Name of non-government organization/
University (with contact details)

Geo-
graphic scope

Thematic Focus or programmes

Principle outputs on waterbirds and wetlands

Professional and Entrepreneurial Orientation Union  (Orientation Union)
Arabkir 51-st Street, 3, #60, Yerevan 375037, Armenia
Tel.: +3 74-10-259110
E-mail: gkirakos@arminco.com

Armenia former USSR states

• First National Training Course on Wetland Management, 1999 funded by the Ramsar Convention’s "Evian Programme" [Outputs: a) 12 participants; b) 2 draft wetland management plans]
• Implementation of the Ramsar Strategic Plan in Management of Wetlands in Sevan National Park funded by the SDA (1999-2000) [Outputs: a) 6 wetlands recognized of national importance; b) causes of negative influence of human activities on the wetlands; c) long term draft management plans for 6 wetlands]
• Second National Training Course on Wetland Management, 2000 funded by the SDA (2000) [Outputs: a) 12 participants; b) 1 draft wetland management plan]
• Ecologo-Economical Valuation of Armenian Wetlands funded by the Ramsar SGF (2000-2002)  [Outputs: a) the List of Armenian Wetlands; b) the List of Armenian Wetland Species; c) ecologo-economic survey on 6 wetlands; d) identified wetlands of international, national and local importance; e) draft National Wetland Policy]
• Regional Training Course on Wetland Management 2001 in cooperation with the Ministry of Nature Protection and funded by the Ramsar SGF and Dutch Embassy in Kyiv (2001) [Outputs: a) 19 participants from 6 countries; b) 2 management plans; c) 2 resolutions]
• Involvement of the population in wise use of the wetlands and others unvalued landscapes of South Caucasus contact project funded by the SDA (2002)
• Wetland Management and Poverty Reduction in Mountain Regions Difficult of Access funded by the World Bank SGF and Fourth National Training Course on Wetland Management  (2002) [Outputs: a) 13 participants; b) 2 brochures]
• Identification of Ecological and Economical Values and Threats of Armenia's Peatlands funded by the GPI (2003) [Outputs: inventory data on peatlands]
• Regional Seminar “Current Issues of Conservation and Wise Use of Wetlands and Wetland Biodiversity in the European New Independent States”, 2003, in cooperation with the Ministry of Nature Protection and funded by the Ramsar Convention’s SGF and the LakeNet from the USAID [Outputs: a) 68 participants from 17 countries; b) 40 oral and poster presentations; c) Abstracts; d) 2 resolutions]
• 5th European Regional Meeting on the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Ramsar Convention, 2004, in cooperation with the Ministry of Nature Protection and funded by the Government of Armenia and the Ramsar Convention's Secretariat [Outputs: a)109 participants from 35 countries; b) illustrated brochure About wetlands, and around wetlands, in Armenia; c) 8 workshops]

Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (ASPB)
Garegin Njdeh 27/2, 10, 375026 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel.: +3 74-10-347695
E-mail: armbirds@yahoo.com

Armenia

Ensure wise stewardship of birds and areas of strategic importance to birds as a valuable Armenian natural resource; research and conservation of Armenian birds, especially those threatened and vulnerable classified globally and at national level, and the overall biological diversity through direct involvement of local communities using birds as important advocacy tool to leverage the environmental interest and concern.

• BirdLife International Project BiEII (Birds in Europe II). Collection of latest national population estimates and trends for all regular native breeding and wintering birds in Armenia. The book Birds in Europe II appeared in 2004 with the latest comprehensive contribution from Armenia.
• Important Bird Areas Program (IBA). ASPB has worked to designate 18 IBAs (Important Bird Areas) in Armenia, which are the areas of ornithological importance for species of special concern (e.g. those globally threatened and endangered). Of them 5 are wetland IBAs:

Lake Sevan
A1 Lesser White-fronted Goose     
A1 Ferruginous Duck        
A4i, B1i Armenian Gull    
Armash Fish Ponds
A1, A4i, B1i Pygmy Cormorant
A1 White-headed Duck
A1, B2 Marbled Teal
A1, A4i, B1i Ferruginous Duck
A1 Black-winged Pratincole
Metsamor River System
A1, B2 Pygmy Cormorant
B2 Great White Pelican
A1, B2 Dalmatian Pelican
B1i, B2 Purple Heron
A1, A3, B2 Pallid Harrier
A1, B2 Marbled Teal
A1, B2 Ferruginous Duck
A1, B2 Great Snipe
Arpi Lake
A1, A4i Dalmatian Pelican
A1 Armenian Gull
Amasia wetlands
B1iv, B2 Common Crane
A1, B1i, B2 Great Snipe
B2 Common Quail
A1, B2 Corncrake

• Wetlands International Waterbird Census (IWC). In 2003, 2004 and 2005 ASPB gained support from the Wetlands International (WI) to undertake winter counts of waterbirds at Lake Sevan and the Ararat Plain. The survey outcomes suggested that the official hunting season extended into February has had a very detrimental effect. Considering the severity of frosts in winter and the number of hunters after birds already found in extreme conditions, negative effects of these two factors combined severely affected the population numbers of wintering waterbirds.

"Khazer" Ecological and Cultural NGO

Armenia

Armenian Center of Birds Lovers
7 Sevak, St., 375014 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel.: 374-10-281502

Armenia

Birds of Armenia
40 Bagramyan Ave., 375019 Yerevan
Tel.: 374-10-512818
Fax: 374-10-287922
E-mail: boa@aua.am

Armenia

Funded by American Armenian Sargis Hakobian, the Birds of Armenia Project was instituted with the goal of promoting conservation awareness in Armenia and introducing its rich natural treasures to the world.

A Field Guide to Birds of Armenia M. S. Adamian and D. Klem, Jr. 1997. 223 pages, 61 color plates.
Richly illustrated book depicts all 346 species of birds known to occur in Armenia, includes range maps showing where you are most likely to find each species, provides clear, concise text to aid you in identification, and has introductory chapters.
Handbook of the Birds of Armenia M. S. Adamian and D. Klem, Jr. 1999. 656 pages. ISBN: 0-9657429 Hard Cover
The most comprehensive and scientifically documented work on the birds of Armenia. An invaluable resource for anyone, but especially for ornithologists and other conservation and environmental professionals.
Reference Map for the Birds of Armenia Project 
This most accurate map visually identifies the precise geographic location of each ornithological record.

Whole territory of Armenia

Multidisciplinary investigations oriented at the complex assessment of the ecological state and elaboration of scientific-methodical fundamentals of ecological expertise, optimization of nature management processes.

The Center has important facilities and staff for complex assessment of wetlands

Whole territory of Armenia

Study of biodiversity, ecology, evolution and zoogeography of waterbirds. Study of helminthofauna of waterbirds. Development of conservation and use of waterbirds.

Avan, 375063, Yerevan, Armenia
Fax: +374-10-569281
E-mail: academy@sci.am

Whole territory of Armenia

Plants systematic, geobotany and genetics; industrially valuable plant species. Protection and preservation of plant biodiversity. Investigation and protection of the flora of Armenia; conservation of rare and endemic flora species ex situ. Conservation, rehabilitation and reproduction of forests in Armenia.

24D, Marshall Baghramian Ave., #907, Yerevan 375019, Armenia
Fax: +374-10-569411
E-mail: esu@sci.am

Lake Sevan, other water bodies

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Lake Sevan, other water bodies