On October 24, 2017 Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) civil initiative sent a letter to EBRD, EIB and Department of European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations regarding the loan provided to Armenia to construct a landfill that has no recycling option or possibility to generate renewable energy. The letter has remained unanswered.…
Yet one more positive outcome of the consistent efforts of active citizens and investigative journalists On October 16, 2017 Denmark’s Export Credit (EKF) agency, a state body in charge of promoting Danish exports, published an official statement on their website stating that EKF, together with the private pension fund PensionDenmark,…
In Armenia there are some private companies which recycle paper, plastic, batteries, metals (for a list of recycling companies as of 2014, check the last pages of this publication in Armenian). However, while local solutions are better than nothing, only a systematic approach can give a fast solution to waste…
Abandoned mine of Tandzut is located in Lori region, 6 km away from Vanadzor town. It was discovered around 120 years ago, while its operation was stopped in 1926. Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) civil initiative presented some details on this mine and promised to carry out analysis of water from…
Experts from three internationally acclaimed companies, such as Blue Minerals Consultancy from Australia, Buka Environmental from the USA and Clear Coast Consulting, Inc., Canada have studied more than a dozen documents available on Lydian International's website and have given their opinion regarding some of the ecological risks of the gold…
For years Armenian scientists, specialists and environmentalists presented from their field of expertise the dangers of gold project in Amulsar planned by Lydian International. They insisted that this project should not be realized. Many times it was mentioned that researches and assessments presented by this inexperienced offshore company stating that…