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Syunik Regional Prosecutor’s Office has initiated a criminal case based on the extremely large extents of illegal tree felling by an unidentified person and professional negligence of security service employees in “Shikahogh State Reserve” SNCO and

In the frames of "Supporting New Reforms in SHPP Sector through CSO-Government Dialogue" project, the expert group visited "Dali" SHPP

The fire broken out in “Zangezour” section of “Zangezour” Biospheric Complex and its adjacent area has been

In the frames of "Supporting New Reforms in SHPP Sector through CSO-Government Dialogue" project, the expert group visited "Arevis-1" SHPP, which is located

The irrigation and drinking water is a real problem in Shinuhayr community, Syunik Region. The community with a population of around 2500 people doesn't have any irrigation water, while the drinking water is provided only

Syunik Regional Head Vahe Hakobyan lodged a claim against environmentalist Arthur Grigoryan, as well as Aravot.am, epress.am and syunacyerkir.am websites. Hakobyan claims he has been defamed and is demanding

Canadian-incorporated 'AGAPE' LLC intends to Carry out prospecting for oil and gas in Vayots Dzor and Syunik Regions with the help of seismic vibrators, as the company founder

The water in the Geghi River will become extremely low in the aggregate area of 8 km of the 30-kilometer-long Geghi River because of the operation of two SHPPs, which will result to the hydraulic, thermal, settling and bed-washing

The Vararak River in Syunik Region is in antisanitary state, which is the left tributary to the Vorotan River. It starts from the south-east slope of Mets Ishkhanasar Mountain Top in Syunik plateau. The river is polluted with

The ecosystem of the Vorotan Rier has been violated: the locals are getting worried. 'The fish in the Vorotan River is getting eliminated, while the section of the river in Sisian is covered with moss. Now 1.5-2 cum water flows

'Out of the historical monuments, the Vorotnavanq is located on the road, where the main landfill site of the town is situated: the garbage is not sorted, recycled – it's burnt down poisoning

On August, at 19:30, a fire broke out in Ayrivan section of Noratuz Branch of 'Sevan' National Park, which resulted in burning out 150 sq.m. of the dry grass-covered area. The fire

In the morning of 28 August, new smoking spots emerged in 'Khoustoup' Reserve, a part of 'Zangezour Biospheric Complex' SNCO, and the smoke started activating towards the section of 'Dzagedzor' section. Currently,

On 31 July 2017 Environmentalist Arthur Grigoryan reported a crime to the Prosecutor-In-Chief of Armenia Arthur Davtyan, on the crime allegedly committed by Vahe Albert Hakobyan, Syunik Regional Head, where individuals

A fire broke out yesterday at 15:30, on 14 August, because of the enemy's quick squirt in the area called 'Kalpek Cold Spring' in 'Areviq' Branch of Arevik National Park, a part of 'Zangezour Biospheric

“EcoRight” NGO President Arthur Grigoryan has reported a crime to the Prosecutor-In-Chief of Armenia Arthur Davtyan, which particularly says: “In the frames of the reported crime

Now international acclaimed experts in the field have also joined Armenian experts and based on the proposal of the US-based Harout Bronozian, they presented results of three different expertises on this gold project. The results of these researches once again confirm the statement voiced for many years that gold project in Amulsar should not be launched since the assessment carried out by Lydian are extremely incomplete, while the government

The Ombudsman's Office of the International Finance Corporation, CAO/IFC (World Bank Group) sent the initial results of the audit on the complaint of incompliance of Amulsar open gold mining project with IFC standards, so as the IFC refused from funding the project. The complaint was submitted to CAO by two residents