<The National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification, through its patrols specialized in protecting and monitoring forests and parks, recorded 83 environmental damage violations within the lands of vegetation cover and national parks in the Asir region, in accordance with the provisions of the executive regulations for controlling violations and imposing penalties for the environment system and the executive regulations for logging violations.<The recorded violations varied between lighting a fire in non-designated places, the value of which amounts to one thousand riyals in the first time, and doubles with repetition to reach three thousand riyals in the third time, burning trees and shrubs, whose violation starts with 20 thousand riyals in the first time, reaching 40 thousand riyals in the third time, as well as camping in parks without a permit, as well as camping in parks without permission. The value of the violation is estimated at 500 riyals for each camper in the first time, up to 3,000 riyals in the third time, and throwing waste in places other than its designated places, the value of which is 500 riyals in the first time up to 2,000 riyals in the third time, and each violator is obliged to remove the violation, repair the damage resulting from his violation, and pay the necessary compensation.<Last March, the center launched more than 100 patrols to protect and monitor forests and parks in the Asir region, through which five sites in the region were covered, in addition to the use of five drones to monitor and detect encroachments and violations on vegetation cover, seize perpetrators, and take appropriate measures in accordance with the executive regulations of the Environment Law.It is noteworthy that the center works to protect, control and rehabilitate degraded vegetation sites around the Kingdom, detect encroachments and combat logging, in addition to supervising the management and investment of pasture lands, forests and national parks, which promotes sustainable environmental development and contributes to achieving the goals of the Saudi Green Initiative.