The “Young Biologists Association” NGO, in cooperation with Paleobotany group of the Institute of Botany NAS RA is created informational exhibition “Tree of Life”. Within exhibition informational boards with specimens

The List of Epiphytic Lichens Proposed for Registration in the Red Book of the Republic of will be officially submitted to the Ministry of Nature Protection for inclusion in the Red

In the frame of of the project “Lichen Conservation and Education Initiative in Armenia”, seminars in the Dilijan Central School and 6th secondary schools has been carried out on epiphytic

[:en]Monograph “The Epiphytic Lichenized Fungi in Armenia: Diversity and Conservation” has been published in the journal Phytotaxa. It summarizes researches of recent years on epiphytic lichen diversity and conservation aspects

[:en]On 1st of October, the “Young Biologists Association” NGO in cooperation with “Dilijan” National Park, posted several informational signboards in surroundings of 5 ecotourism trails. The signboards will provide an opportunity

[:en]The printed version of  “A guide to common epiphytic macrolichens of Armenia” is available. To get a guide please contact us via e-mail info@lichenology.am or call +37499 238686

On 1-6 August 2016, the IAL 8th Lichenological Symposium took place in Helsinki, Finland. Armenia has also been presented via poster presentation by lichenologist Arsen Gasparyan.

[:en]Two new lichen species Megaspora cretacea and Verrucaria juglandis have been described from Armenia. The scientific papers about this two species have already been published.

On 11 of July, 2016, the public discussion and presentation on topic “Registration of the proposed epiphytic lichens in the Red Book of RA” has been organized in the Institute of Botany

[:en]The species has been selected via public voting during “Biodiversity of the Year” campaign organized by the Young Biologists Association with support of the Rufford Foundation