  Desertification threatens TranscaucasiaJune 17, 2010 - 15:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 80% of Transcaucasian territory is currently subject to desertification. Illegal deforestation, pasturing and irrational organization of agriculture are the reasons behind it, according to deputy head of Bioresource Management Department at Nature Preservation Ministry, UNCCD program coordinator Ashot Vardevanyan. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, desertification threatens Transcaucasia. To combat it, UN program envisages restoration of watering and drainage systems. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was adopted on June 17, 1994.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said.   Partner news |  Latest news “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol  Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |
