Armenian Greens Win Bid to Block Dam Scheme
Government responds to campaign to save area of natural beauty.
8 Nov 11
Government responds to campaign to save area of natural beauty.
Pollution and diversion of water resources blamed for driving farmers from their lands.
Opposition and green activists say main problem is organised illegal logging, not villagers cutting firewood.
Thousands of people have lost homes in landslides and floods but few have been resettled.
Suspicions that unscrupulous loggers are stripping away trees that make western Afghan city a greener and shadier place.
Officials and residents blame each other for overcrowded city’s waste problems.