Cabinet declares 2019 a Year of Caucasian Leopard
Armenia’s acting Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan proposed to declare the upcoming 2019 a year of Caucasian leopard in Armenia. Minister Grigoryan’s proposal came at the cabinet sitting on Thursday.
He reminded that in the spring of 2018, the World Wildlife Fund photojournalists, filmed a Caucasian leopard in Khosrov Forest State Reserve for the first time in the history of the reserve, with no records made by photographers previously.
The government believes that the adoption of the draft resolution "On Approving the 2019 State Program for the Preservation of the Caucasian Leopard and the Declaration of 2019 a Year of the Caucasian Leopard" will contribute to the broader coverage of the leopard which is on the verge of extinction through the organization of assemblies, films and exhibitions as well as raising the public awareness.