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On 21 June 2016, at 13:00, the summary and presentation of the handbook of “Support to SHPP-relating Reforms Through the Dialogue of Public and RA Nature Protection Ministry for Sustainable Use of River Ecosystems” will be held at the American University of Armenia, Paramaz Avedisian Building (PAB), Room 308E (Marshal Baghramyan Avenue 40/1, 3rd floor). First Deputy Nature Protection Minister Simon Papyan, UNDP Environmental Programme Coordinator Armen Martirosyan will make speeches at this event.

20 million AMD will be provided to take out felled down forest for laying electricity air lines and to transfer it for internal storage.

The climate change is making the GDP more vulnerable, as UNDP Climate Change Programme Coordinator Diana Harutyunyan said at the workshop

On 13 June a three-day-long workshop dedicated to the exchange of results of Phase 1 of “The Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme” was launched in Yerevan. The programme is implemented as

The Armenian Government has applied to the World Bank to assess the mining sector in Armenia, which aims to help formation of strategy on soil. As result, the Bank has assessed and presented “Armenia Strategic Mineral Sector Sustainability Assessment” report on

The World Bank has examined and assessed the potential of the mining in Armenia, which conditions the economic growth prospects in this field

The Standing Committee of National Assembly on Nature Protection and Agriculture under the chairmanship of Martun Grigoryan didn’t approve

At the PR ceremony Award held on 31 May the special prize of Nature Protection Ministry was awarded to EcoLur NGO. The award is

As of 25 May, at 06:00, a total number of 525 cases were recorded in Armenia, out of which 447 in Yerevan

In March 2016 Yerevan Lake had water classified as “unsatisfactory” (class 4). According to “Center for Monitoring Environmental Impact” SNCO of Nature Protection Ministry, the pollution is conditioned with

The geothermal explorations without drilling at Karkar geothermal site in Syunik Region have been accomplished. The land areas, where drilling will be carried out, have

By joining the global processes of combating climate change, it’s urgent for Armenia to transit to “green economy” strategy. Armenia has undertaken a commitment to restrict greenhouse gas emission in the range of

Restaurants, motels, stink, dumps and rats: this is how the Hrazdan Gorge looks stretching over 3.5 km.

In the frames of Paris Agreement 'green' funding will be increased. For example, the World Bank will increase funding in this direction by 1/3, as Tamara Babayan

Recently RA Agriculture Ministry organized the discussion of the bill “On Making Amendments and Supplements to RA Forest Code” with the participation of RA Agriculture Ministry Sergo Karapetyan, “National Center for Legislative Regulation” PIU SE Director Armen Yeghiazaryan, “ArmForest” SNCO Director Ruben Petrosyan, RA Agriculture

If actions directed at the reduction of greenhouse emissions are not carried out in the world, the temperature in Armenia will increase by 3-4 degrees. As a measure for climate change mitigation, Armenia has undertaken to make its forestation 20.1% by

What are the investment funds of Amulsar gold mine project spent? This question was raised at the meeting of CAO/IFC (the Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman) experts with SOS Amulsar group in Yerevan, who had arrived to investigate

"Climate Forum East" Project of the Armenian Red Cross raises awareness on climate change in the communities of Armenia. “In this stage we provide small grants and recently we have signed three contracts with