2010-09-03| Forest
NATURE PROTECTION MINISTRY COMMENTS ALARM SIGNAL ON FOREST FELLINGThe inspection found cut down trees and calculated the damage caused to nature. Vahagnadzor villager M. Ghoukasyan cut down 6 trees, and the damage made up 442,555 AMD. Five more cut down trees have been cut down, while the damage amounted to 222,000 AMD.
2010-09-02| Forest
SAWMILL OPERATING UNDER COVER OF DSEGH FORESTRY ENTERPISEThe administrative building of Dsegh forestry enterprise of “ArmForest” State Non-Commercial Organization is located in Dsegh Village. Meeting forestry enterprise employees in working hours is impossible. A sawmill is operating next to the forestry enterprise.
2010-09-01| Forest
ACTIVIST VAHE VARDOUMYAN: FOREST IN LORI SMASHED DOWN“Forests are just smashed down. These mountains get deprived of trees, only bare slopes remain,” said Vahe Vardoumyan.
2010-09-01| Forest
ILLEGAL FELLING IN VANADZORThe photo displays the forest located near Vanadzor Town, 2 km far away from “Lori” Rest House, where, under the person’s judgment who raised an alarm signal, trees have been cutting down for already 10 days.
2010-09-01| Forest
MINISTRY ALREADY DEALS WITHThe Nature Protection Ministry informed an ad hoc working group has been set up by the Minister’s order to head for that particular area.
2010-08-31| Forest
SAWS KEEP ON WORKING IN GOUGARK FOREST“Lori” holiday center is situated 10 km far away from Vanadzor. If to pass 3-4 kilometers, you can see cars with no numbers on the road. These cars are waiting to be loaded. The owners are nearby cutting trees above and rolling them down. Cars without numbers witness they are in the forest illegally…
2010-08-31| Forest
REMAINDER OF HANQAVAN FORESTMerciless elimination of forests in Armenia still continues. On 30 August EcoLur Monitoring Group visited Kotayk Region. Saws and axes keep on working in the forest located near warm springs.Merciless elimination of forests in Armenia still continues. On 30 August EcoLur Monitoring Group visited Kotayk Region. Saws and axes keep on working in the forest located near warm springs (See photos).
2010-08-31| Forest
CHAIR MANUFACTURERS FROM DSEGH…Our woodworkers buy beechwood timber at a price of 40-50 USD for one cubic meter. However, the same timber costs 1000 USD in Turkey…40 chairs are manufactured from one linear metre. An enterprise factory can annually manufacture 5000 items of small, medium and big chairs which are sold at 3500-4500 AMD.
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2010-07-28| ForestILLEGAL FELLING DUE TO FORESTERS’ NEGLIGENCE
The employees at a forestry enterprise in Gougark paid most of the fine in the amount of more than 3 million AMD to the state budget… “Due to their improper control exercised, 126 trees in the forest had been cut down,” said Anatoly Mkhitaryan, Head of the forestry enterprise in Gougark -
2010-07-28| ForestARMFOREST THINKS ABOUT CUTTING TIMBER PRICES FOR PEOPLE TIVING NEAR FOREST
The Ministry of Agriculture of RA plans to reduce the amount of illegal felling in an unusual manner. They propose to cut timber prices twice for people living near forests. -
2010-07-27| ForestIN THE WAKE OF ALARM SIGNAL FROM TAVUSH FORESTS
After alarm signals raised by writer Vahram Tatikyan about tree felling in Tavush, official bodies started publishing responsive articles in the mass media. -
2010-07-19| ForestSCHOOL IN DILIJAN INSTEAD OF FOREST?
The environmentalists raised another signal a secondary school is planned to build in Dilijan on a forest-covered land area. -
2010-07-13| ForestS.O.S ALARM - FOREST IN TAVUSH DESTROYED MERCILESSLY
The forest in the western part of former Ijevav Region, Tavush Marz, near Arakelots Monastery and the Kirants River basin is still being mercilessly destroyed. Writer and Culture Specialist Vahram Tatikyan raised this alarm.
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2010-07-09| ForestWIDE-SCALE TREE FELLING IN ARMENIA GENERATE SERIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
Under the data of “Forests of Armenia” NGO, tree felling in Armenia still continues thus reaching disastrous scales. Forest losses will generate socio-economic problems, including soil erosion of dangerous sizes, pouring rains and landslips, crop productivity cut, climate change, soil fertility decrease, losses in biodiversity, air pollution etc. -
2010-07-09| OfficialsCHECKS FINISHED
. State Environmental Inspection has revealed many violations of illegal use of bioresources, waste disposal etc, adopted 24 administrative decision in the amount of 1,81 mln USD, as well as calculated the damage caused to nature in the amount of 3.223 mln USD. -
2010-07-07| ForestEVALUATING THE STATE OF FORESTS
The purpose of the seasonal and diagnostic studies conducted by "ArmForest''s "Kapan Forest Economy" branch is to discover and evaluate the sanitary-hygienic situation of forests. Transitory deforestation has begun in Arajadzor, Norashenik and Syunik forests. "We are cutting down trees that are no longer vital and interestingly, there are no sick trees," says the branch''s senior forest chief Seryozha Azaryan. -
2010-06-29| ForestAFFORESTATION AND REFORESTATION
On 24 June the Armenian Government redistributed the state budget making amendments in its formerly accepted decisions with a purpose to take care of earlier planted forests. Thus, the Ministry of Agriculture was allotted 69,930,000 AMD to allocate it as a grant to “ArmForest” State Non-Commercial Organization. -
2010-06-28| ForestSANITARY-HYGIENIC SITUATION IN KAPAN FORESTS STABLE
Though tree felling is not excluded now, but as specialists assure forests are gradually on their feet. In Kapan Region 20 ha of tree planting is scheduled for 2010, out of which 10 ha has already planted, the rest is planned for autumn.
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