Tajikistan has implemented in recent years a number of policies and measures (PAMs)6 to mitigate climate change reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Assessing the impact of these measures, and additional PAMs that will be implemented in the future, is key for tracking progress of the achievement of national targets (i.e. NDC), facilitating policymaking and improving the …
An assessment of the proposed five pilot sites was conducted within the CAREC Project on “Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Issyk-Kul oblast”. The project is implemented by the Regional Environmental Center of Central Asia (CAREC) with support of the State Agency on Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Issyk-Kul oblast state administration of …
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The student research competition aims to build the capacities of young specialists in the sustainable management of natural resources in the Central Asian countries. The competition is organized within the Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin project. Main topics of the competition: All thematic areas should be directly or indirectly related to climate change …
After the European Commission announced its ambitious initiative of an EU New Green Deal, many questions remain, including to what extent members of Europe’s eastern neighbourhood will be involved in the project and how a just transition from a carbon-based fuel economy could look like. To get a better sense of the challenges in the …
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Growth in the region decelerated to an estimated three-year low of 2% in 2019, reflecting a sharp slowdown in Turkey as a result of acute financial market pressure in 2018, as well as in the Russian Federation amid weak demand and cuts in oil production. Sustained weakness in exports growth in the region has continued …
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Climate change is already a reality. The deadly bushfires in Australia, ferocious flooding in Indonesia and extended droughts in Vietnam have led to the destruction of infrastructure, investments and livelihoods. Yet across Asia, acceptance of this reality has not yet changed consumer behaviors across the region. After a temporary slowdown in the past five years, …
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The novel coronavirus pneumonia (Covid-19) outbreak that began in Wuhan, in Hubei province, China has quickly spread to at least 75 other countries, causing more than 3,000 deaths. China’s subsequent imposition of restrictions on movement both within and outside its borders has been effective in containment: official Chinese data shows new confirmed cases dropped to 129 in …
Every 15th person in Kyrgyzstan suffers from malnutrition, that is, the human diet contains insufficient amounts of nutrients or a person consumes excess amounts of food. Every 14th child under the age of five is overweight, and every 6th adult is obese. Around the world, issues of ensuring food security and nutrition quality are fundamental …
Infographics gives an easy overview on food security and nutrition in Kyrgyzstan Read More »
Read the full topic… In order to ensure stable and guaranteed water supply for households, as well as for all sectors of the economy, large-scale efforts are underway in our country to develop irrigation system, improve water management infrastructure and quality of irrigated lands, as well as the efficient and rational use of land and …
BISHKEK – Eight rural schools in Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces have been able to start serving daily hot meals to some 4,000 primary school students, thanks to funding from Japan, technical support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and local implementing partner, the Training and Extension System (TES) Centre. This expansion of the …
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