Dialog with officials

“Regional Monitoring Institute” local NGO has sent a letter to David Dole, the Asian Development Bank resident representative in Armenia. The letter says,

As it turned out the task of the committee members having arrived at Azat gorge on 21 August was not to find out the factual water amount in the river through the measurements, but to record their desirable figures with fraud

General Prosecutor's Office is factually dealing with the non-execution of the court ruling by “HayJrmughKoyughi” CJSC issued by Syunik Regional Court of General Jurisdiction on 24.06.2011. Reminder: the court ruling said

Ex Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutunyan had the governmental resolution 1465 –N dated on establishing “Zangezour” Biospheric Complex on 14.12.2013 adopted through the government. The resolution says that

Syunik-based ‘Workers Rights Protection Union' NGO expressed its strong concerns with the development of Litchq copper mine by 'Tatstone' LLC

On 2 July 2015 the Armenian Government adopted resolution 731-N, which reduced the area of “Zangezour” biospheric complex by 630.6541 ha, particularly the land areas from “Arevik” National Park and “Zangezour” State Reserve

"Save Teghout" Civic Initiative sent an open letter to the RA Minister of Nature Protection Aramayis Grigoryan offering to participate in the inspections taking place in Teghout Copper Molybdenum Mine. The letter says:

The fruit trees in the yard of the block of flats N 39 in Komitas avenue of Yerevan city are getting withered because of lack of water. Misha Madoyan, an 82 year-old resident beat an alarm

Pan-Armenian Environmental Front reports about crime that is Overexploition of Ararat Artesian Basin Underground Water and standing on verge of elimination, to Gevorg Kostanyan, General Prosecutor and Vahram Shahinyan, the head of RA Special Investigation Service. In the reports mentioned the following

“WORKERS' RIGHTS PROTECTION UNION” which has its representative office also in Germany, sent a letter to the German Development Bank KfW, in which it offers to increase transparency of creation and development of "Zangezur" biosphere complex project in order to avoid corruption risks. The letter reads as follows:

'No to Plunder' Civic Initiative has responded to Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan's speech made at the meeting of the Armenian Government on 25 June, which says, 'At the meeting of the Armenian Government on 25 June Hovik Abrahamyan referred

The issue of safety of “Khosrov Forest” State Reserve remains focused by scholars and environmentalists. Marina Oganezova, Dr. In Biological Sciences, and

"Zangezour" Biospheric Complex was established in Syunik Region, Armenia in 2013. EcoLur had an interview with Karen Kirakosyan, Director of "Zangezour" Biospheric Complex SNCO, about 8.25 million

World Bank representative Winston Yu is not aware of the complaint from Garni community residents in regard with the Qaghtsrashen gravity irrigation system

“Sagamar” Company doesn’t pay any environmental fees. The company doesn’t have to make environmental fees, as it’s not included in the list of

“Whether National Assembly has mechanisms to counteract to unlawful resolutions adopted by the Government,” asked EcoLur referring to the governmental resolution

Syunik-based “Union for Protection of Employees’ Rights” NGO President Arthur Ghazaryan has sent an enquiry to Nature Protection Minister Aramayis Grigoryan and “Lydian International” Company, which is

Fioletovo Village residents, Lori Region, have addressed a letter to Nature Protection Minister Aramayis Grigoryan in regard with Fioletovo gold mining project. The letter says