October 16, 2014 at 14:00 | Mining | Vayots dzor
The nature protectors having signed a complaint on Amulsar project lodged to the CAO are calling for directing the funds not to Amulsar mining project, but developing Jermuk National Park. This proposal was voiced
October 14, 2014 at 14:25 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
From 9 October to 12 October the CAO team visited Armenia again, this time to examine Gndevaz Villagers’ complaint on Amulsar open pit mining and heap
September 30, 2014 at 13:25 | Mining | Lori | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Karen Tchshmarityan’s wish to open as many gold and copper-molybdenum mines as possible in Armenia is not new. During his
September 29, 2014 at 13:57 | Officials | Vayots dzor
The Armenian Government plans to establish 'Jermuk' National Park from 2017 to 2020. The aim is to ensure the integrity of ecosystems, as 'State program of preservation and use of specially protected areas
September 26, 2014 at 16:00 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Despite the volume of the documentation – 440 pages of the EIA, 25 appendices and closed mining project, the EIA doesn’t reflect real risks for health and environment, while the public
September 19, 2014 at 12:04 | Officials | Vayots dzor
The Government has found out that this year mosquitoes and other biting insects are going to winter starting from august because of the change in climatic
September 02, 2014 at 16:41 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
At the public hearings on Amulsar project held in Gndevaz community, Vayots Dzor Region, on 25 August the representative of German KfW Bank
September 02, 2014 at 16:13 | Officials | Vayots dzor
The Nature Protection Ministry has provided to EcoLur information about the problems and fines recorded in the tailing dumps of Armenia
September 01, 2014 at 13:58 | Mining | Vayots dzor
here we have to understand why the company is willing to make such expenses to develop this mine with low concentration
August 30, 2014 at 14:56 | Mining | Vayots dzor
employees of the Information Center replied that no problems have arisen during 6-7 years of their operation. As one of the participants Karen Barseghyan, a Gndevaz villager said, the villagers intend to address a letter to one of the main shareholders of the company – the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, demanding to stop the funding of the project. The signature collecting has
August 29, 2014 at 16:49 | Officials | Gegharkunik | Kotayk | Syunik | Vayots dzor
On 28 August the Armenian Government recognized eminent domain over the land areas in dozens of communities in four regions of Armenia. The purpose of this eminent domain is
August 29, 2014 at 13:39 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
A villager, “Do you know where Amulsar is? Have you been there?... Sitting at home you wrote a tautology, you didn’t answer my question, eventually you must understand that people are living here, thousands of living creatures, children, elderly people, how can you stand the rocket?
August 28, 2014 at 16:55 | Mining | Vayots dzor
After the cameras were placed, the village head told the villagers opposing to the mining project, “After negotiating with the government and different meeting, I understood one thing, the mine
August 28, 2014 at 16:47 | Sevan | Gegharkunik | Vayots dzor
The State Committee for Water Industry of Territorial Administration Ministry and the Pan-Armenian Environmental Front (PEF) are arguing about stealing water from Lake Sevan. On its website the Committee responded to
August 28, 2014 at 15:20 | Mining | Vayots dzor
The Youth from Gndevaz Village Organizing Protest Demonstration against Amulsar Project
August 27, 2014 at 12:25 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor | Yerevan
At the press conference held on 26 August at “EcoLur” Press Club Gndevaz villager, journalist Tehmine Yenoqyan, Pan-Armenian Environmental Front member Levon Galstyan and “EcoLur” Informational NGO President Inga Zarafyan expressed their opinions on Amulsar gold mining project and the construction of the heap leach plant. Gndevaz Village head and several villagers also attended the press conference
August 26, 2014 at 08:43 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Gndevaz villager were angry with the fact though the hearings were held in Gndevaz Village, where the heap leach plant will be constructed, there was no room in the hall for Gndevaz villagers even to stand
August 25, 2014 at 11:26 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
On 25 August, at 10:00 a.m., the public hearings of Amulsar gold mining project and EIA accountability held in Gndevaz Community, Vayots Dzor Region started with scandal. The project authors just started presenting the project, when a Gndevaz villager asked
