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...