Dear Colleagues
On the initiative of the Ministry of Environment On June 29, at 1:00 p.m., the ministry is organizing a discussion among environmentalists, non-governmental organizations, and representatives of the scientific community concerned about the disease of unknown origin found near pine (forest) trees in the Akhtamar section of the Sevan branch of the SNOC "Sevan National Park". with participation.
Minister Hakob Simidyan will participate in the meeting.
Taking into account the growing dimensions of the problem and the demand for an urgent solution, the problem will be comprehensively discussed with the minister and ways of solving it will be developed.
Please confirm your (representative's) participation with a return letter or by calling +374 11 818 559, indicating the participant's name, surname, phone number, e-mail address. postal address.
We inform you that the drying of pine trees has been observed since 2017. Trees infected with the disease wither without signs of weakening, resulting in tree fall, disruption of the connectivity of tree foliage, turning into a sparse forest. Along with this process, the normal regrowth of pines in these centers was also disrupted.