Uzbekistan intends to accelerate the construction of small and micro hydroelectric power plants: a simplified procedure will be introduced for facilities up to 100 kW, while plants up to 50 kW will be exempt from some expert assessments and construction supervision. Modifications to the design of canals, rivers, and channels
The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) has commenced in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The event is taking place from 17 to 28 August under the theme “Restore the Land. Restore the Hope.”The Prime Minister of Mongolia,
On 14 August, the Central Asian Climate Change Dialogue, entitled “Science, Innovation and Cooperation for a Climate-Resilient Central Asia,” was held at Green University in Tashkent. One of the key events of the opening was the report by Nobel Prize laureate, professor at Wageningen University and Research Centre (Netherlands) Rik
The Khalifa Hasan Irrigation System in Tajikistan and the Dargom and Shohrud Canals in Uzbekistan have been designated World Irrigation Heritage Sites (WHIS) for 2026 and included in the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Register. This status is granted to historic irrigation and drainage structures of outstanding engineering,
Central Asian countries have committed to restoring over 2.5 million hectares of degraded land under the Bonn Challenge, a global initiative to restore 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested land worldwide by 2030. Uzbekistan aims to restore 500,000 hectares of degraded land by that time, and the Uzbekistan Resilient Landscape Restoration Project
Source:wikimedia.org By September 2026, the relevant agencies of Central Asian countries will form a working group to create an end-to-end automated flow metering system in the Syr Darya basin. This decision was made at the 94th meeting of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) in Turkestan, with the participation
Uzbekistan successfully launched the Samarkand-2028 hyperspectral Earth remote sensing satellite, Kazinform reports. Photo: uzcosmos.uz The satellite was launched from a sea-based launch platform off the coast of China’s Shandong province. The device was developed in collaboration with the Chinese company Star.Vision. As part of the project, a dedicated artificial
The delegation of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan will participate in the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which will be held from 17 to 28 August 2026 in Ulaanbaatar,
On 23-24 July 2026, the 4th Meeting of the EU-UNEP Regional Network was held in Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, where the progress of the project and its achievements were discussed. The meeting was attended by representatives of Osh regional authorities, NGOs, the expert community, as well as grantees of the EU-UNEP
Tashkent – Uzbekistan – the Uzbekistan Resilient Landscape Restoration Project (RESILAND Uzbekistan) in cooperation with the Agency of Forestry under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan organized a one-day workshop entitled “Code of Conduct on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Violence and Discrimination” on July 29,
