June 13, 2013 at 18:30 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
“Solar energy doesn’t cause any damage to nature, but you know what is going on in the Republic of Armenia with hydro power plant: people are struggling, feeling trees...
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June 13, 2013 at 15:08 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
As Yerevan Municipality Information and Public Relations Department informs the green area in Yerevan will make up 850 ha, out of which 188 ha will be parks...
June 12, 2013 at 13:43 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
The green zones in Yerevan for one person make up 12 square meters in 2015 as Yerevan...
June 12, 2013 at 11:41 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Syunik
“Drinking water is a problem for the town and this problem may escalate… The drinking water passes through turbines and turns into technical one… Four SHHPs already operate on the aqueduct supplying Kapan...
June 11, 2013 at 16:54 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Lori
“Due to long-lasting struggle of environmentalists and Human Rights Defender’s interference eventually environmental examinations will be carried out in the fourth quarter of...
June 11, 2013 at 16:07 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan has set daily control aimed to performance of obligations by entities, nevertheless, over 180 administrative offences have been...
June 11, 2013 at 14:50 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Vayots dzor
“Geoteam” CJSC has submitted Amulsar gold-bearing quartzite mine close down program to Nature Protection Ministry. Under this document, the open mine will be...
June 11, 2013 at 12:43 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
Nature Protection Ministry of Armenia held a number of events on World Environment Day in specially protected areas in different regions of Armenia...
June 11, 2013 at 12:03 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
“If we have sufficient funding, irrigation problems will be solved. On annual basis we need 6-7 months of irrigation. If to estimate on average, the daily expenses for water make up...
June 08, 2013 at 11:28 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Gegharkunik
On June 6 the Armenian government adopted ‘About Water Intake from Lake Sevan for Irrigation Purposes in 2013’ bill developed...
June 07, 2013 at 15:33 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Tavush
The project seizes 67 ha of forest territories from Dilijan National Park. The construction itself is implemented in the administrative territory of...
June 07, 2013 at 15:21 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Armavir
This is huge load in the operational regime of electric power systems, while the management of winter and summer regimes will practically become impossible...
June 07, 2013 at 14:59 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Tavush
Rocks may collapse, as their integrity is disturbed…Nature Protection Ministry issued a positive opinion of the environmental expertise to the project for 2012, which later was recognized as invalid...
June 07, 2013 at 14:35 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
Nature Protection Minister had a meeting with the delegation headed by Adriana Damianova, Lead Environmental Specialist for the World Bank's South Asia Environment and Social Development Sector, Head of...
June 07, 2013 at 11:43 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan signed a loan agreement with the Armenian representation of the UNDP “Sustainable Governance of Forests and Pastures in Communities for...
June 05, 2013 at 17:23 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
Desertification risks in Armenia are increasing. There are alarm signals that the springs in Ararat Valley are already getting dried and, as a matter of fact, the agriculture is undermined,” Karine Danielyan ...
June 05, 2013 at 15:27 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Syunik
…the population has launched signature collection, but to tell the truth, people don’t people much in this civil process and they noted with anger that they were ready to take more certain and harsher measures...
June 05, 2013 at 12:01 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan has met with the delegations of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Finance Corporation...