A drag on the Global Economy in 2020 counting the cost on aljazeera. 2018 a new government came to power in armenia amid widespread optimism that its leader nicole shenyang quit and deficits of corruption and economic mismanagement but now his administration faces a major dilemma whether to proceed with a huge be defensive mining project that some a warning will cause enormous environmental damage and in danger of one of the worlds rarest animal species. The former soviet republic of armenia has witnessed dramatic changes in the last 12 months. A bloodless revolution led by journalist turned politician nicole pushing a promised an end to decades of corrupt rule this. Is just one a snap election and for the 1st time in years there is optimism oh 1st priority is to continue. To call it will listen and to make a real difference to see nothing in a cause. Or mania has enjoyed years of blockades imposed by its neighbors turkey and azerbaijan the countrys economy never really recovering from the collapse of the u. S. S. R. Previous governments resorted to leasing its mineral rich bentons to foreign mining concerns it was driven by need for revenue but it also cools and momus and won a mental damage even worse say some of the economic benefits were only ever enjoyed by a few new army of oh sure the property market. Theres still no room go to lose him along with all new motion. Or cool loss of slumbers in the vicious of beautiful szell but it will if the police. Have the latest of these mining projects is proving she usually divisive supported by the previous government and poised to begin work it is said to exploit a massive gold deposit in the south of the country but it is being blockaded by activists he believes that profits are less important than armenias unique environment you cant drink gold or you cant eat gold you cant just bury that gold you need pure environment for life. What happens next for the mine goes ahead all the activists win the battle lies in the hands of the new Prime Minister nicole pushing me and. Its a decision that could affect the future of his administration and threaten the ecosystem and even the fate of one of the worlds most imperiled animal species. Tiny landlocked all mean year is the oldest Christian Country in the world. Blessed with rich soils it is also considered to be the birthplace of wine and even today agriculture forms the mainstay of the economy. The magnificent mind era where many believe the remains of noahs ark will one day be found is the national symbol. Today the mountains of armenia like the fabled on remain a refuge for many endangered animals the Hunting Ground of the worlds rarest big cat the koch asian leopard of which there are estimated to be only 10 left in the country. This unique footage was captured by trial cameras. Alexander more caution a Rule Authority on the reclusive animal has been charting the leopards battle for survival for over 20 years. Im an awful events and i did what. Was shared likes the break so show up short i missed it. But youre not going to be as out of cause love. Our not to get tory years id say. What youre not going of course out of the gate like of. But the fate of this magnificent beast hangs in the balance with the new mind ready and waiting to get into production as are lots of plays many of. Them where you are but it was enough to go. Deep within the karabakh ridge a mountain called amel saw which translates as the barren place is ironically the side of a massive gold deposits discovered by angloamerican Mining CompanyLydian International who intend to extract the precious metal by means of a controversial he pleasing process. May be an international is a biggest point in western culture during the last 14 years we invested about 500 b. N. Over this project is very important for the economy. We designed the project to be. Environmentally. Safe. 1st of all he pushed ethnology doesnt have to face down there is no issues with water no issues with health community. But local see things differently fearful that their lives are about to change forever. The tourism in the free trade which have always been their main source of income will be destroyed if the mind goes ahead. Spurred on by the recent revolution for the last 6 months protesters have blocked all roads to the mountain stopping for the mine construction. At 1st we leave out our cars then we bring and now we bring temporary housing its like this is the place we are living without. This is our scene but thats we must save on the side with our hands our mom i know were almost. On we must save eat right home michael he not going to while were on last night while we jump are you going to tell your son john i would get your rights reborn as the love you document here for the conqueror gordie i bore to remember often made her michael j. Got all boards with. Many armenians have come to this remote spot to support the blockade is. People like annie from the capital you are about he has a 7 year old son is. Every time i go to. His asking me to stay with him and i just explain him that if i dont go. Who who can go so i feel some moral duty to go there and to spend with them anyway its a little bit difficult because im a girl and theyre all boys but i can say that during this months we became just like family. Well let us know when those you deserve the nice moments of love ya got sushil you bastardo here sure should you stay out late it. Wouldnt publish with. The blockade has proved from markedly effective. The machinery and trucks lie idle the project is literally frozen which is it. Its about time that its frozen dollar but now its more because were lost people. Professionals we had a mean 800270 courtrooms. The blockade is making some people jittery because of the wider implications. If an upcoming one day close all the mines because they will have basically you will be destroying a big part of your budget thousands and thousands of people will be out of the job armenias