Environment

Where are all the Abkhaz anchovies going?

Abkhazia

March 13, 2020

Fishing season is just beginning and Abkhazia and with it comes the same old problems: income from the fishing industry goes to foreigners, local residents are left with nothing but a fishy smell

Armenian PM says Amulsar gold mine exploitation will proceed – regardless of environmental concerns

Nikol Pashinyan

September 10, 2019

Pashinyan said that he has taken into consideration the opinions of protesters against the exploitation of the mine and economists who are worried about the country's international image

Environmental protest in Armenian turning into political stand-off

August 15, 2019

The largest gold mine in the country has remained idle for almost a year, waiting for the results of an analysis which have still not quelled the concerns of environmentalists

Popular beaches in Azerbaijan deemed unsuitable for swimming

June 13, 2019

Monitoring is conducted every year, but many ignore the results

Four years after the disastrous Tbilisi flood

Georgia

June 13, 2019

Tbilisi residents don’t remember a disaster quite like this

“This is an environmental catastrophe” – Abkhazia protests city landfill

December 07, 2018

The decision has been made to modernise the landfill, though nothing has been done as yet

Abkhazia’s dying palm trees: officials say cut them down, while the public calls for them to be saved

November 30, 2018

What one person is capable of

Baku hit by another two landslides

October 18, 2018

Officials are keeping quiet as to how and why houses have appeared on the unstable hillside

Georgia without plastic bags: new law comes into force on 1 October

September 25, 2018

The ban will at first affect thin bags. Starting on 1 April, the ban will affect all plastic bags

Tbilisi covered by dust cloud, experts say there is no danger

July 27, 2018

A dust cloud made its way to Georgia from Turkmenistan via Azerbaijan

Two trees stolen from downtown Baku: culprits unknown

June 05, 2018

The Ministry of Ecology and the police are searching for the tree thieves

Abkhazia's predatory fishing industry will kill off much more than just the fish

Abkhazia

January 29, 2018

How fish are caught, who’s investing, what’s done with the catch and the export business

80 families in Baku evacuated due to landslide risk 

January 26, 2018

Cracks measuring seven meters deep have appeared in the area around the Baku TV tower

Fire in Georgia - photos from the disaster area

Georgia

August 22, 2017

Ateni Valley, Lagodekhi, Shatili road, Gldani - fire crews are fighting four more hotspots along with Borjomi

Armenian environmentalists launch ‘SOS Sevan’ campaign

June 27, 2017

Thus they oppose the government’s initiative to increase the volume of water taken from Sevan Lake.

3 obvious examples of global climate change in Georgia

January 17, 2016

Global climate change is not just about melting of the Arctic sea ice. It’s also about Kakheti vineyards, Svaneti glaciers, Ajara coastline and more

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