News from Georgia >>

“Green Deposit” project of the Bank of Georgia

USAID Announces $12 Million in Assistance to Georgian Farmers

GIG opens coal enriching plant
In Tkibuli, on May 12, 2009, Georgian Coal, a subsidiary of Georgian Industrial Group (GIG),  More>>

Tbilisi will have a new master plan for land use
Tbilisi’s new master plan of land use will regulate construction activities and development of the city.  More>>

Small hydropower plant opens in Okami

Presentation of the first fishing vessels funded by MCG

The week of protected areas and Conference on Biodiversity in Tbilisi State University
Starting from May 20, 2009, various presentations and photo exposition dedicated  More>>

Georgia will host the next meeting of parties to Ramsar Convention
In Switzerland, at the 40th meeting of Ramsar Convention’s Standing Committee  More>>

Supporting sustainable waste management through composting methods in Tbilisi parks
Georgian Greens Movement/Friends of the Earth, with the support  More>>

Azerbaijan will construct an underground gas storage reservoir in Georgia

Flood Kills Three women in Eastern Georgia

Heavy Rains in Georgia
On May 24, heavy rains adversely affected the villages of Shalauri  More>>

Special commission is studying the environmental impact in the Truso Gorge

News from Azerbaijan >>

Gas agreement between Russia and Azerbaijan will not hamper Nabucco project

100th oil tanker sails off from Kulevi Terminal
100th tanker has sailed off from SOCAR-owned Kulevi Terminal in Georgia.  More>>

State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is ongoing to reduce associated gas flaring
SOCAR Vice-President for ecology Mukhtar Babayev says that for the last four months the Company managed to reduce gas flaring by 140,000 cubic meters per day.“  More>>

Azerbaijan will prepare Associated Gas Recovery Plan before the end of 2009
On May 5, 2009, Conference on “Atmospheric Emission And Management of Green House Gases Responsible for Global Warming” was held in Baku.  More>>

SOCAR registers three new ecological control-measuring check-points
SOCAR (the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) is officially registering three new control-measuring check-points in Bakakhani, Zikh and Bibi Heybat (settlements of Baku) to determine  More>>

The State Commission for Avian Flu Prevention may allow bird hunting
The ban on bird hunting imposed for prevention of bird flu can be lifted by the State Commission for Avian Flu Prevention, which was established by the presidential order on February 16, 2006,  More>>

Shipment of Kazakh oil via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan will increase
In June the US - Kazakhstan joint venture - Tengizchevroil will ship 1.2 million barrels of Kazakh oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan.  More>>

The U.S. forecasts increase of the oil export from Azerbaijan
The United States Energy Information Agency (EIA) predicts an increase of oil deliveries from Azerbaijan by 0.12 million bpd to reach 1 million barrels in 2009.  More>>

Snakes attack Guba Region of Azerbaijan
Snakes attacks in the village of Almaz-gazmalar of Guba Region caused panic among the villagers.  More>>

Azerbaijan will host the IV International conference of seismologists
According to Director of Seismological Service Center of the National Academy of Sciences Gurban Yetirmishli, the IV International Conference of Seismologists will be held in Azerbaijan during June 1-3, 2009.  More>>

Three oil and gas contracts to be approved by Azerbaijani Parliament
The Azerbaijani Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology Committee has submitted three PSA oil and gas contracts to Parliament for approval.  More>>

Iligal logging is significantly reduces in Azerbaijan say the Minister
Illigal logging has significantly reduced in Azerbaijan, says the Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Hussein Bagirov.  More>>

A new pipeline to connect the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf
"The Dzhask pipeline will connect the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf," said Director of the Iranian National Oil Company Seyfulla Dzhashnsaz.  More>>

News from Armenia >>

“VivaCell-MTS” and FPWC create Peace Park in front of St. Grigor Lusavorich Church

“The government has to present to the public security guarantees before launching the

Explosion at “Nairit” factory
On May 14, an accident took place in the chloroprene  More>>

Ecologists intend to appeal to Armenian president demanding to stop working on development of Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit

Illegal logging in Stepanval branch of “Armlesa”

An agreement with “Worley Parsons” consortium will regulate the construction of the new nuclear power unit in Armenia

The 4the “Nuclear Energy and Energy Security” Conference in Armenia

In the village of Shatin the increased level of groundwater flooded the cellars and land plots of houses

International News >>

Europe vs Canada - The European Parliament votes to ban the import of seal products
On May 5, 2009 the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to ban imports of seal products. It is a part of an effort to force Canada to end its annual seal hunt, the worlds largest.  More>>

Genetically Engineered Trees Condemned in Belgium
Joint Release from Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project and the STOP GE Trees Campaign expresses the concern about field trial of dangerous genetically engineered trees in Belgium,  More>>

Storm Kills 27 In North India

Billion Tree Campaign of the UN
Ahead of World Environment Day, celebrated globally on 5 June, the United Nations announced an ambitious tree-planting target in a bid to push governments into reaching agreement on a climate change pact in Copenhagen this December.  More>>

Nine Chemicals Added to Global Banned List
Nine dangerous chemicals used in farming and industry were added to the list of banned substances under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs).  More>>

“Mountains of the Moon” are now protected under Ramsar Convention
Part of the Rwenzori Mountains received international recognition as a protected wetland site under the international Ramsar convention.  More>>

Australia will build the world's largest solar energy plant
Australia plans to build the world's largest solar power station with an output of 1000 megawatts in a A$1.4 billion (US$1.05 billion) investment.  More>>

UN exhorts nations to ramp up investment in disaster risk reduction
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to all nations to bolster efforts to curb disaster risk, stressing that decisive action taken now can be “one of the best investments countries can make.”  More>>

Creation of the world’s largest marine protected area
What may become the world's largest marine protected area came a step closer following the announcement by Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett that the Coral Sea would become a Conservation Zone.  More>>

The World Bank helps China reduce greenhouse gas emission
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of US$80 million to help China increase the development and utilization of coal bed methane (CBM) and coal mine methane (CMM)  More>>