EcoLur
Various interests shall stimulate reforms aimed at regulating SHPP sector in Armenia. The problems of SHPP sector regulation were discussed at the first meeting of the Coordination Committee established in the frames of “Support to SHPP-relating reforms through the dialogue of public and RA Nature Protection Ministry for Sustainable Use of River Ecosystems” with the financial support of the UNDP GEF.
Ashot Avalyan, Deputy Staff Head of Nature Protection Ministry, and Armen Martirosyan, Environmental Governance Portfolio Coordinator at UNDP, made welcoming speech as a project coordinator on behalf of Nature Protection Ministry.
MP, member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Nature Protection Lyova Khachatryan proposed to adapt SHPP passportization to the legislative reforms in the sector of energy and SHPPs.
WWF Armenia Director Karen Manvelyan spoke about their developments in zone mapping distinguished by rich biodiversity, where operation of SHPPs shall be restricted.
Naira Nahapetyan, Chairman of SHPP Association, presented the issues businessmen dealing with alternative energy are concerned with. She outlined that business should have motivation to be attracted to participate in the process.
Project coordinator, EcoLur President Inga Zarafyan presented the current process on creating a green passport to be issued to 100 SHPPs constructed on the rivers.
Evelina Ghukasyan, Director of Hydroecology and Ichthyology of NAS Ra, Silva Adamyan – Coordinator of Public Environmental Alliance, Silva Ayvazyan – Coordinator of Yerevan Aarhus Center and www.ecolur.org Chief Editor Victoria Burnazyan also took part in the discussions.
"The material was developed in the frames of “Supporting reforms in the sector of small hydro power plants through enabling a dialogue between civil society and the Ministry of Nature Protection for sustainable use of river ecosystems” supported by UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme".
February 09, 2015 at 15:21