{"id":8685,"date":"2026-10-21T19:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armecofront.net\/about-us-en\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T19:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:58:49","slug":"about-us-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armecofront.net\/en\/about-us-en\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero hero--light\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container hero__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eyebrow hero__eyebrow fu\">Founded on 16.01.2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"h-display fu d1\">Protection of environment is <span class=\"hl\">protection of Armenia<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead fu d2\">We are responsible for ourselves, for future generations and for nature.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"split\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h-section\" style=\"font-size:clamp(28px,3.2vw,44px)\">Why we exist<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-block__content reveal\"><p>We are a group of Armenians who witness the fast eco-colonisation of Armenia through foreign capital and local oligarchy that ruthlessly and expansively exploit natural resources. This results in irrevocable loss of nature, social enslavement of village residents in particular, and migration.<\/p>\n<p>We ring the alarm about the devastation and poisoning of our environment, which in turn exposes Armenia to eco-colonialism and eco-migration. The situation can be improved by uniting to protect our environment \u2014 Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) has been created for this goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The purpose of AEF is the protection of the environment and ensuring social justice through harmonious development with nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom:48px\"><div class=\"eyebrow\">Principles<\/div><h2 class=\"h-section\">How we work<\/h2><p class=\"lead\" style=\"margin:12px 0 0\">We carry out environmental monitoring and organise and coordinate actions.<\/p><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"num-cards reveal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"num-card lift\"><span class=\"num-card__num\">01<\/span><span class=\"num-card__title\">Lawfulness<\/span><\/div><div class=\"num-card lift\"><span class=\"num-card__num\">02<\/span><span class=\"num-card__title\">Transparency<\/span><\/div><div class=\"num-card lift\"><span class=\"num-card__num\">03<\/span><span class=\"num-card__title\">Accountability<\/span><\/div><div class=\"num-card lift\"><span class=\"num-card__num\">04<\/span><span class=\"num-card__title\">Reasonableness<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-head\"><div class=\"section-head__main\"><div class=\"eyebrow\">Coordinators<\/div><h2 class=\"h-section\">Volunteers, not employees<\/h2><\/div><p class=\"section-head__text\">Over the years the coordinating group has changed, and each member has contributed as much as they could.<\/p><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"team-grid reveal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAS\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__name\">Anna Shahnazaryan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAK\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__name\">Ani Khachatryan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAG\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__name\">Arpine Galfayan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLG\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__name\">Levon Galstyan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMS\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"person__name\">Mariam Sukhudyan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section section--dark\" id=\"contact\">\n\t<div class=\"container contact-grid\">\n\t\t<div 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