EcoLur
On 18 November “Environmental Expertise” SNCO of Nature Protection Ministry issued a positive opinion to Meghrasar open pit mining project. On 11 November the public sector applied to Nature Protection Ministry, KfW Bank and WWF Armenia on this mining project, where the public representatives called for issuing a negative opinion to Meghrasar gold mining project taking into consideration the importance of the policy on establishing and expanding specially protected areas.
WWF Armenia Head Karen Manelyan informed, “WWF Armenia is ready to hold independent studies of the biodiversity in the area of Meghrasar mine and to present the outcomes to the stakeholders. The studies are feasible not sooner than the end of May 2015, as field trips are not possible till the end of the spring because of thick snow cover.”
KfW Bank thanked us for the information and promised to pass it to Nature Protection Ministry and WWF Armenia.
What about the location of the mine in the area of the national park, the acting staff head of Nature Protection Ministry Khazhak Aghabekyan said: “…In near future after the approval by the Armenian Government, the Nature Protection Ministry will present the borders of “Arevik” National Park and the copy of the area map.”
In his talk with EcoLur environmentalist Levon Galstyan said, “We will take other measures, for example, we will block the mine and won’t allow to develop it.”
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