The small nuclear power plant will be owned by Uzbekistan, said the head of the NPP construction directorate, Otabek Amanov. He also spoke about the stages of the project. According to him, domestic uranium is planned to be used for the production of nuclear fuel, and the spent fuel will be exported to the Russian …
Photo: Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan The next meeting of the Ministers of Energy and Water Management of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan took place in Tashkent, reports the Kazinform agency’s own correspondent. Photo: Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan From the Kazakh side, the event was attended by Minister of Energy Almasadam Satkaliyev and Minister of …
The story of Ruzigul Safarova, the only female head of a regional environmental department. She worked for 35 years protecting nature and was recently fired. Ruzigul Safarova. Photo from personal archive According to the annual ranking of the Yuksalish movement, the percentage of women in leadership positions in Uzbekistan is 33 per cent. Currently, the share …
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Press-release On 27-28 September 2024, an exchange visit of the Uzbek-Kazakh Joint Working Group (Commission) on environmental protection and water quality in the Syrdarya River Basin will take place in the Uzbekistan cities of Chirchik, Tashkent, and Samarkand with the support of the Blue Peace Central Asia Initiative, funded by Switzerland. On 27 September, the …
In Fergana, investors from Turkey plan to build a solar power plant worth 57 million euros Photo: Khokimiyat of Fergana region In the Fergana region, Turkish investors are planning to build a solar photovoltaic station worth 57 million euros. This was reported by the press service of the khokimiyat. This project and other issues were discussed during …
As part of cooperation between the governments of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Federal Republic of Germany, the Ministry of Ecology, Environment and Climate Change and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) have concluded agreements on the implementation of two projects. The documents were signed by the Minister of Ecology Aziz Abdukhakimov and …
On September 11, a seminar was held in Tashkent dedicated to the launch of the project “Master planning and innovative financial solutions to support the implementation of the Yashil Makon initiative”, organized by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic …
On 13 September, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Assessment Programme in Uzbekistan (FOLUR) at an inception workshop in Tashkent. The programme was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change and the Ministry of Agriculture of …
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Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change Aziz Abdukhakimov met with Dr. Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). At the meeting, the parties discussed priority areas of bilateral cooperation, the implementation of joint existing projects, and preparations for the launch of new ones. In particular, the …
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A regional seminar on the implementation of the project “One Health in Nature Conservation in Central Asia”, organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in cooperation with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change, has begun in Tashkent. The event was attended by government representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, …
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