Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan: transboundary training on the Amu Darya River basin in Khiva

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Khiva, Uzbekistan – The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) held a transboundary training on the Amu Darya River basin for water sector specialists from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. On 3 December 2024, CAREC organized this training within the framework of the project “Climate-Responsive and Gender-Sensitive Basin Management” (hereafter referred to as the Project). The …

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Inception of UNDP’s Regional Initiative to Enhance Urban Resilience in Central Asia

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Photo: UNDP Uzbekistan Tashkent, December 12 – Central Asia is among the world’s most vulnerable regions to natural hazards and climate-induced challenges, including earthquakes, floods, droughts, avalanches, and landslides. Over the past decade, these disasters have claimed thousands of lives and impacted millions of people across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. With the added pressure …

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Eco-startups presented innovations at the GCIP Kazakhstan 2024 forum

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Astana hosted the National Forum GCIP Kazakhstan 2024, the final of the prestigious acceleration program Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP), organized with the support of UNIDO. The forum became an important event for startups in the field of sustainable technologies, where unique environmental projects aimed at solving urgent environmental problems were presented. The forum began …

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Restoring Degraded Lands in Central Asia: What Have Countries Achieved?

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Representatives of the five Central Asian countries presented their achievements in restoring degraded lands at the second meeting of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) of the Sustainable Landscapes of Central Asia (RESILAND CA+) program in an online format. The event took place on December 10, 2024, and was attended by implementing agencies from Central Asian …

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The Ministry of Natural Resources of Kyrgyz Republic held a conference dedicated to International Mountain Day

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Ecology AKIpress – On December 11, the Ministry of Natural Resources held a conference entitled “Biodiversity of Mountain Regions in the Context of Climate Change,” timed to coincide with International Mountain Day, the press service of the department reported. The event was attended by the President’s Special Representative for the Implementation of the Five-Year Action Plan …

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Measures to resist sand and dust storms were considered at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16)

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Regional meetings and events on topical issues of climate change and land degradation are continuing on the sidelines of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16). One of the key events was the side event “Resistance to sand and dust storms”, organized by the United Nations Development …

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UN Regional Climate Technology Centre to Start Operating in Ashgabat

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This was announced by the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, speaking at the “One Water” summit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is the result of the country’s responsible and consistent efforts to practically implement its initiative to create a specialized UN center for …

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The III Open International Internet Olympiad on Ecology was held in Turkmenistan

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On December 5, 2024, the III Open International Internet Olympiad on Ecology among students of universities of the country and abroad was held at the S.A. Niyazov Turkmen Agricultural University. The participants of the opening ceremony of the Olympiad first got acquainted with the research and design works prepared by young scientists and students. The …

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USAID and CAREC Promote the Integration of the Nexus Approach in Uzbek Universities

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Tashkent, Uzbekistan – December 10–11, 2024. USAID’s Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment (WAVE) Activity, in collaboration with the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), conducted a training-of-trainers session on the interactive Nexus simulation game. The training took place at the “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers” National Research University (TIIAME NRU). 10 …

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Preparation of the Caspian Sea ecosystem restoration project has begun as part of the World Bank’s pre-assessment visit to Kazakhstan

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В период с 4 по 6 декабря т.г. в г. Астана состоялись встречи в рамках предоценочного визита Всемирного банка по подготовке проекта «Восстановление экосистемы Каспийского моря: создание потенциала в области управления загрязнением и сохранения биологического разнообразия» (“Blueing the Caspian Sea”), финансируемого за счет грантовых средств Глобального экологического фонда. Данный проект планируется к реализации в трех …

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