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MONOGRAPH ON ECOLOGY OF LAKE SEVAN TO BE PUBLISHED
Vestnik Kavkaza
May 17 2012
Russia
Karine Daniyelyan, PhD in Geography, Chairman of the Association For
Sustainable Human Development of the National Committee UNEP, said
that a monograph entitled "Integral Evaluation of the Ecological
Condition of Lake Sevan" will soon be published, ARKA reports.
The scientist said that his goal is to evaluate the genesis and
evolution of the lake's problems to find their solutions. The work
was composed after a two-stage expedition in 2011. Additional studies
of harm from mines in the area are still needed.
Daniyelyan said that the UN Development Program for ecology UNEP GRID
Arendal supported the project. Experts of the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia, Ministry for Ecology and Emergencies, Ministry
for Healthcare and independent experts helped compose the monograph.
Vladimir Movsisyan, Chairman of the Presidential Commission for
Lake Sevan Problems, Simon Papyan, Deputy Minister for Ecology, Yuri
Javadyan, PhD in Techniques and Director of Armvodoproyekt, Alexey
Tarverdyan, Chief Engineer of Armvodoproyekt and Knarik Ovannisyan,
expert of the Public Ecological Coalition for Problems of Water
Resources, contributed to the work. The monograph was reviewed by
Aram Avakyan, head of the Subdepartment for Socio-Economic Geography
of Yerevan State University, member of the Presidium of the Armenian
Georgraphic Society, and Tigran Sarkisyan, member of the Presidium
of the Association for Sustainable Human Development of the National
Committee UNEP.
The book will be published in Armenian, Russian and English in
500 copies.
Lake Sevan is the highest lake in Europe and Asia at an altitude of
1914 meters. Its water level was 1900.1 m on January 1, 2012, just
as in 1963. It covers 1500 square km. It is the main source of water
in the region. The water level will increase to 1903.5 meters in 2030.
Vestnik Kavkaza
May 17 2012
Russia
Karine Daniyelyan, PhD in Geography, Chairman of the Association For
Sustainable Human Development of the National Committee UNEP, said
that a monograph entitled "Integral Evaluation of the Ecological
Condition of Lake Sevan" will soon be published, ARKA reports.
The scientist said that his goal is to evaluate the genesis and
evolution of the lake's problems to find their solutions. The work
was composed after a two-stage expedition in 2011. Additional studies
of harm from mines in the area are still needed.
Daniyelyan said that the UN Development Program for ecology UNEP GRID
Arendal supported the project. Experts of the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia, Ministry for Ecology and Emergencies, Ministry
for Healthcare and independent experts helped compose the monograph.
Vladimir Movsisyan, Chairman of the Presidential Commission for
Lake Sevan Problems, Simon Papyan, Deputy Minister for Ecology, Yuri
Javadyan, PhD in Techniques and Director of Armvodoproyekt, Alexey
Tarverdyan, Chief Engineer of Armvodoproyekt and Knarik Ovannisyan,
expert of the Public Ecological Coalition for Problems of Water
Resources, contributed to the work. The monograph was reviewed by
Aram Avakyan, head of the Subdepartment for Socio-Economic Geography
of Yerevan State University, member of the Presidium of the Armenian
Georgraphic Society, and Tigran Sarkisyan, member of the Presidium
of the Association for Sustainable Human Development of the National
Committee UNEP.
The book will be published in Armenian, Russian and English in
500 copies.
Lake Sevan is the highest lake in Europe and Asia at an altitude of
1914 meters. Its water level was 1900.1 m on January 1, 2012, just
as in 1963. It covers 1500 square km. It is the main source of water
in the region. The water level will increase to 1903.5 meters in 2030.