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.