LMP turns to former president over tree-felling decree

Opposition LMP is turning to former president Janos Ader, a committed environmentalist, over a recent government decree allowing the felling of trees in the interest of stepping up firewood production, Antal Csardi, the party's deputy group leader, said on Wednesday. Peter Ungar, LMP's parliamentary group leader, has asked Ader to use his influence to have the tree-felling decree withdrawn as soon as possible, Csardi told a press conference, arguing that the "destructive decree" could do "enormous damage", while the cost of mitigating its effects would be huge.