Plants are life – we depend on them for 80 percent of the food we eat and 98 percent of the oxygen we breathe. But international travel and trade have been associated with the introduction and spread of plant pests. Invasive pest species are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss and threaten the delicate web …
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, May 2, 2024 – Today, on the banks of the Karakum River near Ashgabat, USAID and the State Committee for Water Resources organized the grand opening of a new metering system to measure water flow on this important waterway. The system will provide real-time data to the State Committee for Water Resources, enabling the …
USAID Launches Metering System for Improved Water Management in Turkmenistan Read More »
On May 2, the Central Asian University for the Study of the Environment and Climate Change (Green University) launched a national seminar within the framework of the projects “Climate Education to promote the SDGs and combat climate change” and “Eco-Schools Uzbekistan”. The event, organized by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change, the …
A program on climate education was presented in Tashkent Read More »
Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to India, Nurlan Zhalgasbayev, met with Vice President of JWIL Infra Ltd., Akshay Bhardwaj. During the meeting, discussions revolved around projects related to water supply, irrigation, wastewater treatment, and industrial effluent management, as well as exchanged opinions on investment cooperation in the development of water resources. Possible sources of financing for infrastructure projects …
Kazakhstan and India: Prospects for Cooperation in Water Resources Sector Read More »
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic – On May 30, another Nexus game event was held at the Department of Water Resources and Engineering Disciplines of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin. This time, the fourth-year students transferred their skills to the second and third-year students of the direction “Integrated use and protection of water resources”. …
Nexus game: KRSU continues to introduce the game into the educational process Read More »
The Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) summed up the results of the regional project “Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin” (CAMP4ASB) for 2016 – 2024 during a World Bank mission to the CAREC office. Central Asian countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change in Eurasia. Average annual temperatures across the …
In Uzbekistan, there are plans to establish a specialized educational institution to train personnel in the field of drinking water supply and sanitation. Representatives of Uzbekistan’s Uzsuvtaminot, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Islamic Development Bank, the German Development Bank (KfW), as well as Korean experts from the …
On May 3, 2024, a seminar on assessing climate risks for the transboundary river basin of the Chu River was held in Taraz. It was attended by representatives of government departments for managing water resources and emergency situations, public associations, water inspections, regional and city akimats. The purpose of the meeting was to develop an …
Climate risk assessment has begun in the Chu River basin Read More »
The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) has signed memoranda of understanding with the leading public organizations of Turkmenistan – the Society for Nature Conservation of Turkmenistan and the Tebigi Kuvvat enterprise. The memoranda were signed following negotiations with representatives of the civil sector in Turkmenistan at the CAREC project office in Turkmenistan. “This event opens …
On April 23 in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and May 3 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), the REAP project held a National Authorities Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policy Solutions. The event brought together representatives of various governmental bodies of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The event presented the results that the project has achieved in the countries, showed …
National Authorities discuss SCP Policy Solutions Read More »
