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4 March 2022
Event - "Climate Change and Women in Armenia" Award
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia, together with the United Nations Development Program, in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Council for Women's Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, organizes a competition event called "Climate Change and Women in Armenia", which aims to recognize the contribution and leadership of women in actions and decisions aimed at mitigating and adapting climate change.
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4 March 2022
Let us know our nature
The national conservation status of the globally threatened Common Pochard Aythya ferina has not previously been assessed in Armenia. Monitoring of the species in 2003–2019 shows that the Pochard breeds in the wetlands of the Ararat Plain, on the Shirak and Lori Plateaus, and at Lake Sevan, c. 800–2,040 m above sea level.
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4 March 2022
International relations
As part of her business trip to Kenya, Deputy Environment Minister Anna Mazmanyan met with the Director of the Europe Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Bruno Pozzi and the Head of Resource Mobilization and Partnership Specialist Ms. Kathy Outer, to discuss the priorities of cooperation in the field of the environment, the roadmap for the next two years and ways to solve existing problems.
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3 March 2022
“Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center” SNCO of the Ministry of Environment reports
In the last two days, Armenia has been in the zone of influence of a fairly active cyclone, precipitation is observed throughout the Republic, in mountainous areas - in the form of snow, in the foothills and valleys -in the form of rain.
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3 March 2022
Today is World Wildlife Day
March 3 is celebrated around the world as World Wildlife Day.