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GLOBAL WARMING DIRECTLY ENDANGERS ARMENIAN FORESTS
ArmInfo
2010-09-29 18:18:00
ArmInfo. Global warming directly endangers Armenia's forests, Aram
Ter- Zakaryan, Task Leader of "Adaptation to CC Impacts in Mountain
Forest Ecosystems of Armenia" UNDP/GEF MSP at UNDP Armenia CO, told
ArmInfo correspondent
"We are first and foremost concerned with the forests of Syunik
region. Surveys show that as compared with the average index of
1961-1990, elements in the region have dropped by 9%",- he said.
According to him, over the period from 1935 to 2007 the average annual
temperature in Syunik region rose by 0.7%. The number of summer
days with a temperature at over 25 degrees also grew: in Meghri -
by 10 days, in Kapan and Goris - by 21 days. Experts point out that
the rise of the temperature alongside with reduction of elements
has led to deceleration of forest reproduction processes. Project
Consultant Armen Nalbandyan says that the temperature rise also
increases the number of depredators. For instance, in early 2000s
2 thsd hectares of forestry in Meghri suffered from the brown-tail
moth. Nalbandyan thinks that besides taking environmental measures,
opening of the forest guard station, which was liquidated in 1998,
may play an important role in saving forests from depredators.
According to specialists, in 2100 temperature in Armenia will rise
by 5.7 degree. If no work aimed at reduction of greenhouse gases
waste is done, the elements in the republic will drop by 27%; on the
contrary, such phenomena as strong winds, hails, floods and droughts
will considerably grow. To note, 2- degree rise in temperature in
Armenia may increase the scales of desertisation by 33%, and decrease
the elements by 10%, the number of the mammals by 28-33%, harvests -
by 8-14%. Moreover, Alpine zones will decline by 22%, and the landscape
zone borders will move higher by 100-150 meters.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-09-29 18:18:00
ArmInfo. Global warming directly endangers Armenia's forests, Aram
Ter- Zakaryan, Task Leader of "Adaptation to CC Impacts in Mountain
Forest Ecosystems of Armenia" UNDP/GEF MSP at UNDP Armenia CO, told
ArmInfo correspondent
"We are first and foremost concerned with the forests of Syunik
region. Surveys show that as compared with the average index of
1961-1990, elements in the region have dropped by 9%",- he said.
According to him, over the period from 1935 to 2007 the average annual
temperature in Syunik region rose by 0.7%. The number of summer
days with a temperature at over 25 degrees also grew: in Meghri -
by 10 days, in Kapan and Goris - by 21 days. Experts point out that
the rise of the temperature alongside with reduction of elements
has led to deceleration of forest reproduction processes. Project
Consultant Armen Nalbandyan says that the temperature rise also
increases the number of depredators. For instance, in early 2000s
2 thsd hectares of forestry in Meghri suffered from the brown-tail
moth. Nalbandyan thinks that besides taking environmental measures,
opening of the forest guard station, which was liquidated in 1998,
may play an important role in saving forests from depredators.
According to specialists, in 2100 temperature in Armenia will rise
by 5.7 degree. If no work aimed at reduction of greenhouse gases
waste is done, the elements in the republic will drop by 27%; on the
contrary, such phenomena as strong winds, hails, floods and droughts
will considerably grow. To note, 2- degree rise in temperature in
Armenia may increase the scales of desertisation by 33%, and decrease
the elements by 10%, the number of the mammals by 28-33%, harvests -
by 8-14%. Moreover, Alpine zones will decline by 22%, and the landscape
zone borders will move higher by 100-150 meters.
From: A. Papazian