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15 May 2023
Deputy Minister of Environment Aram Meymaryan visited Syunik region with his colleagues
Deputy Minister of Environment Aram Meymaryan, Senior Project Portfolio Manager of the German Bank for Rehabilitation Loans (KfW) Frank Mörschl and Project Manager of "PTAS-Armenia" Michel Blimrieder
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15 May 2023
Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan was on a working visit to Gegharkunik region
Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan paid a working visit to "Sevan Trout" CJSC small fish breeding factory and trout breeding net farm in Karchaghbyur community of Gegharkunik region.
The minister, along with the Governor of Gegharkunik, Deputy Minister Aram Meymaryan, the head of "Sevan" National Park, the representatives of "Sevan Trout Stock Restoration and Fisheries Development Fund" and "Sevan Trout" CJSC, participated in the next batch of small fish, about 130,000 pieces of viable small fish lake of Gegharkunik trout. to omission.
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12 May 2023
The strategy of the Lake Sevan protection platform was presented
Today, on May 12, the presentation of the strategy of the Lake Sevan protection platform, created with the support of the "Environmental protection of Lake Sevan" (EU4Sevan) program, which is co-financed by the European Union and the German government, was held in Gavar, which was organized by "Blejan" NGO.
The Lake Sevan protection platform, which has been operating for six months in the Gavar community, aims to form environmentally responsible behavior of citizens and change their attitude towards the environment, as well as to reduce and as much as possible solve the production and public purpose, agricultural sewage/wastewater of households in Gavaraget and Sevan. the question of the cleaning process.
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12 May 2023
A ban on the export of whitefish from the RA territory will be imposed for a period of six months
The Ministry of Environment has circulated the draft government decision "On applying a temporary ban on the export of whitefish fry from the territory of the Republic of Armenia" on the e-draft.am platform for the publication of legal acts and drafts.
As a result of the process of regulation of industrial fishing of whitefish in Lake Sevan, in recent years there has been an increase in biomass of whitefish in Lake Sevan (in 2019: 2668 tons, in 2020: 2345 tons, in 2021: 5348 tons), which makes it possible to ensure the implementation of small quantities of industrial fishing in Lake Sevan. (300 tons in 2020, 300 tons in 2021, 600 tons in 2022).
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11 May 2023
The irrigated lands will increase in Shirak and Lori region
Within the framework of the new UNDP program, the irrigated lands will increase in Shirak and Lori regions.
The presentation of the project "Transition to low-carbon irrigation technologies in Lori and Shirak marzes of Armenia for increasing productivity, improving food security and living standards" was held, which is financed by the Government of Japan and implemented jointly by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia. by the Ministry.