There are 22 projects that match your search.
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Armenia
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Biodiversity
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2019
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24,613.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/BD/19/21 |
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This project aims at contributing to the conservation of biodiversity of the Vanadzor Canyon through development of a sustainable economic model with the following components: education and awareness raising, and environmentally sound leisure and ( ... )
urism facilities.
Vanadzor Canyon is an area rich of wildlife biodiversity, including endangered species, such as the Bubo-Bubo eagle-owl. The canyon experiences degradation of ecosystems because of forest logging, illegal hunting of extinct species, pollution of air, water and land. These practices are generally a result of lack of control mechanisms, and abandonment by local authorities and
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Armenia
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Biodiversity
Land Degradation
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2019
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50,000.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/BD/19/18 |
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Agriculture has been the chief source of income and main occupation for around 2,350 residents of Gargar and Vardablur communities of Lori region. Previously, these two communities used water from the same irrigation network, which was delivered by ( ... )
River. The main irrigation pipeline was made from big size of metallic pipes and is currently not used.
This resulted in very serious socio-economic consequences, as most of the community arable lands remained uncultivated: around 240 ha in Gargar and Vardablur communities.
The main goal of the project is to introduce climate-smart agro ecological practices in Gargar and Vardablur
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Armenia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2019
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29,301.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/UNDP-FSP/2019/05 |
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The project aims at reducing pressure by local population on neighboring forests through application of low carbon and energy efficient technologies in Dzoragyugh community of Lori region. The project has three specific components: i) improve ( ... )
oning of forest ecosystem services, ii) demonstrate possibility of reducing human intervention in forest ecosystems in the context of climate change mitigation through solar energy technologies, and iii) increase awareness of local population on the use renewable energy sources and energy efficient technologies.
To achieve the above-mentioned, the project is planning to demonstrate low carbon
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Armenia
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Biodiversity
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2019
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50,000.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/BD/19/20 |
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“Trchkan Waterfall” Natural Monument is located on the Chichkhan River (the highest waterfall of Armenia: 23.5m), in the administrative district of Mets Parni community of Lori region at a distance of 12 km from the village. In 2008 it received ( ... )
us of a Natural Monument. According to the Status Passport the right to property as well as the responsibility of preserving of Trchkan Waterfall belongs to Mets Parni community. However, uncontrolled picnicking and tourist visitation to Trchkan result in littering of the natural monument area and degradation of the landscape environment. In the meantime, the waterfall area has a great potential
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Armenia
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CapDev
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2019
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24,540.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/CD/19/23 |
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The project aims at introducing a model eco-school programme to promote and action-oriented learning for achieving the SDGs in 2 regions of Armenia – Ararat and Kotayk and the capital Yerevan. The envisaged activities include forming a school ( ... )
mmittee, carrying out an environmental review, developing an action plan to be linked to the curriculum, further monitoring and evaluation as well as producing an eco-code. It is anticipated that the project will increase the awareness of teachers, parents and children on environmental concerns such as biodiversity conservation and natural resource degradation, climate change, green energy, food
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Armenia
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Biodiversity
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2019
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50,000.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/BD/19/25 |
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Zangakatun Community is located in the western part of Ararat region and is included in the South-Eastern Lesser Caucasus Eco-Ecological Corridor. The Eco-Regional Corridors are defined in Ecosystem Profile, Caucasus Hotspot, developed by WWF with ( ... )
g from Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund in 2003.
In 2018, as part of Eco-Corridors Fund-supported activities, Zangakatun community established Gndasar-West Community Conserved Area (CCA) to promote ecologically sustainable land and resource use in 7,170 ha of communal land.
