In an article Published on 07 August, 2009, Dr. Jennifer Lyman,
(Director emeritus, Acopian Environmental Center, American University of Armenia) writes:
In the case of Lake Sevan, it is the governments responsibility to retain Article 10 of the Law of Sevan, whose authors had the foresight to protect its lifve-giving and valuable fresh water supply and the ecosystems that sustain it. Activities such as cyanide processing of gold ore are activities prohibited by Article 10 and for very clear reasons. In this case clean fresh water is more valuable and more sacred than gold that would result from a proposed gold processing plant in Sotq village [by the Lake Sevan].
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