Wednesday, 22 May
Ecology

News Mini Hydro Plants Have Destroyed Armenia's Large River Eco-Systems

13:05 | May 22, 2013
Ever since Armenia regained independence the number of mini hydro-electric plants has increased by 136 from the 13 operating in the Soviet era.

News “Just One Tree” To Make Yerevan Greener

16:48 | May 16, 2013
The initiative is open to all. It is unique because every company, regardless of size or financial standing can fully contribute. The “Just One Tree” principle asks each participating company to plant one tree for each employee, so both small and large ICT companies can help in the reforestation of Yerevan. A large company like Synopsys might plant hundreds of trees, and a small startup might plant only a few trees. Both are contributing fully.

News Greens Union Prez: "Akhtala could become a dead zone in five years if Metals Prince continues in this manner" (video)

13:41 | May 16, 2013
Yesterday, Armenia’s Greens Union President Hakob Sanasaryan led a group of environmentalists on a visit to the town of Akhtala to inspect the Shamlough open pit mine operated by Metals Prince Ltd.

News In reply to video reportage on Alaverdi's "Ankyun Plus" TV

23:58 | May 13, 2013
On behalf of the EcoLab project, its partner organisations and donors, we would like to state, that we consider the above mentioned reportage as a misuse and misrepresentation of the project, its partners and donors' names in favour of Teghut (Lori region, Armenia) copper-molybdenum mining project of Vallex F.M. Establishment.

News Deno Gold: Mining Company Threatens the Residents and Environment of Kapan

14:50 | May 13, 2013
Canadian “Deno Gold Mining Company” files a slander lawsuit against Armenian environmental activist Yeghia Nersesian

News Armenian Environmental Front to Hold Recruitment Meeting on May 4

14:26 | May 2, 2013
The recently formed Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) will hold a recruitment meeting on Saturday, May 4 at noon, at the Narekatsi Art Union in Yerevan.

Articles AUA Study: Mining in Armenia Creates Poverty, Income Inequality

11:59 | April 23, 2013
His analysis, however, also showed that “…the mining sector is likely to increase income inequality and deepen poverty in the regions of Armenia in which it operates.”

News Long Live the Government of Armenia: Let’s Promote Tourism

20:25 | April 22, 2013
This is the road leading from Yerevan’s Shengavit District to Masis. The road, which stretches for several kilometers, has turned into a garbage dump. The Ararat Regional Governor is busy with everything but his job.

News Alen Amirkhanian Appointed New Director AUA Acopian Center for the Environment

13:21 | March 28, 2013
The American University of Armenia (AUA) has appointed Alen Amirkhanian as the new Director of the Acopian Center for the Environment.

News Armenian Eco Front Urges Ministry to Publicize Marits River Hydro-Plant Documents

16:07 | March 21, 2013
The Armenian Eco Front (AEF) has urged the RA Ministry of Nature Protection to take a closer look into the company now operating one mini hydro power-plant along the River Martsi in Lori Province based on a number of violations the environmental group has observed.

News Europol: Low Risk, High Reward Drive Environmental Crime

00:44 | March 21, 2013
Environmental crime is an increasingly popular activity for specialized organized crime groups, according to a Europol report.

News Paper Vanguard Show at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia

23:51 | March 18, 2013
On 16 March, 2013 by the initiative of the art group at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia (teacher Tamara Sulkhanihvili) and with the support of the “Hayartun” Cultural Center, in the Calouste Gulbenkian Hall «TAMAR and KIDS PAPER FASHION SHOW» took place.

News Khosrov Candidate Has the Experience but Lacks RA Citizenship

13:17 | March 13, 2013
That man is Albert Doumikyan, who served as deputy director and then director of the Buriensky National Park in Russia for twenty years.

News Pan-Armenian Eco-Front Calls for Transparency Regarding Candidates Vying for Khosrov Reserve Directorship

10:39 | March 7, 2013
The Pan-Armenian Eco-Front has called on the RA Ministry of Nature Protection to publish various details pertaining to the eleven candidates now being considered to fill the vacant post of director of the Khosrov Forest State Reserve.

Articles Poisoned Pork? Akhtala Pigs Wallow In and Drink Toxic Waste Water

12:45 | February 6, 2013
When we visited the site, we saw what they meant. When we approached the confluence of the Getak and Debed rivers, a plant worker manning the pumping station tried to prevent us from taking pictures of the waste flow.

News Protest Tomorrow: Nor Nork Residents Oppose Construction of Stone Refinishing Plant

12:14 | January 23, 2013
Residents of Yerevan’s Nor Nork 7th district will stage a protest tomorrow to halt the planned construction of a stone refinishing factory in their midst.

News Petition Drive Seeks to Halt Construction of a Cyanic Plant in Meghradzor.

14:34 | January 22, 2013
A new civic initiative group “NO to Cyanide in Meghradzor” has launched the collection of signatures opposing the construction of a cyanic plant in Meghradzor.

News Activists Announce Creation of "Pan-Armenian Environmental Front"

12:30 | January 16, 2013
The initiating group says a united front of concerned Armenians is needed to confront what it calls the growing eco-colonialism of the homeland by foreign capital and the domestic oligarchy.

News Fishy Scheme? Turning Lake Sevan into a Fish Farm?

12:46 | January 14, 2013
“If these experiments work and is profitable, it will be good if such small fish farms appear in Sevan, not only for nurturing young fish, but also for the breeding of the big fish,” the minister is alleged to have said.

News Risks of Mining Industry Concentrated in Meghradzor Resort Zone

13:39 | December 25, 2012
“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.

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