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Students and Teachers Becoming Local Change-Makers along the Hrazdan River

EcoServ provides an opportunity to one student from Armenia to study the international Master’s program "Applied Limnology" at BOKU University, Vienna.

Our team established a sustainable collaboration with local schools in the Hrazdan River basin communities in Armenia. The students are using bioindication methods to assess the ecological condition of the river. In cooperation with school teachers, we aim to engage local communities in ecosystemservices assessment and contribute to project-based learning. EcoServ project is funded by […]

Armenian aquatic ecosystems have a high level of vulnerability, in part due to high density of population in the drainage basins, lack of water treatment plants and global climate change. The World Resources Institute classified Armenia in the group of countries experiencing high baseline water stress. This has a major impact on local agricultural communities […]

The EcoServ project has announced a grant competition to empower women and girls in the Hrazdan River Basin communities in Armenia. The initiative began with a business training program for start-ups and existing businesses related to ecosystem services. Approximately 25 participants developed business plans and presented them to the grant competition evaluation committee. Thanks to […]

Our research manuscript has been published in the Mountain Research and Development journal #MRD. Our interdisciplinary team from the Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology NAS Armenia and BOKU University has developed a cultural ecosystem services assessment framework for rivers and floodplains in the Caucasus. Using mixed methods, we tested it in Dilijan National Park, […]