On July 10, 2025, the Head of the Environmental and Mining Inspection Body, Hovhannes Martirosyan, hosted representatives of non-governmental organizations and active citizens. He presented the results of supervisory work carried out during 2022–2024, the issues raised via public alerts, and the steps taken in the direction of legal regulation.
During 2022–2024, inspections were conducted in the following sectors:
- Biodiversity
- Soil management
- Atmospheric air
- Water resources
- Land use
- Waste management
Number of inspections:
2022 – 241 inspections
2023 – 274 inspections
2024 – 379 inspections
Administrative fines imposed:
2022 – 1,022 administrative penalties totaling 99,160,000 AMD
2023 – 1,116 administrative penalties totaling 135,750,000 AMD
2024 – 1,346 administrative penalties totaling 205,590,000 AMD
Environmental damage identified due to violations:
2022 – 2,229,199,273 AMD
2023 – 5,176,182,531 AMD
2024 – 7,969,256,599 AMD
Damage by sector:
Biodiversity – 1,136,214,472 AMD
Subsoil use – 1,691,540,200 AMD
Atmospheric air – 2,354,528,016 AMD
Water resources – 431,159,194 AMD
Land use and waste – 2,355,814,717 AMD
Suspensions of economic activity:
2022 – 26 business operations suspended
2023 – 46 business operations suspended
2024 – 102 business operations suspended
July 14, 2025 at 14:13