24.Juuli 2025

Keskkonnaamet leidis raha karuputke tõrjumiseks

The Environment Agency has found funds for combating giant hogweed

Mürgise karuputke kolooniaid võib leida mitmetest kohtadest, ka linnades. Näiteks kasvab karuputk juba paar aastat. Kuigi seda on suvel , kasvab see uuesti. Andžela, kahe lapse ema, ei mõista, miks karuputk sellises kohas kasvada lastakse.

Keskkonnaamet teatas veebruaris, et lõpetab karuputke tõrjumise ja alates 2028. aastast on see . Ameti juhi Rainer Vakra sõnul oli amet sunnitud , kuid nüüd on raha leitud.

Varem taheti maaomanikele panna , kuid nüüd on sellest loobutud. Siiski peavad maaomanikud ise putke tõrjuma, sest iga aasta leitakse uusi kasvukohti.

Jõelähtme vallavanem Andrus Umboja ei pea seda õigeks. Ta arvab, et võib .

Eestis on viimase 15 aastaga 800 hektaril, kuid 2400 hektaril .

Colonies of toxic giant hogweed can be found in various places, including cities. For example, near Laagri train station, hogweed has been growing for a couple of years. Although it was cut once in summer, it grows back. Andžela, a mother of two, does not understand why hogweed is allowed to grow in such a place.

The Environment Agency announced in February that it would stop combating hogweed, and starting from 2028, it will be the landowners' responsibility. According to agency director Rainer Vakra, the agency had to make cuts, but now funds have been found.

Previously, it was intended to impose the obligation of hogweed destruction on landowners, but this has now been abandoned. However, landowners must combat the hogweed themselves, as new growth areas are found every year.

Andrus Umboja, mayor of Jõelähtme parish, does not consider this correct. He believes that the loss of central organization could lead to chaos.

In Estonia, 800 hectares have been cleared of hogweed over the past 15 years, but it continues to grow on 2400 hectares.