From November 25 to 28, Yerevan hosted a regional dialogue under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), implemented by the Convention Secretariat, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the UNEP Regional Office for Europe, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the support of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and funding from the UNDP China Trust Fund and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Hambardzum Matevosyan, Minister of Environment of the RA, visited Tavush Province to get acquainted with the consequences of the fires that occurred in the “Dilijan” National Park and adjacent areas in recent days.

The main topics of the roundtable discussion organized by the “Forest Alliance” were the formation of new approaches to afforestation in Armenia and the legislative reforms necessary to ensure them.