Photo: Shukhrat Latipov / Gazeta.uz New buildings and buildings undergoing reconstruction will be required to install solar panels and water heaters New requirements for heat supply will be introduced in Uzbekistan from June 1. Solar panels, water heaters and heat pumps will become mandatory in all new and reconstructed buildings.
Central Asia is facing a growing water crisis caused by wasteful use of water. The region’s water resources are dwindling amid some of the lowest water rates in the world. Experts warn that water shortages could become chronic by 2028 and the only solution is to raise tariffs. Stanislav Pritchin,
Over the past decades, Kazakhstan has managed to significantly increase the populations of a number of endangered animal species, reports a correspondent for the Kazinform agency. Photo: Alma Mukanova / Kazinform This was stated by the chief researcher of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, chief editor
Water distribution point “Golovnoy” Photo: from barakelde.org The Golovnoy water distribution system was divided equally, and Tajikistan transferred 750 hectares of land to Kyrgyzstan in exchange. This was stated by the head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiev on February 27 during a speech in the
The Presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon, signed an agreement on the state border between the two countries. Two checkpoints on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border, closed since 2021, have resumed operation. Flights from Bishkek to Dushanbe and Khujand will also be launched on March 14. Kyrgyz President
The international conference “Water Resources Management: Risks, Sustainability and Innovations” dedicated to the implementation of the republican campaign “Taza Kazakhstan” was held in Astana , Kazinform correspondent reports. Photo: Agibai Ayapbergenov / Kazinform As the director of the Presidential Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Temirbolat said, the conference
The area of specially protected natural territories in the Republic of Kazakhstan will be increased to 12.5% of the country’s territory. This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee for Forestry and Wildlife of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan Daniyar Turgambayev at
The topic of green economy has become one of the most important topics of our time over the past few years. On February 26, 2025, in Dushanbe, on the initiative of the Aarhus Center of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the
The air in Dushanbe in 2024 remained hazardous to health. Dushanbe, archive photo from March 1, 2024 Photo Asia-Plus A new study shows that only seven countries in the world meet WHO air pollution guidelines. IQAir’s annual study, based on toxic PM2.5 particles , shows some progress in reducing pollution in India
March 10, the FAO Representative Office in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted a meeting of the parties to the CAREC-FAO project “Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in the Kyrgyz Republic in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”. The parties discussed some important terms of the agreement signed between CAREC
