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WHY ISN'T LEKE SEVAN ON THE UNESCO LIST? - OPINIONS
21:47 * 27.03.14
A decision to include Lake Sevan in the UNESCO list of natural
monuments would imply an outside control, an environmentalist has
said, noting that such a measure would not be in the local fish
manufacturers' interests.
"They want to use the water of Lake Sevan as a resource from a
concrete-covered basin where they could grow fish. If the lake is
included in the UNESCO list of nature sites under special protection,
there will also be an outside control expected to reveal both the
wrongdoings committed locally and the problem with raising the [water]
level," Hakob Sanasaryan, the president of the Union of Greens,
told Tert.am, commenting on the situation with the lake.
The environmentalist said he doesn't know other examples of breeding
fish on artificial food in a mountain lake.
Silva Adamyan, a member of the Environmental Alliance NGO, said she
thinks environmentalists would do a great job if they managed to have
lake included in the UNESCO list. But she expressed a strong doubt
that Sevan will be registered as a special protection site at all.
Adamyan said a group of environmentalists have sent a letter to
the president, expressing concerns over plans for building a fish
processing plant in Sevan.
"They are going to feed the fish with artificial food that contains
soya, and we all know soya is a genetically modified organism,"
she noted.
The environmentalist said she regrets that she has just known about the
letter, adding that the civil society would have raised its concerns
much earlier if it had been informed.
Inga Zarafyan, another environmentalist whom Tert.am contacted for
comments, agreed to the opinions above, saying that Sevan's inclusion
into UNESCO list would help raise the world's awareness of the lake.
"The entire world would recognize Sevan, the first thing to say"
she said, when asked to comment on possible benefits.
Samvel Hovhannisyan, the director of the water company Sevan-Hrazdan
Jrar, said no matter what UNESCO may propose, they need the resources
of Sevan for irrigation purposes. "If we don't take water from Sevan
for irrigation purposes, the Ararat valley will be simply drained,"
he told our correspondent.
He said it is important to have water resources in the dams to avoid
exploiting the only lake on the territory of Armenia.
Armenian News - Tert.am
21:47 * 27.03.14
A decision to include Lake Sevan in the UNESCO list of natural
monuments would imply an outside control, an environmentalist has
said, noting that such a measure would not be in the local fish
manufacturers' interests.
"They want to use the water of Lake Sevan as a resource from a
concrete-covered basin where they could grow fish. If the lake is
included in the UNESCO list of nature sites under special protection,
there will also be an outside control expected to reveal both the
wrongdoings committed locally and the problem with raising the [water]
level," Hakob Sanasaryan, the president of the Union of Greens,
told Tert.am, commenting on the situation with the lake.
The environmentalist said he doesn't know other examples of breeding
fish on artificial food in a mountain lake.
Silva Adamyan, a member of the Environmental Alliance NGO, said she
thinks environmentalists would do a great job if they managed to have
lake included in the UNESCO list. But she expressed a strong doubt
that Sevan will be registered as a special protection site at all.
Adamyan said a group of environmentalists have sent a letter to
the president, expressing concerns over plans for building a fish
processing plant in Sevan.
"They are going to feed the fish with artificial food that contains
soya, and we all know soya is a genetically modified organism,"
she noted.
The environmentalist said she regrets that she has just known about the
letter, adding that the civil society would have raised its concerns
much earlier if it had been informed.
Inga Zarafyan, another environmentalist whom Tert.am contacted for
comments, agreed to the opinions above, saying that Sevan's inclusion
into UNESCO list would help raise the world's awareness of the lake.
"The entire world would recognize Sevan, the first thing to say"
she said, when asked to comment on possible benefits.
Samvel Hovhannisyan, the director of the water company Sevan-Hrazdan
Jrar, said no matter what UNESCO may propose, they need the resources
of Sevan for irrigation purposes. "If we don't take water from Sevan
for irrigation purposes, the Ararat valley will be simply drained,"
he told our correspondent.
He said it is important to have water resources in the dams to avoid
exploiting the only lake on the territory of Armenia.
Armenian News - Tert.am