March 14, 2014 at 14:53 | Biodiversity | Tavush | Vayots dzor
As it turns out that “Jermuk Hydrological” State Reserve is located 2100-2470 meters above sea level within the ranges of...
March 10, 2014 at 15:17 | Water | Vayots dzor
The SHPP pipes a total river area of 4411.2 meters, which makes up 20.% of the river.Under EcoLur’s Ecological Risk Model, this indicator has caused ...
March 04, 2014 at 12:24 | Mining | Vayots dzor
The budget currently makes up 81 million AMD, out of which 54 million is paid by Geoteam,” the village head said. If Gndevaz village joins Jermuk, the payments will be received by...
February 19, 2014 at 11:45 | Water | Vayots dzor
It turned out that the pipe of the SHPP doesn’t run in the territory of the reserve. There were incorrect data in...
February 17, 2014 at 13:18 | Water | Vayots dzor
Hermon SHPP is constructed on the Aysas River operated by “Elegis HPP” LLC, the derivation length is 3270 meters. It should be mentioned that “AratesEnergy” LLC is planning to construct...
February 11, 2014 at 16:19 | Officials | Vayots dzor
At the press conference of 7 February Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan touched the problem of using Magel Cave for tourism purposes. The Culture Minister said that...
February 03, 2014 at 14:05 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Lydian International has tied up a crucial C$15 million funding deal to progress its Amulsar gold project in Armenia.The company has entered into an agreement with...
January 22, 2014 at 18:14 | Biodiversity | Vayots dzor
“Magel Cave is one of unique caves in Armenia, where biodiversity is fine and can easily be damaged,” said...
January 09, 2014 at 10:39 | Officials | Syunik | Vayots dzor
We had 2-3 discussions concerning Amuslar project, where Jermuk Town ...
December 03, 2013 at 16:27 | Officials | Vayots dzor
It should be noted that Gladzor poly-metallic mine contains copper, lead, zinc, silver and cadmium. Under EcoLur’s Ecological Risk Model ...
November 25, 2013 at 12:37 | Water | Vayots dzor
“Jermuk Hydrotech” CJSC, which plans to construct new “Jermuk 2” SHHP, doesn’t ensure needed water flow for the fish pass. The company not only doesn’t take into consideration the defined rules and standards, but also...
November 20, 2013 at 14:40 | Forest | Vayots dzor
“So, what should be do? To estimate how the noise will impact each bird?” said...
November 14, 2013 at 16:14 | Biodiversity | Vayots dzor
If “Arpa-3” SHPP is granted a positive opinion of the environmental expertise, it will be constructed in the territory of specially protected area “Jermuk Hydrological State Reserve”. The reserve is
October 22, 2013 at 14:24 | Water | Vayots dzor
“No public hearings were held as such to inform the people what is taking place. They didn’t gather the people and didn’t present anything,” the villagers said and added,
October 22, 2013 at 13:23 | Water | Vayots dzor
But several years ago somebody reached a decision that the height of the village should be below 2000 meters, and now the height of the village is 1960 meters, so...
October 18, 2013 at 12:38 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The working group was formed by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia in order to discuss issues related to the proposed location of heap leach processing facility, and was comprised of senior representatives from the Company and the Armenian Government, including representatives of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Nature Protection, the Ministry of Urban Development and the State Committee of the Real Estate Cadastre. On October 8, 2013, the working group concluded that...
October 14, 2013 at 14:01 | Biodiversity | Vayots dzor
“I can’t shoot the hunters on the camera: they are rather far from and I can see them with a telescope. They used to be four, but now they are three. The bezoar goats went down to the drinking place, they shot, but...
October 08, 2013 at 17:38 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Jermuk Villagers To Apply to ECHR for Amulsar Gold Mine Project Affected Communities