On April 5 RA Minister of Nature Protection Artsvik Minasyan had a meeting with Raimund Jehle, FAO Representative in Armenia. Assistant FAO Representative Gayane Nasoyan, Chairman of  State Committee of  Forest the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia Mikayel Manukyan, Deputy Chairman of State Committee of  Forest Ruben Petrosyan, Director of the RA MNP “Environmental Project Implementation Unit” State Institution  Meruzhan Galstyan and Head of Department of International Cooperation of the RA MNP Staff Ruzanna Grigoryan participated in the meeting. The meeting took a note of the issues regarding forest management and reforestation projects.

Minister Minasyan greeted the cooperation with FAO and stressed that the expectations  being accomplished in forestry reform are great and the continued collective work alongside the FAO can be a guarantee for achieving best results.

Raimund Jehle expressed satisfaction with the work conducted over the project in cooperation with the Ministry of Nature Protection of RA. The FAO Representative signified that due to the consistent work, “Ensuring Sustainability of Forests in Armenia Through Promotion of Adaptation and Mitigation of Rural Green Growth” bid submitted to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will be elaborated, including the suggestions of  the Ministry. The issues concerning the capacity building of experts for the RA MNP EPIU and  project fulfillment, forest conservation regime, well-defined community resource management and eco-education were considered at the meeting. Afterwards, the sides reaffirmed their willingness directed to the continuity of fruitful and high level joint activities.