The Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) reports that it has finalized the transfer of €344,000 to Armenia’s Ministry of the Environment as part of a co-financing project to maintain the country’s specially protected areas.

Some €101,000 has been earmarked for Khosrov Forest State Reserve, €100,000 for Zangezur Biosphere Complex, €98,000 for Dilijan National Park, and €45,000 for Lake Arpi National Park.

The CNF says it continues to co-finance the ongoing costs of maintaining Armenia’s specially protected nature areas (SPNAs), to assist in the effective implementation of conservation, and to introduce innovative approaches to improve SPNA management effectiveness.

The first such support transfers from the CNF to the ministry were made at the beginning of the year.