Decision makers will obtain information directly from the population affected by natural disasters
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) organized meetings with the communities of 12 villages in Upper Ajara.   More>>

Decision makers will obtain information directly from the population affected by natural disasters
On May 1 through 3 of 2008, a working meeting of the members of the Bakuriani Hotels Association and the representatives of the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) was held in Bakuriani.  More>>

News from Georgia >>

Country lacks funds for the prevention of natural disaster this year
The Parents can not let their children sleep at home in Mestia as the threat of a landslide is a constant threat.   More>>

Coast Protecting Works are Finishing on the River Rioni
Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia Mr. Irakli Gvaladze and the specialists of the Centre of Monitoring and Forecasting have inspected the current coast protecting works on the river Rioni.   More>>

President opens copper deposit in Bolnisi

The waste proceeding factory will be built in Kutaisi
The Israeli company “Meidintas”, that is owner of waste proceeding factories worldwide, will build the plant in Kutaisi.  More>>

New Forestry Will Serve People in Guria
The reconstruction of a new building has been implemented with the financial support of World Bank.  More>>

Two water reservoirs will be built in Adjara

News from Azerbaijan >>

Azerbaijan to Generate Electricity from Household Wastes
Azerbaijan plans to generate electricity from household wastes by building a waste processing plant in Sumgait.  More>>

Huseyn Baghirov: "70% of Baku's waste water flow into the sea and soil"
The main problem in Baku is the processing of waste water.  More>>

Baku to become the cleanest city in the world in the coming years
In the coming years Baku may become the cleanest city in the world owing to execution of a plan of actions on improvement of ecological situation in Azerbaijan for 2006-2010.  More>>

Meeting on Environment of OEC Member-States Held in Baku
A two day meeting of the international work group of the member-states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation on environment has started in Baku today.   More>>

Oak Trees in Occupied Azerbaijani Territories Cut Down and Sold to France
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources stated that the forests in Azerbaijan’s district of Lachin occupied by Armenia are cut down and sent to the foreign countries for production.  More>>

Mardakan-Shuvalan Beaches are the most Polluted
Department of Complex Ecological Monitoring of the Caspian Sea under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) of Azerbaijan has conducted a monitoring of beaches and coastal waters of the Caspian Sea   More>>

Torrential Rains Cause Floods in Some Rivers of Azerbaijan
Torrential rains caused floods in the rivers of Great and Small Caucasus in the first decade of May.  More>>

News from Armenia >>

Prime minister orders creation of four new committees

Lake Van dying
Lake Van, the fifth largest lake in Europe, is dying.  More>>

Sevan surface increased by 54 cm

Lori province loses much more water than residents get
With the help of the German government the residents of Lori province will soon have drinking water of better quality.  More>>

From springs to taps: Stepanakert Municipality promises residents water supply
In early May Stepanakert municipality announced a tender for a reconstruction project of the city’s water supply system and promised the residents to have all the documents ready for modernization of the system within the coming months.  More>>

Breathing Room: New park promises oasis in Yerevan’s concrete jungle
The Pushkin Park is among those rare green areas in Yerevan that has avoided ‘conquest’ of cafes and the cementation of lawns and will become an attractive recreation zone after reconstruction.  More>>

Mining for Molybdenum?: Environmentalists raise more protests over Teghut impact
Environmental and other nongovernmental organizations have launched a decisive struggle for the operation of the Teghut mine and entrails surveys in Armenia to be stopped, which they say is the only way to save the country from an environmental disaster.  More>>

International News >>

Easy Rider' - Brussels version
With fuel cost protests sparking up in several EU states, Brussels is suggesting a new front on which European consumers can take the heat off.  More>>

Aral Sea problems will only be fixed by regional cooperation, UN stresses

Bellona and public told to butt out of plans to build a second nuclear power plant near St. Petersburg

EU wants to skewer those who harm environment
Only the rapier of the law can have a really dissuasive effect on Green Crime in the European Union.  More>>

EBRD will not finance Kaniv pumped storage plant
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is not considering financing for the controversial Kaniv pumped storage plant (PSP) project in Ukraine.  More>>

EU Commission promotes fusion of ideas for new Union for the Mediterranean
Clean the sea, improve traffic flow and boost solar energy development.  More>>

Inaugural European Maritime Day celebrated
European Maritime Day is being launched in a bid to safeguard ocean ecosystems and coastal regions at the same time as ensuring maritime and coastal economies.   More>>

Biodiversity under threat
The European Union is committed to stopping biodiversity loss within the EU by 2010.  More>>