The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will be held in the historical city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from November 24 to December 5, 2025. The agreement was signed by Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Aziz …
Within the framework of COP16 in Riyadh, with the support of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Saudi Arabia, a ceremony was held to sign an agreement on the host country and establish an office of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Tashkent. The document was signed by Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection, …
For the first time in the history of Uzbekistan’s participation in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, held on December 2-13, 2024, in Riyadh, the initiative of Uzbekistan, put forward by the President of the Republic, was included in the final decision of COP16. Samarkand Declaration on Sand …
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On November 16, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon signed a decree on the republic’s accession to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The text of the document was published by the press service of the head of state. In accordance with the decree, the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic …
Dead seals in the Caspian Sea: damage amounted to 1.5 billion tenge – expert About 2,000 animal carcasses found on the sea coast Saya Tauekelova November 23, 2024 at 15:59 Photo of the fishery inspection of the Mangystau region Monitoring of the Caspian Sea coast continues. The damage due to the death of marine animals …
Damage from mass death of seals in the Caspian Sea could amount to 3 million USD Read More »
November 22, a meeting was held at the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Areas with the participation of the BIOFIN-UNDP team and the CAREC team. The meeting was attended by the Director of the Department of Protected areas, Azamat Kenjebaev, the manager of the BIOFIN Initiative in Kyrgyzstan, Miragul Kochkorova, and Director of the …
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The Altyn Dala initiative, aimed at protecting the steppe ecosystems of Kazakhstan, has won the prestigious Earthshot Prize 2024 in the category “Nature Conservation and Restoration”. The award recognises outstanding achievements in restoring the saiga population and expanding protected natural areas in Kazakhstan. Altyn Dala was founded in 2005 as a long-term partnership between the …
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Turtle Dove, now almost never found in Tajikistan. Photo: CABAR.asia In the second half of the 20th century, the common turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur – fokhtak or mushicha in Tajik) was a numerous species in Tajikistan due to the abundance of food resources. The turtle dove was declared “Bird of the Year – 2024” and …
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Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia © Unsplash/Dulcey Lima A hummingbird hovers over an orange flower. By Greace Vanegas 29 October 2024 Climate and Environment Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop a lasting blueprint that will allow humankind …
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The number of dead seals washed up on the Caspian coast continues to increase. From October 24 to 29, employees of the Zhaiyk-Caspian Interregional Basin Fisheries Inspectorate, together with representatives of the Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, discovered 289 carcasses of dead seals during monitoring of the Caspian coast. Photo of the regional fisheries inspection …
The number of dead seals in Mangistau has reached 289 carcasses Read More »
