EU-funded BSB 884 "Unified Environmental Monitoring Program for the Black Sea Basin countries" summarized the results during the final meeting-conference held in Yerevan on August 25, 2022.
The program includes the Strandzha National Park in Bulgaria, the Bio Reserve complex in the Danube Delta in Rumin, the Dilijan National Park in Armenia and part of the protected areas of Georgia.
During the meeting, it was noted that the program has achieved its main goals of identifying the common problems of the Black Sea Basin National Parks and Specially Protected Areas and outlining ways to solve them, increasing the level of cross-border compatible data and information availability for environmental monitoring, creating a smart platform for environment, biodiversity, air quality and for collection, processing and analysis of water quality data in rivers.
"The program has a scientific and expert nature with the aim of developing technical capabilities for ecomonitoring in national parks and providing scientific solutions," Nune Harutyunyan, National Coordinator of Program, Executive Director of Caucasus Regional Environmental Center, noted.
She outlined the main results of the project: "A methodology for implementing eco-monitoring has been developed, a Smart-monitoring platform has been established, where the four countries collect scientific data," Nune Harutyunyan said.
August 29, 2022 at 14:25