“EcoLur” Informational NGO has sent a letter to Nature Protection Ministry, which says, “Meghradzor resort zone turned out to be in the epicenter of hazardous project implementation – cyanic plant, Meghradzor gold mine opencast development and Tezhsar nepheline-syenite mine.
The film raises issues that concern us all but that are especially relevant to te residents of the forty communities that encircle the mountain lake.
Water has turned into something valuable, more valuable than life. Beneath our eyes, two Geghamavan villagers slipped down on ropes to Sevan-Hrazdan canal, took water with buckets and poured it into narrow pipe, which runs to their land areas. The speed of water running through the canal is very high, canal walls are smooth, while its depth is 7-10 meters. If you fall into canal, it’s almost impossible to survive. Old villagers assured us...
A road is being built in Armenia’s Khosrov Forest State Reserve. Armenia’s Ministry of the Environment says the road is for fire prevention purposes. Clean drinking water flows from the spring directly under a canopy of trees. Under the spring is the Azat River gorge. The medieval monastery complex of Havouts Tar is located 150-200 meters from the spring.
The Ecolur Informational NGO reports that it has petitioned National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan to nullify a parliamentary hearing on Lake Sevan scheduled for today.
Inga Zarafyan, president of the Ecolur environmental NGO, told reporters today that while the Armenian government has often stated that it has assisted in the development of a green economy, the decisions it has taken proves that it is only interested in the exploitation of the nation’s natural resources for short-term profits.
On March 1 Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Vache Terteryan will submit a project on changing the category of land areas in Litchq (Syunik region) for the construction of 2 small HPPs at the government meeting.
People who once worked the land in the Dalma Gardens outside Yerevan staged the latest in a spat of protests outside the Presidential Palace on May 27.
A legal suit brought against the RA Ministry of the Environment by a civic organization charging the government body with “dereliction of duty” continues today at the Yerevan Administrative Court.