To implement the conservation activities in the eco-corridor of Zangakatun, the community administration and Fund for
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Armenia
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Biodiversity
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2019
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50,000.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/BD/19/24 |
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Artavan village of Vayots Dzor region is located in one of the Key Biodiversity Areas within South-Eastern Lesser Caucasus Ecological Corridor, identified as a conservation priority in the Caucasus by Conservation International and WWF and, ( ... )
ted through Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. It is among 8 villages consolidated under administration of Zaritap municipality, which established a Community Conserved Area (CCA) covering 7,531 ha, forming a part of the South-Eastern Lesser Caucasus Ecological Corridor in 2017. Later on, the community signed a conservation agreement with Martiros Foundation and WWF-Armenia to conserve
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Armenia
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Chemicals
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2019
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50,000.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/CH/19/17 |
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Trees with many plastic bags stuck in the branches and rivers full of plastic waste is a view one can experience traveling through Armenia. According to UNDP over the past 20 years, we have generated and accumulated nearly 100.000 tons of plastic ( ... )
in Armenia. The issue of plastic pollution has become even more concerning due to the following factors:
- Plastic bags are relatively cheap or even free in some supermarkets,
- People are not well informed of the consequences of plastic pollution and do not have a clear picture of the problem.
Efforts of the current Government of RA in introducing environmental tax regulations to plastic
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Armenia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2019
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46,960.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/CC/19/22 |
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“Bari Mama” Charitable NGO is a network of voluntary women who work to prevent abandoning children with disabilities at birth, assisting disabled children at the orphanages and contribute to returning of children with disabilities to families. ( ... )
ure proper care and therapy for these children, the NGO has established “Bari Tnak” shelter through different donations and fundraising. The complex includes 3 buildings to serve for therapy and accommodation for mothers, a workshop intended for vocational education for children with disabilities and a charity café to serve for social events.
The SGP grant project aims to reduce the energy
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Armenia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2019
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50,000.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/CC/19/19 |
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The project aims to promote cycling as a viable alternative to using cars and public transport in Vanadzor, the administrative center of Lori Region and the third-largest city in Armenia. It plans to introduce a set of basic bike facilities ( ... )
ing a safe and welcoming cycling environment and offering cycling services for leisure, recreation and tourism in Vanadzor and its adjacent communities. As many rural cities in the world, Vanadzor is also a part of urbanization process, suffering from increased noise and exhaust emissions. Within the last 10 years, some of the small adjacent village communities have been integrated and became a
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Armenia
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Biodiversity
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2018
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50,000.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/BD/18/15 |
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Armenia's rich biodiversity is one of the most important preconditions for economic development in the country. Wildlife and endemic species of animals are conditioned by the development of agriculture such as crop production, livestock breeding, ( ... )
ping, fish breeding, and some important branches of light and food industry. At the same time, due to overexploitation of natural resources, the level of anthropogenic changes in natural landscapes in Armenia is high. This has resulted in the reduction of areas occupied by wildlife, pollution, loss of habitat for certain species, and changes in the services provided by ecosystems.
The
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Armenia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2018
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29,500.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/CC/18/13 |
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Almost 60% of 3 to 5-year-old children in Armenia don’t have an opportunity of preschool education. Moreover, 80% of them live in rural areas. For communities with an average subsidized annual budget of about 10,000 USD, operation of a traditional ( ... )
arten is expensive, especially as regards to energy costs for heating and sanitary needs. Therefore, rural kindergartens gradually stop functioning, depriving rural children of pre-school education, which further affects the quality of school education.
As a complex solution of the abovementioned issues, “Astghatsolk” NGO is proposing an economically viable model of mobile kindergartens in
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Armenia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2018
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49,980.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/CC/18/14 |
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Popularization and more disseminated use of Electric Vehicles (EV) has a growing tendency. Sales of new electric cars worldwide surpassed 1 million units in 2017, representing a growth in new electric car sales of 54% compared with 2016 (Global EV ( ... )
k 2018 by International Energy Agency www.iea.org). In contrast to these figures, only around 33 EVs were imported to Armenia as of November 2017.
