Use Aqueduct tools to identify and evaluate water risks around the world Water risks are an urgent global challenge. Most public health crises are already driven by water, including floods, droughts and water-borne diseases. Climate change is worsening the problem by intensifying floods and drought, shifting precipitation patterns, altering water supplies and accelerating glacial melt …
Interactive map of best practices on the use of water, land and energy resources, as well as the environment of Central Asia http://www.cawater-info.net/best-practices/ru/base/index Welcome to our interactive resource, which contains information on best practices for the use of water, land and energy resources, as well as the environment in Central Asia! What is best practice? …
This collection of datasets is a curated list of global spatial datasets that can be used at national and global scales to calculate selected headline, component, and complementary indicators of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, in instances where indicators are based on spatial data, and subject to national needs and priorities for monitoring. The UNBL team …
The biodiversity of our country has not yet been sufficiently studied: a full inventory of flora and fauna has not been conducted at the national and regional levels. Even many reserves and national parks cannot boast of knowing what they preserve on their territory. In Russia, official statistical indicators of the state of biodiversity are …
The website of the project Land Management, Environment & Solid-Waste: Inside Education and Business in Central Asia” (LESLIE), under the Erasmus+ Programme established by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) was launched today. The primary objective of LESLIE is to equip Central Asian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with the necessary tools and capacities …
The HydroSHEDS project was initiated in 2006 by World Wildlife Fund US with the goal to create free digital data layers in support of large-scale hydro-ecological research and applications worldwide. HydroSHEDS provides seamless hydrographic data products including catchment boundaries, river networks, and lakes. The various existing sub-datasets are consistent across multiple scales and resolutions in …
Link to web map: https://rivers.help/map Specialists from the Rivers Without Borders Foundation have been developing their own GIS model for a whole year, and today their publicly available interactive database includes about 300 existing large and medium-sized dams used for hydropower or irrigation in the Balkhash-Alakol, Chu-Talas, Syrdarya and Amudarya and smaller river basins. About …
Map of the impact of hydroelectric power stations on the ecosystems of Central Asia Read More »
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. To ensure that our planet can continue supporting human life, we need to minimize the volume of greenhouse gasses entering the Earth’s atmosphere and ensure that we protect the environment from other harms. This is where climate technology – usually called climate tech …
AQCA – Central Asian Air Quality Platform This platform was initiated by a group of actors working on the topic of air quality in Central Asia in March 2022. At the moment, more than 30 organizations in the region are members of the platform. AQCA is a platform for: Initiating an …
CrowdWater stands for an independent and reliable data collection by citizens – Citizen Science – for modelling of floods and droughts and as a supplement to existing measurements. The method is developed scientifically by the University of Zurich such that it can be applied in remote areas and regions with low data availability. Welcome
