29 TIMES LESS GREEN ZONE PER PERSON IN YEREVAN THAN INTERNATIONAL NORM

To ensure normal living, an international accepted norm says there should be 2.9 ha green zone per one person. In Yerevan, it is 0.1 ha per one person, which is 29 times less, Nazeli Vardanyan, chairperson of Armenian Forest NGO, told Panorama.am.

In her words, the absorbents are very few in the Armenian capital whereas the dust and smoke is a lot causing respiratory illnesses, abortion and genetic modification. The NGO raised its voice when trees were cut at Terian street this winter. In reply, the municipality said they were “sick trees” and new trees will be planted. “Now there is construction under was in the area. No new trees are planted,” Vardanyan said.