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12 April 2021
Made amendments and supplements to the procedure of leasing and (or) granting land use right of specially protected areas of nature
In a bid to balance the environmental, socio-economic components, to achieve the vision of sustainable management and dynamic development of SPAs, to streamline the procedure of leasing and granting land construction right of specially protected areas of nature, amendments and supplements were made to the N1578-N decree on “Approving the order of the interdepartmental tender commission set up for leasing and (or) granting land use right of specially protected areas of nature ".
According to these amendments, minimum requirements and conditions have been defined to ensure the effective use of lands in specially protected areas of nature meant for the purpose, the provision of opportunities for sustainable development of the area, the presentation of competitive programs, and their fulfillment.
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12 April 2021
Online training
On April 16, an online training (within the Zoom platform) will be organized by the staff of the Visitor Center of "Sevan" national park SNCO on the initiative of the Ministry of Environment.
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12 April 2021
The Ministry of Environment extends a vote of thanks to the authors of this exemplary initiative
In the frames of the upcoming nationwide tree planting, local cleanup days and cleaning activities are also envisaged along the shores of Lake Sevan.
We once again urge our citizens to be more caring and compassionate towards the environment with a focus of keeping it clean and safe.
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12 April 2021
By the draft decree of the government, the list of rivers prohibited for the construction of small hydropower plants was defined
"The rejection of applications for water use permits for newly constructed small hydropower plants envisaged on defining the list of rivers which are registered in the Red Book of the Republic of Armenia or are typical of endemic fish spawning habitats or 40% and more overloaded with diversion pipes”; by the draft decree of the government, the list of rivers prohibited for the construction of small hydropower plants was defined.
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12 April 2021
Planted the first 1000 trees of 2021 "10 million trees" initiative
Minister of Environment Romanos Petrosyan was in Aragatsotn region, where the tree planting of 2021 "10 million trees" pan-Armenian initiative was officially launched.
