February 14, 2011 | Cities | Gegharkunik | Syunik
The development of uranium mines cannot be carried out without causing damage to environment, said Armen Saghatelyan
Cities
February 09, 2011 | Cities | Yerevan
In the matter of "Nemo" dolphinarium Armenian environmentalists intend to cooperate with Azerbaijani colleagues, Head of the Birds Lovers Center NGO Silva Adamyan told ArmInfo correspondent.
February 04, 2011 | Cities | Vayots dzor
Opencast development of Amulsar gold mine parallel to negative impact on people’s health living nearby, first of all, can cause great damage to Jermuk Resort Town.
February 02, 2011 | Cities | Yerevan
According to Karine Danielyan, “Fir Sustainable Human Development” Association, current overload of the center may have negative impact for the city,
February 02, 2011 | Cities | Yerevan
In 2010 as compared with December 2009, annual monthly density of nitrogen dioxide in atmospheric air has decreased by 3.1 times.
February 02, 2011 | Cities | Lori
As it turns out, the owners of the cleanest air basin in Armenia are Vanadzor and Alaverdi Towns, at least in regard with content of dust.
February 02, 2011 | Cities | Yerevan
Another green zone will turn into a shopping mall. “Yerevanproject” CJSC is working out a plan to construct a trading and entertainment mall in the intersection of Yeznik Koghbatsi Street – Mesrop Mashtots Avenue and Saryan Street on the basis of recommended architecture plan given by Yerevan Municipality.
February 02, 2011 | Cities | Ararat | Kotayk | Shirak
Three dustiest cities in Armenia are Ararat, Hrazdan and Gyumri.
January 28, 2011 | Cities | Vayots dzor
“Municipality’s statement, to say the least, is a lie. Only 2-3 poplars were damaged because of strong winds in Jermuk. Why was no representative from Nature Protection Ministry or an environmental NGO present during the recording of natural disaster consequences?”
January 25, 2011 | Cities
The most polluted regions in Yerevan are Center and Shengavit. In these regions, the air most contains dust and nitrogen dioxide.
January 25, 2011 | Cities | Yerevan
"It’s necessary to stop all illegal constructions and not to deprive us of clean air: city is for all us.”
January 24, 2011 | Cities
Dolphinarium in Yerevan has been constructed with violations of law, as it doesn’t have the opinion from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Center.
January 24, 2011 | Cities
In 2011 Kajaran Town war rejected of allocations from environmental fees. This figure was 96 million AMD in 2010.
January 21, 2011 | Cities
Kapan is trapped: the town is surrounded with objects having different hazard extents. First of all, these are dumps of Kapan Combine, secondly, Geghanush tailing dump and thirdly, Artsvanik tailing dump, which belongs to Zangezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine and is located next to Kapan.
January 21, 2011 | Cities
Open-cast development of Shahumyan gold-polymetallic mine in Kapan by Deno Gold Mining Company will turn into a big catastrophe in the region. Don’t believe it, if you can find a single healthy person in the region. But when we keep silence, we reduce our live spans and don’t take care of our health.
January 21, 2011 | Cities
According to Center Direcotr Armen Saghatelyan, food chains are main risk factors. Heavy metals have been absorbed into agricultural products. Mine waters have mixed with irrigation system used to irrigate land areas in Syunik, almost all the products in the region are poisoned.
January 19, 2011 | Cities
The cities in the world are famous for their smog – London, Los Angeles and Yerevan. This statement was made by “For Sustainable Human Development” Association Chairman Karine Danielyan.
January 18, 2011 | Cities
Yerevan Mayors keep on changing, while trees keep on getting cut down. If everything keeps on going in this manner, trees in Yerevan may become valueless.