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BROOK TROUT MAY BECOME A RED BOOK SPECIES DUE TO SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANTS
by Karina Manukyan
Wednesday, May 28, 00:12
The development of small hydropower plants (HPP) may endanger some
fish species, including the brook trout.
WWF Armenia Head Karen Manvelyan has told ArmInfo that fish simply
disappear from some rivers of Armenia, particularly, from the rivers
Tsav, Marts, Akhuryan and Yeghegis. Manvelyan thinks that Armenia
should toughen the control over construction of small HPPs.
Many small HPPs fail to use fish-passes, and this has a negative
effect on the ichthyofauna, first of all, on the brook trout. "If
the situation does not change, the brook trout will be included in
the Red Book", he says.
The environmental NGOs have repeatedly criticized the small HPPs in
Armenia. In particular, they have pointed at simultaneous operation
of several HPPs on one river, which has a negative effect on the
flora and fauna.
Some projects on construction of small HPPs have prompted mass protests
in different marzes of the republic. The residents of Aragatsotn marz
have recently expressed their discontent with the HPP construction
in the Karbi Gorge. They claim that the small HPP will deprive them
of irrigation water.
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by Karina Manukyan
Wednesday, May 28, 00:12
The development of small hydropower plants (HPP) may endanger some
fish species, including the brook trout.
WWF Armenia Head Karen Manvelyan has told ArmInfo that fish simply
disappear from some rivers of Armenia, particularly, from the rivers
Tsav, Marts, Akhuryan and Yeghegis. Manvelyan thinks that Armenia
should toughen the control over construction of small HPPs.
Many small HPPs fail to use fish-passes, and this has a negative
effect on the ichthyofauna, first of all, on the brook trout. "If
the situation does not change, the brook trout will be included in
the Red Book", he says.
The environmental NGOs have repeatedly criticized the small HPPs in
Armenia. In particular, they have pointed at simultaneous operation
of several HPPs on one river, which has a negative effect on the
flora and fauna.
Some projects on construction of small HPPs have prompted mass protests
in different marzes of the republic. The residents of Aragatsotn marz
have recently expressed their discontent with the HPP construction
in the Karbi Gorge. They claim that the small HPP will deprive them
of irrigation water.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=E85FAE30-E5DB-11E3-950C0EB7C0D21663