Before the lowering of water level of the lake Sevan the annual fish hunting consisted almost equally of trout and carp (accordingly 50 % and 40 %). In this time period the portion of whitefish in annual hunt portion was 0.29%. In the initial period of water level lowering of the lake (1939-1962), because of the artificial increase of the watercourse of the river Hrazdan, the morphometric and hydrodynamic indices, temperature regime of the lake Sevan were ...
Information about the article «Next vandalism against nature. In Gegharkunik region 40-years old and 15 meter-high firs were felled» inserted in Shamshyan.com website in 10 of July 2019.
In the 18th square of 5th reserve district of Vardenik branch of “National park “Sevan” SNCO the employee have detected illegally felled 7 pine-trees. Felled trees were relocated to the branch territory. About the environmental violation was drown up a protocol, which w
This year besides their islands Seagulls (Armenian gull) have spawning in the coastal areas endangering the birth of their own bird cubs. But there are foxes, jackals and other animals in the territory, which can easily come near and subsist on birds cubs. It turns out, that the islands of Norashen reserve are small for the large bird population of Armenian gull.
25 years ago in 1995 this day was signed the international convention to combat desertification. Armenia is one of the first countries which has become a member of the convention and which has elaborate national action programmes to combat desertification. From the desertification points of view Armenia is a vulnerable country. Desertification is characterized by degradation of land resources, biodiversity and livelihood poverty the result of which is the...
Lately in the lake Sevan was discovered growth of Anabaena (Lat. Anabaena) blue-green algae. In the lake Sevan Anabaena blue-green alga was first recorded in the 40 s of the last century. The first algae bloom was recorded in 1964 and in various time was periodically repeated in different volumes. A large-scale algae bloom was observed in 2018. As to the experts several factors have contributed to the growth of blue-green algae.
The wastewater flowing...
Sevan National Park, is one of the 4 protected national parks of the Republic of Armenia, founded in 1978 to protect Lake Sevan and the surrounding areas. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Nature Protection and includes a research center, which monitors the ecosystems, and undertakes various conservation measures. Licensed fishing on the lake is also regulated.
Fauna
Mammals
Scientific knowledge about the mammals of the Sevan basin is qu...
“Sevan” National Park” SNCO is a non-profit ecological, scientific-research organization, which has a status of Legal Person. The main goal of activity of national park is to provide the stable utilization of natural resources, natural ecosystems, landscape varieties, biodiversity, natural heritage in the park territory, protection, conservation, recovery, regeneration, inventory and monitoring. The organization provides the conservation of natural ecosyst...
