Shikahogh State Reserve (Armenian: Շիկահողի արգելոց, romanized: Shikahoghi argelots') is Armenia’s second largest forest reserve, covering some 10,330 ha of land, and located in southern Armenia in the Syunik Province.

[1] Environmentalists have said it has been largely unaffected by Armenia’s massive post-Soviet deforestation due to its remote location and care shown by residents of nearby villages.

The fauna of Shikahogh has not been fully explored, but studies have already revealed rare species of animals such as leopard, bezoar, bear, snowcock, viper, and hedgehog.

It is home to unique species considered to be the wealth of not only Armenia but the whole world as well.

“The whole policy consists in the fact that they are ready to spend millions on this road, because they will make billions on it.” [5] If the highway is constructed the preserve will be split in two and besides the fact that large trucks will be passing through it polluting and disturbing the course of regular life in the reserve, but will also become a reachable place for poachers and loggers.