There took place the session on interdepartmental committee implementing Stockholm Convention on “Persistent Organic Pollutants”

The session was presided by Chairwoman of the Committee,  Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan.   

Talin - green city
Expanding access to affordable and clean energy in Talin community

Today, there took place the meeting on development of coordinated approaches for the reduction of plastic bags in the city of Talin, within the framework of the project of the Ministry of Environment and of the Small Grants Programme (SGP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the United Nations Development Programme.

The 10/10/20 project has launched, within the 10/10/20 project scopes, there took place a working discussion. 

Today, on the initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST), within the 10/10/20 project scopes, there took place a working discussion. 

The fire broke out in the area of "Dilijan national park" SNCO was put out 

On November 11 and 12, a fire broke out in the areas of the 3rd unit of “Shamakhyan” district branch and in the 3rd unit of “Dilijan” district branch of “Dilijan NP” SNCO .

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, ...