GIZ Reintroduction of the Brown Trout in Armenia’s Rivers
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Reintroduction of the Brown Trout in Armenia's Rivers Studied by AUA Acopian Center for the Environment Overfishing in the 1990s has led to a collapse of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta morpha fario) stocks throughout Armenia. This species, once...
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Winter Bird Count
Duration: 2005-present
The AUA Acopian Center for the Environment in cooperation with volunteers and enthusiasts from different fields, organized winter bird count in Yerevan Botanical garden.
Botanical garden is one of the largest...
Monitoring of Raptors in the Forest of Aragats Mountain
Duration: 2005-2006
In 2005 we have started a pilot survey of raptors at the forest area of Aragats Mountain. We would like to find out possibilities of long term monitoring of raptor species. One of the main objectives of the project was the...
Monitoring of Long-legged Buzzard’s Population in Armenia
Duration: 2006-2008
Birds of prey are excellent environmental indicators and flagship species for natural-resource conservation. Increasing of Armenian agriculture and other blanches of industry can have a negative impact to environment. To...
The Effect of Pesticides on the Populations of Peregrine Falcon in Meghri District of Southern Armenia
Duration: 2008The AUA Acopian Center for the Environment with the support of Peregrine Fund and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in 2008 have conducted a survey of Peregrine Falco in Meghri district. Objectives:
to check the current condition of population...
Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Preferences of Lesser Spotted Eagles in Armenia
Duration: 2007-2009
The Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) inhabits almost all deciduous forest regions of Armenia. Some fragmental data regarding distribution and abundance of the species were collected in different periods (Leister and...
Levant Sparrowhawk Pilot Survey in Armenia
Duration: 2009
The AUA Acopian Center for the Environment in cooperation with Acopian Center for the Conservation Learning (Hawk Mountain Sanctuary) in 2009 conducted a pilot nest survey of Levant Sparrowhawk - one of the least known Western...