The project is being implemented in partnership with CENS and the Scientific Center of Artsakh. The goal is carrying out ecogeochemical investigations in the area of Artsakh and training specialists of the Artsakh Scientific Center. Studies des...
Grants
Deploying Armenian distributed processing capacities for environmental geospatial data - ARPEGEO
The ARPEGEO project was designed to establish a tripartite institutional partnership between Institute for Environmental Sciences at the University of Geneva (ISE/UNIGE), the Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies (CENS) NAS RA, and the Institute fo...
EU cooperation capacity building of Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia: towards Armenia’s integration into the ERA-ECOARM2ERA
The central goal of the proposed project was to reinforce the cooperation capacities of Armenia’s leading research institute in the field of environmental research and ecology – the Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies of NAS RA. This...
EC FP7 “Building Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System supporting Sustainable Development” enviroGRIDs project
The EnviroGRIDS project was coordinated by UNIGE, and its 30-partner consortium was a very interesting network of scientific and professionals for CENS to interact with. In term of enhancing CENS scientific networking in Europe, a major activity lead...
Assessing a risk of toxic elements discharge from an arsenic-containing substance repository site in the city of Alaverdi
The research was designed to assess a probable discharge of As and Hg from the area of a toxic substance repository located in Alaverdi. The project covered a study of possible pathways of heavy metal discharge from the repository site: rain waters a...
Assessing a discharge of contaminants from the Nubarashen toxic chemicals repository site
In 2010 the Center of Ecological-Noosphere Studies NAS RA implemented episodic investigations of contaminants discharge from the Nubarashen toxic chemicals repository site. In the frame of the project concentrations of three DDT isomers (p,p...
Assessing a risk of heavy metal pollution of farm products in Armenia
The project goal was to assess risk of pollution of farm crops cultivated in the area of Alaverdi and adjoining villages and communicate information to local people. In the result of the research ecogeochemical assessment was done of the region&rsquo...
Deployment of Armenian national grid infrastructure
Since 2009 CENS has been involved in the Armenian National Grid Initiative to build a sustainable grid infrastructure in Armenia which makes realistic her integration into the European Grid infrastructures. Presently, the establishment of ArmNG...
Studying metal accumulation properties and dust tolerance of plants under urban conditions
The project goal was to study metal accumulation properties and dust tolerance of arborous plants in conditions of Yerevan. The goal was reached through investigation of concentrations of heavy metals and chlorine in leaves, calculation of coefficien...
Assessing environmental impact of tailing storage sites from mining and dressing production and activities of the Kapan copper enterprise on the territory of Kapan town (Syunik Marz)
The goal of the project was assessing environmental status of the territory of the city of Kapan with an emphasis on the impact of the tailing repository and operation of the Kapan copper plant in respect to soil, water and plant pollution. In the fr...