WWF Armenia and "ArmForest" SNCO are implementing a joint project to improve the management of Ijevan partial reserve.
WWF Armenia Head Karen Manvelyan has told ArmInfo that the boundaries will be optimized and a management plan will be worked out. "We are going to merge two partial reserves - Ijevan and Gandzakar, as well as to optimize the boundaries and study the importance of territories in terms of biodiversity. Afterwards the preservation duty will be strengthened and measures will be taken to develop eco-tourism," he says.
Ijevan partial reserve is one of the 14 partial reserves under the jurisdiction of "ArmForest" SNCO. Its management is being improved under the FLEG II (Forest Law Enforcement and Governance) programme. The budget is about 100 thsd EUR. The EU-funded FLEG II programme is being implemented by the World Bank, WWF and IUCN.
Ijevan and Gandzkar partial reserves were created in Tavush province in 1971 (7,800 ha and 6,800 ha, respectively).