The stamps that have become the symbol of the year have been quenched

Today, on the joint initiative of  the Ministry of Environment and HayPost, there took place the quenching ceremony of stamps devoted to the Year of Caucasian Leopard proclaimed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia in 2019, and Alcon Blue named as “Bird of the Year,  as a result of the public opinion poll organized by Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (ASPB) in 2019.

Training workshop for Inspectorates

In the frames of “Regional Demonstration Project for Coordinated Management of ODS and POPs disposal in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia”, there took place the two-day training workshop on management and supervision of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) envisaged  for inspectorates of health, environmental and energy spheres.

RA Deputy Minister of Environment Vardan Melikyan was elected as Vice Chair of the  Bureau of the UNECE Committee on Forests and Forest Industry

On November 4-7, Joint Session of the European Forestry Commission of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was held in Geneva, ...

Nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement were clarified 

On November 6, there kicked off the workshop on nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, on the initiative of the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

It took place the seminar on phasing out mercury-added products in Yerevan

 The initial seminar on "Strengthening capacity to promote phasing out of mercury-added products in Armenia" project took place  in  Ani Grand Hotel.

 

Public discussion addressed to increasing the effectiveness of public access to environmental information

Advisor to the Minister of Environment Narine Solomonyan had a meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations dealing with environmental issues. The meeting was attended by K. Danielyan, A. Iskoyan, M. Madoyan, S. Ayvazyan, A. Mirzoyan, Yu. Poghosyan.

The workshop on quality assurance of the national greenhouse gas inventory management systems and national greenhouse gas inventory of Armenia

On November 4-8, at the initiative of  the Ministry of Environment, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the workshop on quality assurance of the national greenhouse gas inventory management systems and national greenhouse gas inventory of Armenia was launched.