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Scenes From Aghveran

All photos of Aghveran, Kotayk, Armenia by Christian Garbis

Why Are Trees Still Being Cut In Yerevan Parks?

Yesterday Hetq Online printed a disturbing, even perplexing report of trees being cut in Tsitsernakaberd Park, not far from the Genocide Memorial. Several lamps that light the walkways there were smashed as well.

Here’s the full report:

“I saw the smashed street lamps. When I looked hard, I realized that next to each smashed street lamp there are [...]

Saving Teghut Forest

There is an excellent, concise article on Hetq Online briefing readers about the situation surrounding the threat to the Teghut Forest, located in the northern part of the Tavush region.

As you may know, the forest is scheduled to be felled in a business plan absurdly approved by Armenia’s Ministry of  Nature Protection. Three organizations which [...]

Climate Study Predicts Water Shortage in Armenia

My friend Jason at Cicer et cetera published an entry a few days ago about a UNDP study that was conducted to evaluate where Armenia was heading on its current course of not adapting to the realities of climate change/global warming.

Jason pointed out some very interesting information that is contained in the report.

The study points out that [...]

Why Don’t Armenians Like Trees?

I’ve been disturbed for several years about the needless tree cutting that has been going on throughout Yerevan. Much of the time it’s being done by business owners.

Tree cutting in and around Yerevan in the forms of pollarding and pruning have been going on for the last two decades. The Marash forest that blanketed the slope [...]

Armenia Is ‘Happy’

According to a new report published by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), Armenia is the 48th most happy country out of 143 countries polled, referring to how Armenians use their natural resources to make their lives better. Lagging behind were Georgia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan ranking at 72, 83, and 85, respectively. (Incidentally, China and India [...]

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