r/armenia • u/T-nash • Jun 25 '26
Environment/Շրջակա միջավայր The government is converting 23HA of Jrvezh forest park into a commercial project for the Pan Armenian games.
For the proper organization of the Pan-Armenian Games, a territory has been allocated by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the construction of a public-cultural and sports village.
The World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games will be provided with a 23.3 ha plot of land in the “Jrvezh” forest park for the implementation of an investment program worth 20 billion 900 million AMD. The program will be implemented within 13 years after the entry into force of the agreement.
During the Pan-Armenian Games (Winter and Summer Games), the sports village will serve as a place of residence for athletes. The World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games will ensure the financing of the costs of maintaining the sports village. The complex will be used as a place for holding the Pan-Armenian Games, and outside the games, for various youth gatherings, Armenia-Diaspora multi-faceted events, organization of recreation and entertainment, and holding various programs.
In the first stage, the World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games will install eco-cottages, a cafeteria, and a medical service center. The above-mentioned structures do not imply major constructions. In the next stages, the construction of various sports platforms and gyms is planned. For each cottage, it will be necessary to level 110-120 square meters of land. The assembly of cottages is planned in non-forested areas.
The territory was allocated without a tender, with the right to build, for a period of 50 years. The investment program plans to create about 1,240 new jobs, as well as plant about 20 thousand trees in the area.
The decision is based on the fulfillment of the requirements of the RA Laws "On Physical Culture and Sports" and "On Children's and Youth Sports".
Article by HETQ here
https://hetq.am/hy/article/178221
They're claiming the assembly of cottages is planned in none forested areas, but if anyone's been there, the entire place is forested, the areas with less trees are like that because of not taking care of them and erosion. That doesn't mean those are none forested areas, it means they're eroded and need reforestation works...
Even though it sounds like a great project and sports center, it is also going to serve residential purposes for athletes and cottages, there was a video on social media for the project and it seemed like 23HA of cement. Sure they're going to reforest the rest of the area, but come on, it's 23HA of commercial projects.
We have thousands of hectares of free and truly deserted lands, I don't understand why it had to be in the forest park in itself when we have empty, treeless fields next to it.
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u/GrechkaLover Jun 25 '26
"If anyone's been there, the entire place is forested"
It's not even close to be entirely forested.
Anyway, it's a question of execution, it can be a great project if done correctly.
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u/T-nash Jun 25 '26
Why do you selectively quote me? Here's the rest of my sentence.
but if anyone's been there, the entire place is forested, the areas with less trees are like that because of not taking care of them and erosion.
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Anyway, it's a question of execution, it can be a great project if done correctly.
It can literally be done on the thousands of hectares of empty fields right next to it.
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u/GrechkaLover Jun 25 '26
"It's entirely forested, but it's not, but let's consider it's forested to be more dramatic".
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u/T-nash Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
It is, you may be confusing the difference between a forest and a jungle. There's trees and vegetation everywhere, that's a forest. It doesn't have to be dense. Open satellite view and you can clearly see them.
Don't be a wise guy.
Definition
An area of land spanning more than 0.05 hectares with tree crown cover (or equivalent stocking level) of more than 10 percent with trees with the potential to reach a minimum height of 2-5 meters at maturity in situ.•
u/GrechkaLover Jun 25 '26
Yeah, I was going to offer you the same thing, the park territory has maybe 20% were it's really covered with trees that might hinder potential construction. As they are going to plant 20000 trees it doesn't seem that the park will actually become less green after they're done.
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u/T-nash Jun 25 '26
It is, because technically they could have, and should have, reforested the entire area and prevent erosion from happening again by actually taking care of them.
your argument is capitalizing on the erosion, as they are.
They didn't take care of the forest->it eroded-> oh let's build 23HA of commercial stuff and reforest it for its commercial reasons.
That's still 23HA less land of forest than what it could have been.
Maybe slightly less as the commercial area will have trees around too, yet it's quite the capacity of construction.•
u/grandomeur Germany Jun 27 '26
They didn't take care of the forest->it eroded
That is often by design so it can be used as an excuse later to take over the land.
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u/AlcoUser Jun 26 '26
The only place where I could breathe a little. Great, give me more reasons to leave this place for good.
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u/surenk6 Pureblood Լոռեցի Jun 25 '26
could they not pick a non-forested wasteland for it that is literally everywhere else in Armenia?