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Investigation All of Armenia

Mining and corruption

How the subsoil and the land were privatised — and who profits from exploiting natural resources.

What is happening

Who profits from the subsoil

Armenia has many metal and non-metal deposits. We investigate how they were privatised and what environmental, health and social consequences their exploitation has.

Demands

What we demand

01Make privatisation and mining conditions transparent
02Clean up the areas polluted by mining
RESEARCHRisk factors for children’s blood lead levels in metal mining and smelting communities in Armenia: a cross-sectional studyAUA School of Public Health: Ruzanna Grigoryan, Varduhi Petrosyan, Dzovinar Melkom MelkomianEmail author, Vahe Khachadourian, Andrew McCartor and Byron CrapeMining and corruption01.01.2017RESEARCHCase of Akhtala Community, Armenia Environmental and Health Consequences of Mining IndustryThis report is prepared in the scope of the partnership between American University of Armenia, Center for Responsible (AUA CRM) and Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN), “Promoting Environmental Social Accountability in the Mining Sector in the Caucasus” Project. Prepared by Ruzanna Grigoryan, MD, MPH, May 2015Mining and corruption03.07.2015PDFRESEARCHASSESSING A RISK OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION OF FARM PRODUCTS IN ARMENIA (Alaverdi and Akhtala)Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies (CENS) of the National Academy of Sciences RAMining and corruption25.03.2015PDFRESEARCHAssessing a risk of toxic elements discharge from an arsenic-containing substance repository site in the city of Alaverdi (2010)Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies (CENS) of the National Academy of Sciences RAMining and corruption01.01.2010PDFRESEARCHASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TAILING STORAGE SITES FROM MINING AND DRESSING PRODUCTION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE KAPAN COPPER ENTERPRISE ON THE TERRITORY OF KAPAN TOWN (2007)Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies (CENS) of the National Academy of Sciences RAMining and corruption01.01.2007PDFRESEARCHASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TAILING STORAGE SITES FROM MINING AND DRESSING PRODUCTION ON THE TERRITORY OF KAJARAN TOWN (2005)Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies (CENS) of the National Academy of Sciences RAMining and corruption01.01.2005PDF

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