April 16, 2015 at 14:25 | Biodiversity | Syunik
The the problem with the management of “Zangezour” Biospheric Comples established for the effectiveness of the management of specially protected areas of nature in Syunik Region, Armenia, remain
April 14, 2015 at 18:43 | Biodiversity | Ararat | Kotayk | Syunik | Vayots dzor
WWF Armenia launches a new project on creation of eco-corridors that will connect the specially protected areas. The first corridor will run from Arevik National Park to Khosrov reserve. It will include
April 14, 2015 at 16:07 | Officials | Syunik
One of the Nature Protection Ministry’s dereliction of duties is non-performance of dust monitoring in Qajaran
April 10, 2015 at 16:02 | Mining | Gegharkunik | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The environmental expertise of Amulsar gold mining project developed by “Geoteam” CJSC has been carried out with a number of violations of the Armenian legislation.
March 30, 2015 at 17:48 | Mining | Lori | Syunik | Vayots dzor
We urge the citizens of Armenia and our compatriots living abroad not to be indifferent towards this destructive process and realize that time has come for all of us to make a decision - either side with the exploitation of the mines for the sake of our country’s “development” or systematic plunder of the natural resources belonging
March 30, 2015 at 13:23 | Mining | Syunik
The name of “Dundee Precious Metals Kapan” CJSC was mentioned among the list of bad tax payers: this company sought to hide 3.8 billion AMD from the state budget.
March 26, 2015 at 17:38 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The problem is as follows: dust dissemination radius in Amulsar open pit mining EIA has been estimated and assessed up to 1 km, while the SIA plans to construct special hydrotechnical structures to prevent
March 26, 2015 at 17:27 | Mining | Gegharkunik | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The fact that open pit mining will be implemented in the drainage basin of Lake Sevan is already an undeniable legal ground to consider the possible impact on Lake Sevan substantiated and to recognize at least the communities adjacent
March 25, 2015 at 17:28 | Officials | Ararat | Kotayk | Shirak | Syunik | Tavush
Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) plans to provide 445,000 Euros to support specially protected areas of nature in Armenia, as CNF Executive Director David Morrison said during his
March 23, 2015 at 15:27 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
This time it’s Harutyun Movsisyan, PhD in Geological Sciences, Associate Professor, who submitted his assessment on the official website of Aarhus Centers, www.aarhus.am, which particularly says: “The EIA submitted by the company mentions heap leach facility with a capacity of 106 million tons and says nothing that this volume is wastes to be collected in the tailing dump, which needs technical conditions, special project
March 20, 2015 at 15:35 | Mining | Syunik
Annually 681,100 cum wastewater is annually dumped into the water resources of the Voghji River basin because of mining activities. “Zagezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine” CJSC developing
March 11, 2015 at 15:42 | Officials | Syunik
3925.33 ha of forest land areas in Syunik Region have been allotted to “Zangezour” Biospheric Complex SNCO, as First Deputy Agriculture Minister Grisha
March 11, 2015 at 14:45 | Mining | Syunik
Because of mining annually 1,607,000 cum industrial wastewater is dumped into the water resources of Meghri River basin. Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Combine developing Agarak copper and molybdenum mine annually dumps 1.5 million cum industrial wastewater, while “Sipan-1” LLC developing
March 03, 2015 at 16:35 | Biodiversity | Syunik
Khazhak Aghabekyan, acting Staff Head of Nature Protection Ministry, has replied to the letter on “Zangezour Biospheric Complex” submitted by “Union for Protection of Employees’ Rights”, which says,
February 17, 2015 at 18:07 | Officials | Gegharkunik | Kotayk | Shirak | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Nature Protection Minister Aramayis Grigoryan submitted for the approval of the Armenian Government a draft resolution on providing guns
February 17, 2015 at 17:00 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Lydian International Limited company, registered in an offshore zone, presented a document entitled "Amulsar Project, November 2014" to Armenians in the Diaspora. This document is superficial, misleading and incomplete. This is what thinks Anahit Shirinian-Orlando, an environmental scientist-engineer living in Los Angeles, who says No to mining at Amulsar
February 11, 2015 at 14:52 | Water | Syunik
“Mane” SHPP construction project is undergoing environmental expertise. Under the environmental substantiation of the project, “Mane” SHPP will be constructed
February 10, 2015 at 14:45 | Mining | Gegharkunik | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Mining pollutes rivers, particularly, transboundary Debed, Voghji and Aras rivers. These rivers are polluted by
