The Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) kicked off a program designed to support Armenia’s Specially Protected Areas by allocating 29.730 million drams to improve conditions in the Arpa Protected Landscapes (APL) in the south-central part of the country.

The CNF began to assist the Arpa Protected Landscape (formerly Gnishik PL) in 2014.

Since then, the CNF has contributed €185,000 to the APL, home to an incredible variety of plant and animal life including the bezoar goat.

The APL is Armenia’s first community-managed protected area and is managed by a foundation representing the villages of Khachik, Gnishik and Areni.