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In 2014 the Nature Protection Ministry has two priorities - replenishing the population of endemic fish species in Lake Sevan and implementation of “Establishing Biospheric Area in Syunik Region” project.
To achieve the first priority it’s planned to grow 366,667 thousand gegharkounik and summer trout viable young fish and to let them out into Lake Sevan in the fourth quarter of 2014. The state budget will allot 60 million AMD for this purpose.
In the last four years 1,292,000 summer trout and gegharkounik young fish was let out into the like and 366,600 young fish in 2013.
To achieve the next priority, i.e. to implement “Establishing Biospheric Area in Syunik Region” project, the official information says that measures will be carried out to improve the management of natural resources and specially protected areas, the socio-economic development of adjacent communities as follows:
· holding international contest for the selection of the organization to implement the project,
· specification and mapping of “Arevik” national park borders,
· studying and assessing the socio-economic situation of adjacent communities.
January 14, 2014 at 13:08