Photo: UNDP Ministry of Ecology, UNDP launch two environmental projects in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Ecology and the UNDP launched two projects to develop the new National Biodiversity Strategy and restore ecosystems in Western Tien Shan. Funded by a $6.5 million Global Environment Facility grant, the initiatives are set to be implemented by 2030. The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental
A study has shown how much our speech depends on the weather. Midjourney The sound structure of a language is linked to the climate in which the people who speak it live, a new study by scientists from the University of New Mexico (USA) has shown . Thescientific article was published in Frontiers in Psychology . The authors assessed environmental conditions such
The cultivation of the Mexican cactus has caused a lot of controversy among environmentalists in Western Kazakhstan, Kazinform reports. Photo by Vladimir Abdulov What is particularly surprising is that the plant, which prefers warmth, has also adapted to the region’s harsh winter climate. In this regard, a Kazinform correspondent spoke
There are 285 snow leopards living in Kyrgyzstan. This was announced at an event dedicated to the International Snow Leopard Day. Let us recall that in 2024, the UN General Assembly proclaimed October 23 as International Snow Leopard Day with the aim of strengthening international and regional cooperation in support
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,
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
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
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
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
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
