YEREVAN (Tert.am) – The end of the year is commemorated not only with festivities, but also with ministers presenting reports on their activities over the year. Today, it was Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan’s turn.

As with all the other ministries, Harutyunyan noted that all the planned activities of this year were carried out and the year was productive.

In praising the outgoing year’s activities, the minister noted a number of events that contributed to the implementation of the outgoing year’s activities. For one thing, Sevan and Dilijan national parks received certificates from the Cadastre in 2009.

In Harutyunyan’s words, 2009 was successful from the standpoint of creating special protected areas; for instance, the creation of Arpi and Arevik national parks, as well as the designation of nature reserves.

Speaking about the coming year, the minister said that he would like to designate 2010 as the year of nature protection