. Now wild garlic has already begun to appear, so we are planning such raids in the near future, ”Bogdan Katyubin, head of the department of state environmental supervision (control) of the natural reserve fund of forests and flora of the State Environmental ...