The Italian side intends to launch a new environmental project in the Turkmen Aral Sea region, covering the Dashoguz and Lebap velayats. From June 16 to 18, a joint expedition was conducted in these territories with the participation of Turkmen and Italian specialists, the purpose of which was to study
As part of his first official visit, the new Executive Director of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), Batyr Mamedov, held a meeting with Serik Bekmaganbetov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS), on June 4, 2025, in
Representatives of five post-Soviet Central Asian republics have signed protocols and agreements on the distribution of resources of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers in order to ensure irrigation of agricultural lands and at the same time not to disturb the ecosystem of the water bodies. The relevant data
photo provided by the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth largest freshwater body, but in the 1960s it began to dry up and become shallow. By 1997, about a tenth of its
From April 17 to 19, the Republic of Karakalpakstan hosted the International Aral Tourism Week. The event was organized by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan in cooperation with the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan,
Veteran of Kazakhstan’s water management Nariman Kypshakbayev proposed increasing the height of the Kokaral dam to preserve the Northern Aral Sea. In his opinion, without these measures, the reservoir may disappear again. The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is already studying this proposal. Nariman Kypshakbayev, former Minister of Land
Aralkum is the youngest desert on Earth. Photo: Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Kazakhstan The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has shown what remains of the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world, Liter.kz reports with reference to the European Space Agency ( ESA ). The image from March 18, 2025,
📢 We invite you to the 7th summer school on the Aral Sea! 🌊🌱 From August 15 to 24, 2025, the 7th Aral Summer School will be held on the coast of the Aral Sea, organized by the Kazakh-German University (KNU) with the support of IHE Delft, GIZ and the
Astana. March 31. KazTAG – Secretary of the Security Council of Kyrgyzstan Marat Imankulov, at a roundtable on water diplomacy at the Oi-Ordo Center for Expert Initiatives in Bishkek, spoke about the need for a well-thought-out, joint approach to saving the Aral Sea. According to Marat Imankulov, the drying up of
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov summed up the results of the implementation of the first phase of the sea conservation project, Kazinform reports. Photo: /kazaral.org As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, following the results of the first phase of
