Hazardous wastes are those wastes with physical, chemical or biological properties, that create or can create a danger to human health and the environment, and in order to dispose them, it is necessary to use special methods and means.

For the first time, a black stork's nest has been discovered in Lori Province. A species considered rare for Armenia has been discovered within the framework of the international scientific campaign organized by the Armenian branch of the German Nature Protection Union (NABU) within the framework of complex studies of the birds of prey in Armenia.

Vladimir Kirakosyan, the head of the Eco-patrol service of the Ministry of Environment of the RA, and Vardan Sargsyan, the first deputy head, are on a working visit to New York at the invitation of the UN Secretariat to participate in the 19th session of the UN Forum on Forests.