IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2006 ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN ARMENIA AMOUNTS TO AMD 220 MILLION

AZG Armenian Daily #145, 03/08/2006

Ecology

In the first half of 2006, RA State Territorial Inspection of RA Nature
Protection Ministry checked 957 objects and revealed 662 violations
of ecological legislation of Armenia. RA National Statistic Service
informed about this. Besides, not a single violation was removed in
the deadline set by the law. The majority of the damages was made
to the flora(228 cases), then come the damages to the water sources
(167 cases), to the air basin(134), to the mines and land resources
(38 cases each) and to fauna (57 cases). 449 people were imposed with
administrative penalties amounting to AMD 31 million 515 thousand.

The damage to the ecology of Armenia is evaluated to AMD 220 million
325 thousand.