September 01, 2015 at 11:31 | Small HPPs, Energy | Lori
Debed village, Lori Region, is located on the slope of Gugarq forests. The right tributary to the Pambak River, Chanakhchi, flows through the village, which is also known as
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August 31, 2015 at 18:30 | Small HPPs, Energy | Lori
In the framework of the project entitled “Support to the Reforms of SHPPs through a Dialogue between the Public and The Ministry of Nature Protection of the RA for the Purpose of River Ecosystem Use” the expert group visited “Martziget 1” SHPP.As a result of the monitoring, the expert group found out:
August 27, 2015 at 15:38 | Mining | Lori
The date and place of the public hearings of Tsaghkashat-Akhetq copper and molybdenum mine field has been changed. As the Nature Protection Ministry reminder, the public hearings will be held on
August 27, 2015 at 11:05 | Forest | Lori
According to forest registration for 1993, the forest fund accounts for 459.900 ha, which accounts for 11.2% of the territory in Armenia. Currently, forest fund accounts for 334.100 ha, which makes up 8% of the territory in Armenia. The average
August 26, 2015 at 15:07 | Small HPPs, Energy | Lori
In the framework of the project entitled “Support to the Reforms of SHPPs through a Dialogue between the Public and The Ministry of Nature Protection of the RA for the Purpose of River Ecosystem Use” the expert group visited “Pozitron” SHPP. As a result of the monitoring the expert group found out:
August 25, 2015 at 16:58 | Mining | Lori | Yerevan
Today, on 25 August, a court ruling was reached at the court hearing presided by Judge Samvel Hovakimyan in Administrative Court, which suspended the Teghut case considering exhaustion of dispute on the merits
August 25, 2015 at 11:44 | Mining | Lori
The Ministry wanted to carry out inspection from 30 June to 4 August in the mine, but the government suspended it. The representative of the governmental body made a reference to the governmental decision dated on
August 24, 2015 at 16:20 | Mining | Lori
“Teghout” CJSC, a part of Vallex Group Company, intends to prospect for copper and molybdenum in the basin of Shnogh River, forest areas of Lori Region. The public hearings of Tsaghkashat-Akhtenq copper and molybdenum mine field will be held in the area of Teghut mountainous complex located in
August 19, 2015 at 13:47 | Cities | Lori
Tandzut Tributary to the Pambak River is one of the most polluted rivers in Armenia, which flows through Vanadzor Town taking household garbage with it. Nevertheless, in recent years when a SHPP has been constructed on the Tandzut and most of the river water has been piped, the sanitary state
August 04, 2015 at 16:27 | Mining | Lori
"Baktek-Eco" LLC intends to extract gold in Arjut with sodium cyanide: On 6 August 2015, at 12:00, the public discussion on the construction of ore processing plant for Arjut mine will be held at Arjut Rural Municipality
July 29, 2015 at 11:28 | Forest | Lori | Tavush
18.600 ha community forests are mapped in cadaster as other land forms, while 13,200 of non-forest land categories have been mapped as forests: these figures refer to the mountainous forests in the north-east of
July 28, 2015 at 16:22 | Teghout | Lori
"Save Teghout" Civic Initiative sent an open letter to the RA Minister of Nature Protection Aramayis Grigoryan offering to participate in the inspections taking place in Teghout Copper Molybdenum Mine. The letter says:
July 15, 2015 at 18:53 | Mining | Lori
"In the near future the problem of illegal exploitation of Teghout mine as a political issue will be regularly presented in any political process
July 15, 2015 at 17:10 | Officials | Lori
In 2014 216 million 688 thousand dram was allocated to Alaverdi, Akhtala, Aqori, Haghpat, Odzoun and Hagvi communities from the subsidy amount provided by state budget
July 08, 2015 at 17:35 | Mining | Lori
The Environmental Inspection of the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia found violations in Akhtala Enrichment Combine. Violations of environmental legislation were found in “Akhtala ODC” CJSC in the result of State Environmental Inspection
July 07, 2015 at 17:48 | Mining | Lori
Martz-Prvashen-Budaghidzor gold polymetallic mine ,submitted by 'Victoria Silver' LLC doesn’t carry out geological studies. Robert Galstyan, Project Affected Community and the head of Marts community said about this during the conversation
July 01, 2015 at 15:12 | Small HPPs, Energy | Lori
On 20 June, in the frames of 'Support to SHPP-relating reforms through the dialogue of public and RA Nature Protection Ministry for Sustainable Use of River Ecosystems” project, the working team paid a visit to Martz River, where you
June 30, 2015 at 15:57 | Forest | Kotayk | Lori | Shirak
10 forests will be planted in Armenia's Shirak, Lori and Kotayk Regions, which will symbolize Western Armenia’s communities, which were persecuted during the Genocide. Forests initiation is made