titular head of state president sarkozy and used to be on the board of lady in the blockaders believe he is just one of many power brokers backing the mind his role was more of brokering this potential big investment into the country as opposed to anything else. Imus has been a fixer for this mining project and we wanted to. We actually asked him directly questions of what was his role and asked him to disclose information that is particularly important at the moment. He denied to disclose information when you join a board you sign of the day challenge to my cautious is absolutely clear what i did absolutely clear. Non the less the blockade is a wary of the president preferred to put their faith in armenias new Prime Minister nicole pushing him on his shoulders the future of the minaya rests a political outsider and then followed man of the people last spring the shinya was swept into office on an unprecedented wave of popular support. He promised to end the endemic corruption in the dog his country under the decade long rule of former president. Of the Republican Party the legitimacy i mean social. Psychological edge of republican support there is they were not popular even 10 years ago with this except because of the truth. Pushing a former political prisoner began a long march from the west of the country to the capital yerevan much of the time with his wife at his side in her right at the moment. I doubt it but. We had a good all together behind our back to someone else almost. Like the somebody yes thats and has formed. A sense of again thats the good nods i levels. Most economists that. With hundreds of thousands of supporters on the streets. Running he became Prime Minister instead of socks in pushing eunice yoon pilot in a velvet revolution. Immediately set about tackling corruption with high profile cases like the matter of yerevan his numerous mansions were filmed by a drain the video of which went viral on the internet people were incensed long that theres no options to pushing in additional. Dish near us 3 little well there was a rule in the us that instilled in the populace. Well not all soon. Probably was to become in the in the bus on the. Culture of corruption came from the soviet era and it was and it wasnt fought with in the early stages all army as independence just like it was the case on other in other countries it became a norm. The Mining Industry and body thought corruption say activists extraction permits given by politicians without due process or proper scrutiny had terrible environmental consequences. The armenian environmental front a volunteer group mom says pollution levels of mines across the country including kinds iran are manias biggest we have many mines in armenia we have a small country saw but we have huge mines here we have the tailing dump which is one of the biggest in the world. For decades the countries mineral wealth has been plundered by an oligarchy at the cost of the environment lacks legislation and very low fines on pollution led to explosion of Mining Industry. Thats a good corporate mind north of the capital is a typical example even before the mine began operations locals say many of them were compelled to sell the land to the company for a fraction of its value if they really enjoy about. Your navy. Wish mannings on its chanel table tamang kids. Your socks on your body keep well as it gets in you does it on its also its its worse was to come it turned out that the tail down. I had a construction issue and it was cracking and that was a major resco off toxins leaking into that environment so they had to shut down but nor before did released a poisonous discharge into the river bed once one of the cleanest in the country contaminating land for miles around. Iraq produces vodka from his sharon trees but there is no guarantee that its free from contamination by heavy metals discharge from the mine. Soil samples from farms in the vicinity shows serious contamination is paired trees dried up completely and no longer bear fruit so hes had no choice but to start from scratch in the hope that new plantings fared better. Arak films discharge from the mine going straight into the river bank mikado lanka Current Company may link you don often to languor i think will make on either car think on the market on the chaotic that theyre all buy for noncommercial villainies best news the protesters will saw fear they will suffer a similar fate if the mine goes ahead but director of sustainability philip you know mania arman step in human remains sanguine about any potential risk recover buried them in the crushed material all the way down to this facility which is here the hitler just is about 1. 12 moments away from the votes that he played facilities were crushed rock will be does to the cyanide to extract the gold right by the village of can devise and for us. Its about 1000 tonnes a year. And even before the mine has actually gone into production inhabitants of can devise complained of incidence. Well there so let me assume chuck got. Fired. Well you know you can combine our stolen jugs you have shot meds of a tongue there reschedule current work of a. Marker you have to go to. The south caucasus is one of the richest regions in the world for biodiversity and nowhere more so than. The World Wide Fund for nature conducted numerous field studies on the mountain that are completely at odds with the companys assertion that the mind poses new threats to wildlife we found these bought into therefore out that these are at least the species of plants and to you for im not mistaken 15 species of birds we count one species of mammal this is brown bear. 3 species of snakes perhaps even more importantly than this the proposed mine is cited in the middle of one of only 2 corridors used by the endangered caucasian leopard got on the theory of course like you. Have you seen monkeys here its very important for me gratian of lead part of that and also connects both of these ranges