VIII EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN YEREVAN
Azg/arm
8 Dec 04
The convention signed in Iranian Ramsar city in 1971 is the only
one that is directed to preservation of concrete eco-systems, in the
given case, the preservation of wet territories, the dwelling places
of water birds. Armenia joined this convention in 1993, representing
the Lake of Sevan and the Arpi Lake with its neighboring swamps in the
list of preservation and restoration. In the course of the membership
the fund of the convention financed 4 Armenian projects.
A new project was elaborated for the Javakhk areas of special
preservation. KFW bank will allocate $2,2 million for the
implementation of the project.
European regional meeting is being held in Yerevan on December
4-8. 70 foreign ecology experts are participating in the meeting. The
participants of the conference will visit the national part of Sevan,
Ayrivank and Sevan Hydro.
By Karine Danielian