Armenia
Mountainous Armenia has a population of roughly 3 million but around 10 million Armenians live all over the world as a consequence of the genocide in 1915-1916. Its borders to Turkey (genocide) and Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh conflict) are closed.
In 1991 the country declared independence from the former Soviet Union. Armenia faces immense economic (poverty) and environmental problems (deforestation, pollution, shrinkage of Lake Sevan and the world most unsafe nuclear power plant Metsamor).
The country faced a severe energy crisis, which led to widespread deforestation (together with illegal logging the forests were reduced from 25% to less than 10%). Other serious environmental problems are the soil pollution from toxic chemicals, pollution of the major rivers Hrazdan and Aras, the extreme shrinkage of Lake Sevan through overuse of irrigation and hydroelectric power generation, which threatens water supplies and the danger from the highly unsafe nuclear power plant Metsamor.
WECF Projects in this country
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Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas. Partners: NGOs in several countries Issues: Energy, Agriculture, Water, Sanitation Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2010 |
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Armenia - Empowerment & Local Action Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Armenia. Partners: AWHHE Issues: Energy, Agriculture, Water Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2010 |
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Armenia - Tapping Resources Poverty elimination, organic farming and improvement of water supply and sanitation in rural areas of Armenia Partners: AWHHE Issues: Water, Sanitation, Agriculture, Poverty Duration: 02/2005 - 12/2007 |
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Armenia - Healthy food for pregnant women Improving the health of newborn babies and pregnant women in Armenia. Growing organic Amaranth for the maternity clinic of Yerevan. Partners: AWHHE Issues: Health, Agriculture Duration: 01/2000 - 08/2004 |
Latest News
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Sustainable Agriculture |
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Armenian partner: Uranium exploration plans provoke fears |
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Major threat to Lake Sevan Armenia - WECF sent letter of concern |
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Chemical Safety – One of the Priority Problems in Armenia |
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Problems of water supply in rural mountain regions Armenia |
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WECF Caucasian and Central Asian ecosan trainings |
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Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment produce cartoon |
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Safe Sanitation and Water supply for 30,000 low-income people in the EECCA region |
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International Conference on Chemical Safety in Yerevan, Armenia |
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Armenia: Toxic Dump Threatens Health |
