CLARIFICATION on making supplements to the law on “Freedom of Information”

The proposed amendment stems from the strategy on environmental education and upbringing development yet approved by N7 protocol decree of the Government on February 22, 2018.
First, we find it necessary to state that the proposed regulation is defined in the Aarhus Convention, moreover, this regulation is also set out in Directive 2003/4/EC, particularly in (h) point of the 2nd paragraph of Article 4 thereof. By the way, the Republic of Armenia has also undertaken the responsibility to approximate the definition of applicable exceptions established in Article 4 of Directive 2003/4 EC by EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

Awareness campaign

The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNDP, initiated an awareness campaign, in the frames of which 60 social advertising panels on water resources, air pollution reduction, forest protection and fight against plastic were to be placed in different parts of the republic.

Dear compatriots,
The Ministry of Environment urges not to throw used medical masks and gloves in the places not envisaged for these purposes.
We urge you to avoid polluting the environment, as apart from the environmental pollution, used masks or gloves thrown on the street are potential sources for spread of the infection.

In response to ''Hetq''

In response to an article entitled "Manipulations on  water amount saved in  Ararat Valley" published by ''Hetq'' weekly today, we inform that there are illustrated misrepresented data, as:

ANNOUNCEMENT / Public reviews over assessment of new bids  for water use permits will be held remotely 

Guided by the N 298-N decree of the Government of the Republic of Armenia (March 16, 2020) on “Declaring state of emergency in the Republic of Armenia.”,  in a bid to exclude the cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Environment will hold public reviews over assessment of new bids for water use permits remotely. 

ANNOUNCEMENT on the pre-assessment bids submitted to the Environmental Impact Expertise of the Ministry of Environment, and the expertise procedure of environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports

Taking into account the activities to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the present state of emergency, the Ministry of Environment informs that the pre-assessment bids submitted to the Environmental Impact Expertise  of the Ministry of Environment, and the expertise procedure of environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports are extended, owning to the necessity of holding public reviews. 

Dear citizens,

By the decree of the session of the Commission for Coordination of Activities to Prevent the spread of Coronavirus, taking into consideration the functions and workload, the state agencies were instructed to consider the possibility of remote working  with some of the employees within the next 10 days. 

Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan participated in the round- table discussion on the reforms supervised in the sphere of environmental protection

The objective of the event was to present a number of reforms undertaken and presently in progress by the Ministry of Environment in the spheres of legislative regulation, sustainable forest management and biodiversity and preservation of specially protected areas of nature (SPAs) to the stakeholder partners.

The Government approved the draft law on “Making Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Local Self-Government'', submitted by the Ministry of Environment 

By the proposed amendment, the legislative framework for the environmental education and upbringing system will be improved, and the role of eco-education will be highlighted in communities.

Today, Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan had a meeting with Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus Vitaly Drozhzha

Today,  Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan had a meeting with the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus Vitaly Drozhzha.  In the course of  the meeting, a number of issues were discussed, mainly related to forest restoration, forest management and afforestation.

Discussed the measures to improve the ecosystem of Lake Sevan 

On the initiative of the Ministry of Environment, there was held  a discussion directed to address the main issues of Lake Sevan. The discussion was chaired by Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan.

Challenges of plastics

Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan discussed the issues of reducing and banning sigle-use plastics with business people,   officers of organizations engaged in waste collection, sorting and recycling. 

What are the prospects for electric vehicles in Armenia?

 Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan received the representatives of about 10 organizations engaged in import and sale of automotive  vehicles and considered numerous issues regarding the development of the automotive industry with them.

The reception of citizens took place at the Ministry of Environment

Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan today received the 16 registered citizens. The citizens came up with propositions over the functions of the Ministry of Environment

The list of banned products of Armenian origin in case of  export to non-member countries of EAEU from Armenia was  approved at today's Cabinet meeting

Submitting the draft, Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan noted that by this decree it is  proposed to ban the export of certain timber products to third countries. He added that this prohibition remarkabely refers to firewood and logs...

New energy efficient solutions are being introduced

In the frames of the  United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility (UNDP-GEF) “Mainstreaming Sustainable Land and Forest in Mountain Landscapes of North-Eastern Armenia” project, with the assistance of the Ministry of Environment and with the technical support of the UNDP/GEF Small Grants Program (SGP), energy efficient solutions have been introduced to Dzoragyugh and Vahagni communities, Lori region, to reduce the pressure on nearby forest ecosystems.

Erik Grigoryan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Armenia Mr.  Jun Yamada

Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan received today Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Armenia Mr. Jun Yamada.

The Bioresources Management Agency of the Ministry of Environment embarked on accepting applications for amateur fishing (36-N order.)

New techniques for "ArmForest"

Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan today attended the ceremony of handing tractors acquired for the forestry enterprises of “ArmForest” SNCO.
By the means of the 2019 state budget, the Ministry purchased eight Bellarus 82.1 tractors equipped with 8 agricultural, 8 forest ploughs and relevent drilling rigs envisaged for tree planting.

Discussed the possibilities of introducing a pilot project of ecosystem service delivery in Tsakhkadzor 

Today, the meeting took place in the Ministry of Environment with the participation of representatives of Tsakhkadzor community administration, hotels operating in Tsakhkadzor, the German Agency for  International Cooperation (GIZ),