in short by project just for the color of their. Yeah one of the corridors party the last big chart over europe and we should protect. Well there is a leopard or an odd endangered species you know we will we will produce the sophists you know specific action plan. By by having by changing be environment you actually also create an environment for your species but thats what happens. But its not just animal species that could be affected ringback. I mean 9 miles from the im also mine is the sport and of jimmy famed for its spring water where there is also open hostility solidity and 70 percent of German Community these. People are against all of these they are thinking about their future and german spa place of you know many people go to. Their house in the summer jimmy could try to visitors from all over the former soviet union its a sort of bulge in borden of the south caucasus but this distinctly up market atmosphere might be about to change if the mine goes ahead. According to libyans environmental and social Impact Assessment similar projects have experienced increased out the whole consumption mule widening commercial sex networks and prostitution it solution distribution of condoms and information materials in local restaurants and entertainment areas. Local businesses are understandably anxious about the future if. Shut my 1000 accounts on me as yes oh im of us i would jump off earlier id had our town without all of the maids or or school of right. Or the needed more argument with adults running on the wood from. A more fundamental concern is that the close proximity of the mine could id firstly effect jimmy eggs famous mineral water. And maybe even further afield. This is lake 7 the largest body of freshwater in the caucasus holding some 25 percent of all meanies freshwater. Levon is captain of a soviet builds Research Vessel that monitors the like your ideas of grammar the bit where the or was it a. Yeah. Well thats the god is there or there are its just that it was where rob was going on your so you were the other there nor does is that theres the border of orgies of a god with. The lake is connected to the catch at reservoir which is less than 3 miles from the mall saw so could any toxic discharge from the mine also threaten the lake. According to libyans environmental and social Impact Assessment lake 7 will not be impacted. If i recalled the words correctly the problem is negligible there is no input however many of your mean is leading scientists on most convinced these are biodiversity experts or experts in hydrology or hydrogen ology theyre concerned and theyve expressed their negative opinion on them on the validate the off their Risk Assessment is the up which you are the problem of which if. You have travelled sivana by the most bullshit probably recall abuse who says that but almost all civil no one knows your obfuscates of what they put this into to begin or ask about you know how to ski or shirts or. Some other. Like a rut it is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of like service to romania and the new Prime Minister has been obliged to take notice the position of Prime Minister is that there shall be proper. Impact assessments and proper investigation understand. Is it really that there is a risk for impact the lace on as a result of. If the test of almost im right or not. Whether he must also was for the whole this region is doing damage based on current statement yes no one really knows. The history of positive value of the water we dont beat me the reason if you think about going back to this is going to do no. Such is the importance of this issue the just days before last december the sniper election called to decide whether pushing in should stay in office he came to the blockade to hear the concerns of the protesters about life and death you know if it went off and i thought the whole dont ever given that you stick by i was ever made to have a killer take to get to you because its like you just models are make of them i was from jane from the harvest my thoughts on how carter numbers from the 3rd are called winning current evil mad dog and holocaust numbers from benefits from the children. The Prime Minister moved on to jimmy page where he addressed by those in such an election rally he seemed to hint where his sympathies lie on the minds future it 4 stars limbaugh topic it passed doma if edes. Yet again only an hour before static that would chill now. 40 he my without god live for even. If that minus is i think i got a little knot of good cheer and you know i saw a lot of black sheep. If she got a little older ha catching up made it sooner i asked bonnie says jack im a child id he admits still that he cant he will write the adult examiner hunt but im on it i got them they leave a mass they last me of make is not so in their link yet they were out by. Non the less pushing in has say far managed to avoid taking a decision on the animals on mine the biggest investment project in the history of all mania. He faces a stark choice that could either deter Foreign Investment or alienate the very people who put him where it is its an uncertain time but one thing seems clear the blockade is on gang anyway. In september 29th seeing Prime Minister and local pushing me and finally announced that his government had moved legal basis to prevent the construction and extraction of the animals somebody called on Environmental Issues to lift their blockade of sight as if every 2020 the activists were still in place the stalemate continues. The kickout grounds of toga. Defenseless against the women 7 Different International marketplace. And political activist on a mission to establish a cooperative to make and sell chocolate on that. Power plant a taste of independence on aljazeera. The race for the white house has begun this month but to 04 states have their say on tuesday wants to place donald trump lose the election. 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