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31 January 2023
Invitation for discussion
On February 2, 1971, the Ramsar Convention "On Wetlands of International Importance, especially as a Habitat for Waterfowl" was signed in Ramsar, Iran:
the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 75/317 of 2021, officially declared February 2 as World Wetlands Day.
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31 January 2023
The Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan met with fish farmers
The Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan met with nine dozen fish farmers to discuss issues related to the implementation of activities in fish farms with a closed circulation system, as well as the availability of a positive expert opinion on the impact on the environment, if this is provided by law when extending a water use permit.
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30 January 2023
An expanded meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chairman of the SCO Forest Committee Vladimir Kirakosyan
Taking as a basis the importance of the issues raised during the retreat held on January 4, 2023 at the Ministry of the Environment, headed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and dialogue and cooperation with partner organizations in the implementation of the government's policy in the forest sector, with the aim of expanding forest territories., In order to discuss actions in the field of reforestation and afforestation and prospects for the continuous development of potential aimed at their implementation, an expanded meeting was held in the Ministry headed by Chairman of the SCO Forestry Committee Vladimir Kirakosyan.
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27 January 2023
The laws concerning the flora, fauna and specially protected natural areas will contain the authorizing norms
The laws relating to flora, fauna and specially protected natural areas will contain authorizing norms, according to which:
The package of draft laws "On amendments to the law "On Flora", "On amendments to the Law "On Wildlife", "On Amendments to the Law "On Specially Protected Natural Territories" is proposed to fix the authorizing norms in the current laws.
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26 January 2023
Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan met the delegation headed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Armenia Viktor Richter
The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister Aram Meymaryan, representative of the Credit Recovery Bank (KfW) in Armenia Zara Chatinyan and the head of the "ECOserve" program group implemented by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) jointly with partner ministries Alla Berberyan.