The New Cause of Celebrating The Earth Day
Earth Day began in 1970 with the degraded state of the U.S. environment. Since then, there has been much environmental progress. But now it is very important to see what else must be done in order to pass a safe and healthy world to the future genera...
Changes and Additions to The Waste Management Industry of Armenia
On the 14th of May the RA government approved the documentation package “Making Amendments and Supplements to RA Law “On Wastes”, “Making Amendments and Supplements to RA Code “On Subsoil” and “Making Amendments and Supplements to RA Law “...
Subsoil Exploitation at Expense of Agricultural Land Areas
According to “Ecolur” Informational NGO, a press conference was held at “Ecolur” Press Club on 29 May, where Ashot Vardevanyan, National Coordinator of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Deputy Head of Department for Managing Bio-resourc...
Thanks to the Nature and to the Environmentalists!
The RA Minister of Nature Protection held the “World Environment Day” and the “Environmentalist Day” celebrations on June 5 at “Poghosyan Gardens”. According to the ministry, around 50 organizations (MNP structural and separate divisions, ...
Red-Listed Species of Urtsasar are Victims of Travertine Mine
During the round table entitled “Vulnerability of Ecosystems Conditioned with Climate Change” held at EcoLur Press Club, Eleonora Gabrielyan, Dr. in Biological Sciences, Professor, said that a travertine mine is developed in Urtsasar, which is the bir...
Biodiversity Conservation – a priority in European Policy
According to “Ecolur” Informational NGO, during the Conference on Biodiversity for the Eastern partnership Countries in Brussels, Karin Zaunberger, DG ENV, said that Biodiversity and habitat conservation are a priority in European policy and the prote...
No Additional Water Outlet from Lake Sevan This Year
This year no additional water outlet from Lake Sevan will be conducted, as Yuri Javadyan, Chairman of Scientific-Expert Committee on Lake Sevan told “EcoLur” in his interview. In 2015, 170 million cum water will be let out of Lake Sevan for ir...
Ecosystem preservation in Climate Change – proposals to the RA Government
The question on what consequences will the expected temperature rise and precipitation decrease have on the biodiversity of Armenia resulting from Climate Changes, was discussed during the round table “vulnerability of ecosystems due to climate chan...
Losing Sevan, Jermuk: Press Conference at EcoLur Press Club
“EcoLur” environmental, informational NGO informs us that a press conference will be held at 11:00, 24 August at EcoLur Press Club (49/2 Hanrapetutyun St.) where Amulsar gold mine risks and the dangers for Vorotan-Arpa tunnel and Lake Sevan wi...
Battling Pollution in Rio Starting With the Youth
NBC NEWS informs us about the pollution in the Guanabara Bay which is a home to this year’s Olympic sailing events. Here an organization is using water sports as a tool to teach the next generation how to care for natural resources. A non-profit Pro...
