On January 25, 2024, the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands held the Annual Planning Meeting of Ramsar Regional Initiatives (RRI), where RRIs members presented their achievements and exchanged ideas on future activities. The meeting was attended by 40 representatives of 21 RRIs around the world. The discussion was based on a theme of “Capacity Building” …
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The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, held a meeting with representatives of the International Financial Corporation (IFC) in Kazakhstan to explore prospects for future collaboration. During the meeting, the focus was on discussions related to attracting foreign investment into Kazakhstan’s water sector. IFC, specializing in consultations aimed …
Clean energy: for all… Energy lies at the core of a double challenge: leaving no one behind and protecting the Planet. And clean energy is crucial to its solution. In a world grappling with climate change, clean energy plays a vital role in reducing emissions, and can also benefit communities lacking access to reliable power …
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 …
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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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 …
“It’s time to change the stereotype that water is free” – Shavkat Mirziyoyev Read More »
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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Clean energy: for all… Energy lies at the core of a double challenge: leaving no one behind and protecting the Planet. And clean energy is crucial to its solution. In a world grappling with climate change, clean energy plays a vital role in reducing emissions, and can also benefit communities lacking access to reliable power …
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, …
Field assessment of areas for installation of water-saving technology systems Read More »
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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