Topic: Ecology

By Margarita Ivanova Special to the Mirror-Spectator LOS ANGELES — Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan, a former deputy minister of environment for the Republic of Armenia, climate policy professional, and political scientist,[...]

YEREVAN — According to official government reports, unemployment rates in Armenia will go up from 17.7 percent to 19 percent as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. In an[...]

YEREVAN (Reuters) — Armenia’s prime minister called on Saturday, January 25, for environmental protesters to end their 18-month-old blockade of a foreign-owned gold mine, saying the protest was not in[...]

YEREVAN/BOSTON — Armenia Tree Project (ATP) founder and activist Carolyn Mugar was honored at last month’s “Forest Summit: Global Action and Armenia” in recognition of her decades of devotion to[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday, September 16, accused environmental activists campaigning against the Amulsar gold mining project of misleading the public and said they must stop “demonizing”[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — A major gold mining project launched in Armenia by a Western company poses only “manageable” environmental risks, a senior law-enforcement official who has investigated it insisted on Monday.[...]

In most countries, an environmental dispute would have local dimensions, but not in Armenia. Because of the country’s size, the dispute regarding the continuation of the mining operation has been[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Armenia has sent a project to the Global Environment Fund that hopes to change the government’s fleet from petroleum-fueled cars to electric ones through an environmental grant[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The government is seeking harsher penalties for poachers, with the Ministry of Nature Protection introducing a new bill on amending the law regulating the sphere. Voskehat Grigoryan,[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Zoravik collective invites the public to an informal talk and discussion with environmentalists and human rights activists based locally and in Armenia on Sunday, November 18.[...]