On May 1, a seminar was held on the project “Technical assistance for the sound management of hazardous chemicals”, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan with financial support from the European Union. The …
Knowledge for Development: KOICA Tajikistan Workshop on Asian Civil Society Leadership and Smart Cities. KOICA held a knowledge sharing workshop in Dushanbe, bringing together KOICA program alumni (2022-2024) from Tajikistan who shared experiences in various areas including smart cities, Asian civil society leadership, value-added agriculture, social economics and disaster response changing of the climate. On …
Photo: Presidential Press Service Uzbekistan calls on investors to join international projects The President of Uzbekistan called on foreign investors to join projects for the joint construction of hydroelectric power stations in neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railways. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in his speech at the opening …
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At a recent meeting in Tashkent, the energy ministers of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan approved a plan to develop a project to export “green energy” to Europe, UzA reports. As part of this event, a presentation of the Green Corridor project was presented. The parties drew attention to the approval of technical conditions for the …
Preparing for a discussion on the importance of biennial transparency reports: Progress on reporting in Central Asia In the field of climate change, transparency and cooperation have come to the forefront in recent years. Among the many tools that contribute to capacity building in the area of transparency, the Biannual Transparency Report (BTR) plays a …
Satellite image of the Kamal Khan dam, archive photo Photo: IRNA Afghanistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources reported that the reconstruction of the Kamal Khan Dam, along with the hydroelectric power station and reservoir, is 99% complete, and the hydraulic structure will soon be put into operation. As Matiullah Obid, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry …
Every year on May 5th the world celebrates International Saiga Day. The idea of creating a holiday arose in December 2010, when representatives of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia gathered in Uralsk at a seminar organized as part of the “SOS Saiga!” project. The saiga or saiga is a steppe antelope with an unusual proboscis. The …
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – On April 29, an interactive simulation of the Nexus Approach (Nexus Game) was conducted for students of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia’s (UNRCCA) Academy of Preventive Diplomacy by the USAID Central Asia’s Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment Activity in cooperation with the Regional Environmental Centre for …
Financing mechanisms for specially protected natural areas improved in Kyrgyzstan Seminars to review existing and new potential mechanisms for financing specially protected natural areas (SPNA) took place in the Issyk-Kul region on April 23-25. The seminars brought together representatives of the Department of Biodiversity Conservation, GIZ in Kyrgyzstan, local tourism organizations, non-governmental organizations, local authorities …
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All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to an IQAir report, Zakon.kz reports. The vast majority of these cities – 83 – are in India, and all exceed World Health Organization air quality standards by more than 10 times, according to a report by IQAir, …
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