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ROUND TABLE ABOUT ECOLOGICAL STATE OF YEREVAN IN "ORHUS" CENTER
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: A round table-discussion on "the
Ecological State of Yerevan Town" was held today in "Orhus" Center,
Yerevan, with participation of representatives of NGOs and institutions
of the sphere of nature protection.
Chief specialist of Nature Protection Department of Yerevan
Municipality Diana Yeritspokhyan said that the issue of nature
protection, preservation and addition of green territories in the
capital is in the center of constant attention of the municipality.
"In the recent period the irrigation system of the capital
has been considerably improved, thanks to which green areas are
better-preserved," she said adding that the more vulnerable part is
the center of the town, the works in the direction of which are urgent.
Chief specialist of the Urban Development and Architecture Department
of Yerevan municipality Sargis Alaverdyan told Armenpress that
construction, which is considered to be main reason of originating
of nature protection issues, is under control in the capital, and
in all the cases when construction works harm green territories,
they restore. "I think there is a need to apply the existing laws
with greater accuracy, as well as to define new standards," he said.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: A round table-discussion on "the
Ecological State of Yerevan Town" was held today in "Orhus" Center,
Yerevan, with participation of representatives of NGOs and institutions
of the sphere of nature protection.
Chief specialist of Nature Protection Department of Yerevan
Municipality Diana Yeritspokhyan said that the issue of nature
protection, preservation and addition of green territories in the
capital is in the center of constant attention of the municipality.
"In the recent period the irrigation system of the capital
has been considerably improved, thanks to which green areas are
better-preserved," she said adding that the more vulnerable part is
the center of the town, the works in the direction of which are urgent.
Chief specialist of the Urban Development and Architecture Department
of Yerevan municipality Sargis Alaverdyan told Armenpress that
construction, which is considered to be main reason of originating
of nature protection issues, is under control in the capital, and
in all the cases when construction works harm green territories,
they restore. "I think there is a need to apply the existing laws
with greater accuracy, as well as to define new standards," he said.
From: A. Papazian