YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), June 16–The representative office of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Armenia will present a project to the Ministry of Nature Protection on enlarging the territories of Khosrov reserve, Karen Manvelian, the head of the WWF representative office, said. “The total territory of Khosrov reserve will increase from 23,000 to 30,000 hectares,” [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), May 23–The updated Red List of rare species of the Armenian flora and fauna will be released in Autumn, Tatyana Danielian, head of the biodiversity department at the Armenian Environment Protection Ministry, informed. “Preparatory work of the two-volume Red List of rare species of the Armenian flora and fauna is in its closing [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), April 28—The creation of protected areas in Armenia helped to preserve about 60-65 percent of flora and fauna over the past few years, said Tatyana Danielyan, the Head of Biodiversity Management of the Ministry of Nature Protection. “Creating protected areas is the first of the major factors of environmental protection,” said Danielyan. She [...]

YEREVAN (ARKA), February 9—Armenia is aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through the application and use of new technologies, said the Minister of Nature Protection of Armenia Aram Harutyunyan. “Science has proven that even if global emissions will be reduced to zero levels, climate change will continue, because carbon dioxide and [...]