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Acidic Brooklets FLowing in Kapan after Rain: Alarm Signal
June 03, 2019 at 12:14 | Mining | Syunik
The yellowish acidic water generating from Kavart derelict mine located at a distance of 1 km from Kapan Town, Syunik Region, rich in heavy and hazardous metals, are flowing into the Voghji River
Assignments of RA Chief Prosecutor to Regional and Yerevan Prosecutor Offices on Verdict on Public Environmental Front on Forests Case
May 21, 2019 at 19:47 | Forest | Kotayk | Syunik | Yerevan
RA Chief Prosecutor's Office has assigned the prosecutors of Syunik and Kotayq regions, and the prosecutor of Erebuni and Nubarashen administrative quarters of Yerevan City to examine and check the problems laid down in the verdict of the Public Environmental Court on the violations of forest ecosystem in Armenia
Ecostraws as Alternative to Plastic Straws
May 20, 2019 at 16:00 | Biodiversity | Syunik
Kapan resident Gevorg Gasparyan has found a new method to fight against plastic: he is proposing to replace plastic straws used to drink juice
Kartchevan Residents Applied to Nature Protection Ministry Demanding to Have Expert Assessment of Water Polluting Their Orchards
April 11, 2019 at 14:50 | Water | Syunik
Kartchevan community residents in Syunik Region have applied in writing to RA Nature Protection Minister Erik Grigoryan demanding to send a specialist to the community to take samples from the water flowing into the area of “Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Combine” CJSC and to have it for expert assessment, as Kartchevan Community resident Simon Khachikyan told EcoLur
WWF Armenia Shot Leopard in Areviq National Park
April 04, 2019 at 16:17 | Biodiversity | Syunik
WWF Armenia cameras have shot a Caucasian Leopard in Areviq National Park: the leopard has been detected in the course of monitoring carried out by