CAUCASIAN RED DEER TO REINHABIT ARMENIA SOON
[ Part 2.2: “Attached Text” ]
[eng137890039330.JPG] The World Wide Fund for Nature under the
auspices of RA Ministry of Nature Protection and with the support of
WWF Germany, Orange Armenia, Transboundary Joint Secretariat (TJS)
and Prometey Bank launches a project on reintroducing the Caucasian
Red Deer in Armenia with the main goal to set up a breeding group of
the species in Dilijan National Park.
The project activities include preparation of a breeding center in
Dilijan National Park, purchase and transportation of 4 male and
11 female deer to Armenia, training of the breeding center staff,
keeping and breeding of animals with further release and monitoring
in the nature.
“This is an unprecedented project for Armenia, as no project aiming
to re-establish a species that has disappeared from Armenia has been
implemented in our country so far. Upon successful completion of
the project the Caucasian Red Deer will inhabit Armenia,” said WWF
Armenia Director Karen Manvelyan.
The project is financed by WWF Germany (25 600 000 AMD) and Orange
Armenia (10 000 000 AMD).
Orange Armenia has invested this amount in the scope of its long-term
strategic partnership with WWF Armenia launched since last year.
Orange Armenia supports the environmental activities of WWF Armenia
by allocating 1% of the selling price of every handset and smartphone
with eco-labelling to WWF Armenia. Eco-rating shows the environmental
impact of each handset in terms of the technologies and materials
used during its manufacturing process.
“Our partnership with WWF Armenia has launched since last year. In the
scope of this partnership Orange Armenia has introduced the eco-rating
system for its handsets and smartphones, which allows our customers
while choosing a handset or smartphone to take into consideration its
eco-friendly factor. Special thanks to our customers who directly
participate in this environmental initiative, as 1% of the selling
price of the handsets and smartphones they buy is allocated to WWF
Armenia. In the meantime, we call on everybody to be environmentally
more responsible. Learning about the eco-rating of the model while
choosing a handset is a small step each of us can take to care for
the environment,” said Orange Armenia CEO Francis Gelibter.
Another partner of the project is Prometey Bank, which in the scope
of its corporate social responsibility gives special importance to
protection of the wildlife and especially the threatened species
and disseminates the message regarding donation for the project,
by including it in the bank’s annual report and corporate calendar.
“Our bank gives great importance to the protection of wild life and
specifically of endangered species. The design of the bank’s annual
report of 2012 and corporate calendar of 2014 is dedicated to the
protection of endangered animals, particularly pointing out the
importance of the Red Deer rehabitation project. With the aim to
support the project our bank has opened a dedicated bank account,
to which each person can donate any amount of money to have their
contribution in Caucasian Red Deer rehabitation program. The annual
reports and the calendars will be disseminated among our employees,
customers, shareholders, local and foreign partners and other
private and public institutions,” noted Prometey Bank president
Emil Soghomonyan.
The Caucasian Red Deer is one of the most endangered wildlife
species in the South Caucasus. This species once largely spread in
the forests of Northern, Eastern and Southern Armenia has disappeared
a few decades ago due to poaching and degradation of natural habitat
and is currently considered as a species which accidently enters the
territory of Armenia from neighbouring countries.
Currently the Caucasian Red Deer is included in the Red Book of
Armenia as “Critically Endangered” according to the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria. Major threats are
poaching and habitat destruction.
15:53 11/09/2013 [footer_logo.png] Story from Lragir.am News: