Thursday, 20 June
Ecology

Articles Mini Hydro Plants Turning Yeghegis Into Dead River

16:29 | June 18, 2013
Gone are the trout...victims to six mini-hydro electric plants built up and down the river and its tributaries.

News Environmentalists: 5% of Ararat Valley Already Lost to Salinization

14:04 | June 17, 2013
Zarafyan called on the government to take practical and immediate steps before the water supply situation becomes irreversible in the valley, an area where much of the country’s fruits and vegetables are grown.

Interviews Journalist Kieran Cooke: “Armenia may not be a major CO2 producer, but it will face climate-change challenges nonetheless”

11:06 | June 12, 2013
Something I see immediately as a visitor, not really as a journalist, is the problem of rubbish. That’s to say, the peoples' attitude of throwing things on the street or in the parks, whether it is plastic garbage or cigarettes.

Articles Anglers Angry: Electro-Shock and Toxic Wastes Lead to Less Debed River Fish

13:16 | June 8, 2013
Davit Antaranyan, a lifelong angler, says that there’s a premeditated plot to destroy the fish in the Debed River.

News ATP Completes 39th Season of Tree Planting in Armenia

12:47 | June 3, 2013
Armenia Tree Project (ATP) has recently completed its 39th season of planting. Nearly 44,000 trees were planted this spring throughout Armenia, including decorative and fruit trees and more than 10,000 reforestation seedlings in the Lori region. This brings the total number of trees planted and rejuvenated by ATP to 4,268,516 since 1994.

News US: Walmart Fined Two Minutes Of Revenue For Environmental Crimes

16:59 | May 31, 2013
After eight years of investigations, involving more than 20 prosecutors and 32 environmental groups, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., plead guilty on Tuesday in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Kansas City to federal environmental crimes and civil violations, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

News Meghri Village Residents Launch Petition Drive to Halt Mine

18:05 | May 30, 2013
Residents of the Meghri Tashtun village have launched a petition drive to halt the construction of a mine by a Russian-Armenian company called AT Metals Ltd.

Articles Patience at an End: Meghri Residents Promise to Damage Any New Mines

14:30 | May 28, 2013
When the woman entering the Meghri store owned by Mrs. Alvard noticed my tape recorder, she immediately exclaimed, "While Meghri has become the most cut-off town in Armenia, it is also the most important. Who understands this?"

News Open Letter to Prince Charles of Wales: “British Investments in Amulsar Gold Mine Go Against Your Ideas”

09:44 | May 28, 2013
Your Highnes, as an advocate for nature conservation, please refrain from any action related to Amulsar gold mine that will confirm the current project and will make the above-mentioned threats a reality.

Articles 12 Aragatzotn Villages Protest Water Shortage: What General Owns the Mini Hydro-Plant Causing the Problem?

15:10 | May 24, 2013
For the past two months villagers in twelve rural communities in the Aragatzotn Province have complained that they are going without water.

News Akhtala Mayor: "The ministry has forgotten about our tailing waste problems"

12:49 | May 23, 2013
Haygaz Khachikyan, mayor of the northern Armenian town of Akhtala, says he warned provincial authorities about the growing environmental dangers his community faces caused by the tailings dams owned by the Akhtala Enrichment Plant

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.

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