Fishing in Lake Sevan under strict supervision; the Ministry of Environment submitted a new draft

The Ministry of Environment developed a new draft focused on streamlining usage and sustainable management of bioresources in Lake Sevan. It is proposed to ensure the conveyance of swimming means into or out of Lake Sevan for commercial fishing only from 17 mentioned districts in the draft (the districts are indicated in the image attached).

$ 780.000 was not transferred to the Ministry of Environment for the law-drafting

In response to the spread of irrelevant and misleading information on the Internet about making additions to the RA law on “Freedom of Information”.

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

The only objective of the Ministry of Environment is to increase the level of environmental security; the Ministry pursues no other objective.
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.

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.