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3 May 2021 Today, the conservation unit of "Sevan" national park supervised a special duty on Lake Sevan 20 illegal fishing nets were withdrawn of the lake and 230 fish fry in the nets. The fishing nets are confiscated and destroyed by the defined order of the law.
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30 April 2021 Armenpress reports: New forests with an area of more than 30 hectares will be established in Artsakh. It is envisaged to plant a forest tree nursery and new forests with an area of 30-35 hectares in Artsakh. Acting Minister of Environment of the Republic of Armenia Romanos Petrosyan stated this in a conversation with "Armenpress".
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30 April 2021 “We share the vision of the best future of our country:” Acting Minister of Environment Romanos Petrosyan met with investors in tourism sector Guided by the recent developments in the mining sector in Lori region, a number of tourism investors were willingly to meet to consider the problems arising from the mining industry and their possible impact on investments in the region.
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30 April 2021 11 schools of Syunik region received grants within the framework of “Support Program for Protected Areas-Armenia” (SPPA-A) project of the Ministry of Environment Under the 3rd stage of "Financial Participatory Approach" component of "SPPA-A" project, a project competition was held for the 4 target cities of the SPPA-A program in RA Syunik region: Kapan, Kajaran, Meghri and Agarak. The programs illustrated by the schools were on environmental topics, and the amount of grants given to implement the programs, to instill love for nature in schoolchildren and perform environmental education activities amounted to up to 1.500.000 AMD.
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29 April 2021 Acting Minister of Environment Romanos Petrosyan received officers of U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Minister of Environment Romanos Petrosyan received officers of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Marina Vardanyan, Natural Resource Management Portfolio Lead, Environmental Officer for USAID Armenia and ASPIRED Project Chief of Party Magda Avetisyan.