08/09/2010 Saint-Petersburg Back

 
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE DISPUTED PLOTS

As Russian newspaper “Vedomosty” reports, RZhS Foundation intends to conduct an independent audit of the targeted usage of disputed plots occupied by Pavlovsk Experiment Station of VIR. The expert commission will include Russian and foreign specialists in plant industry not affiliated with the Russian Academy of Agriculture Science. The main task facing the experts is to assess the uniqueness of plants growing at two plots as well as to determine the amount of area occupied by them. As RZhS Foundation`s Director Alexander Braverman reports all efforts of the involved parties are aimed to find a compromise; rare plants can be relocated and auctions will be postponed for the time needed to conduct these works – approximately 5-7 years.