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Nature Protection Minister Aramayis Grigoryan paid a working visit to Syunik Region. During the working consultation held at Syunik Regional Municipality the environmental problems in the region were also covered, particularly the recent fires bursting out in Arevik National Park. Minister Grigoryan noted that in near future works on replenishing with technical up-to-date antifire equipment are planned in Zangezour biospheric complex, while before this alertness shall be demonstrated to avoid any damage to be caused to the rare flora and fauna of the national park or to minimize it.
Surik Khachatryan presented the problems of the residents in the affected communities in the Zangezour biospheric complex, about which Minister Grigoryan said, “In the frames of KfW bank-funded “Support to Caucasus Specially Protected Areas: Armenia” project, it’s planned to carry out a number of measures aimed to develop communities, which will ensure both environmental and socio-economic positive dynamic in these communities. The Nature Protection Ministry is ready to listen to the proposals and opinions of the community residents, present them for the consideration of KfW and to solve them, if possible.”
Minister Grigoryan attached much importanc to the monitoring of the works launched in the specially protected areas of nature and assigned to carry out registration of water springs besides the monitoring of plants, which will promote antifire measures in future, as well as development of new ecotourism routes.
August 08, 2016 at 12:20