While many Armenian drivers are ready to switch to a more environmentally friendly means of transportation, there are no appropriate conditions, there is no charging infrastructure and governmental incentives are very slow in the country. The demand
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Armenia
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Chemicals
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2018
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49,200.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CH/18/11 |
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The main objective of the “RecycleIt” initiative is to promote formation of waste separation and recycling culture in Armenia by installing waste sorting bins and raising awareness on waste management. The project will initiate waste sorting and ( ... )
ng activities in the capital Yerevan and select village communities, foster new business opportunities in the waste management industry, increase public awareness of recycling and reuse, promote environmental education. Through the SGP grant funding, ISSD NGO plans to install 300 sorting bins in 50 entities including schools, universities, organizations, companies and 10 publicly available
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Armenia
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Land Degradation
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2018
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49,350.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: ARM/UNDP-FSP/2018/03 |
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The project aims to contribute to the reduction of forest dependency of local people by ensuring sustainable livelihoods for around 150 households of Debed community of Lori region. It is envisaged to plant raspberry bushes on uncultivated idle ( ... )
and provide respective knowledge and skills through training, practical demonstration and on-site consultancy. It is believed that backyard cultivation of berries will provide a source of additional income for the community members. Alongside, the Fund will ensure sustainable marketing of berry products through establishing a collection point and creating linkages between farmers and market (jam
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Armenia
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CapDev
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2017
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49,960.00
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Phase 6
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/CD/17/08 |
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The proposed project aims to improve environmental governance through development of capacities of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and the Government working in the field of environmental conservation and management via AirAid platform. The ( ... )
rm will be designed to help channeling the issues of common concern among participating organizations serving as a link between the CSO and the respective governmental agencies.
AirAid platform will seek to address one of the key problems related to data collection, processing and further availability. The project will concentrate on i) exploring the opportunities for the use of unmanned aerial
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Armenia
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Land Degradation
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2017
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111,312.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP5/Y6/STAR/LD/17/50 |
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The project aims at promoting the use of biomass as a viable energy source in rural communities of Shirak region for energy security, environmental sustainability and poverty reduction by expanding production and use of biofuels and energy efficient ( ... )
in rural areas.
The project target area is Akhuryan community with its 8 settlements and population of about 17 thousand people. The population is mainly engaged in cattle breeding and cultivation of cereals, fodder and vegetables. All settlements have more than 16,000 hectares of agricultural land, including over 9,500 hectares of arable land. Most of these lands are exposed to degradation, as
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Armenia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2017
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150,000.00
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Phase 6
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/CC/17/06 |
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The main idea of the Project is to introduce Climate Revolving Investment Civil Fund model along with relevant technological and organizational components as a sustainable, decentralized, community-based financial mechanism to contribute to the ( ... )
tion targets of Armenia’s INDC. The proposed project will contribute to increasing knowledge and skills of local communities to monitor and follow up the CC mitigation projects. The quantitative outcomes of the projects, including monetary savings, as well as reduction of CO2 emissions have to be viewed as a source for replenishment of the climate revolving fund, thus creating additional
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Armenia
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Biodiversity
CapDev
Climate Change Mitigation
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2017
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50,000.00
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Phase 6
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/BD/17/07 |
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Gomk, Saravan and Artavan communities are located on the slopes of Vayk mountain range, about 14 km far from the city Vayk in Vayots Dzor region. These communities, with territory covering 17200 ha and population of about 1200, have been ( ... )
idated into one administrative authority. Locals are mainly engaged in cattle-breeding, beekeeping, wild harvesting and agriculture. The project target territory (5000 ha) is a part of the internationally recognized priority ecological corridor for IUCN Red List of Threatened Species such as Bezoar Goat (Capra aegagrus), Armenian Mouflon (Ovis orientailis gmelini) and also habitat for Caucasian
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Armenia
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Land Degradation
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2017
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: ARM/SGP/OP5/Y6/STAR/LD/17/49 |
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Gogaran community of Lori region is a high mountainous community where population is mainly engaged in cereal and potato cultivation and cattle breeding. Cultivation of farmlands has become not viable due to destroyed irrigation system by the ( ... )
ating earthquake of 1988. Due to the non-operating irrigation network, majority of the community lands has been severely affected by surface runoff and irregular earth-made distribution trenches dug by the farmers to direct the water to their backyards. These earth-made water trenches further destroyed community road infrastructure, making remote pastures and other production landscapes
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