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In 2020 it’s planned to assess the impact of mining on biodiversity and ecosystem services and to develop and introduce mitigation action plan. This measure is planned in National Action Plan on Conservation, Protection, Recovery and Use of Biodiversity in Armenia for 2016-2020, which was approved by the Armenian Government on 10 December.
According to the document, the mining land areas in Armenia have increased by 3,500 ha within 5 years. If in 2011 mining land areas occupies an area of 33,000 ha, this indicator for 2015 increased and reached 36,500 ha. During these years the number of tailing dumps have also increased, which collect around 220 million cum waste.
December 10, 2015 at 18:31