Agriculture and rural development, Industry

REAP Project Partners Meeting. What Did REAP Achieve? What Is The Future For Agri-Food Production In Tajikistan And Uzbekistan?

REAP project will bring together seven partner organizations from six countries for a four-day intensive meeting in Tashkent from 29 January to 1 February 2024. “The upcoming meeting is very important as it is the last major meeting of the partners before the end of the project.  At this meeting it is planned to evaluate …

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Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems

A clear path to global forest data and innovative climate action

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a three-year project entitled ” Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest): accelerating capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and awareness raising”. The project, supported by a US$2 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aims to help developing countries monitor and report …

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Water resources

“It’s time to change the stereotype that water is free” – Shavkat Mirziyoyev

On January 4, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was briefed on the presentation of proposals aimed at improving the efficiency of water use in agriculture. The need for rational and careful use of water is particularly emphasised in the current conditions of an increasingly acute shortage of water resources in our country. In recent years, 472,000 hectares …

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Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems

Uzbekistan to develop national air quality standards

Atmospheric air control in Tashkent is carried out by the Agency of the Hydrometeorological Service under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change through 15 automatic stations. During monitoring, such indicators as air dust, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, phenol, hydrogen fluoride, ammonia, formaldehyde, heavy metals, and fine particles PM10 …

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Water resources

Field assessment of areas for installation of water-saving technology systems

Kyrgyzstan is one of the countries rich in water resources. The average availability of local water resources is 258 thousand m3/km2, and the water resources for 1 person accounted on 150 thousand m3 of fresh water per year. According to the National Report on the State of the Environment of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2015-2018, …

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Climate change

Turkmenistan is moving towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Turkmenistan is implementing national projects that include measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, efforts are being made to increase fuel efficiency in power plants by modernizing fossil fuel combustion systems, increasing the share of natural gas and renewable energy sources (RES) in the fuel and energy mix, improving energy efficiency in the utility …

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Agriculture and rural development, Biodiversity, Climate change, Education, knowledge and training, Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems, Information technology, Communication, Water resources

CAREC annual report for 2023 published

CAREC Annual Report for 2023 We are pleased to present to you the Annual Report of the Regional Environmental Cenre for Central Asia (CAREC) for 2023. In this report, you can get acquainted with the main results and achievements of CAREC during the past year. The purpose of the report is to highlight and evaluate …

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Water resources

The 32nd meeting of the Commission of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan on the use of water management facilities for interstate use on the Chu and Talas rivers was held in Almaty

In the city of Almaty, the 32nd meeting of the Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan Commission on the use of interstate water management facilities on the Chu and Talas rivers took place. The delegation from Kyrgyzstan was led by Mr. A. Sokeev, the Director of the Water Resources Service of the Ministry of Agriculture, while the Kazakh …

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Water resources

Uzbek officials consider measures for improving water use efficiency

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On 4 January, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of proposals to improve water use efficiency in agriculture. In the current conditions of an increasingly worsening shortage of water resources in the country, special attention is paid to their rational and careful use. In recent years, 472 thousand …

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