As part of the Kyrgyz Republic Resilient Landscape Restoration Project (KG RESILAND), the “Report on Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement in the Use of the Regional Roadmap for Mitigating the Impacts of Transboundary Mudflows and Floods” has been prepared. The document covers the Central Asian region and identifies key government institutions
Aziz Abdukhakimov, Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of Uzbekistan, held a meeting with Yasmin Fouad, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). At a meeting held in Mongolia on the sidelines of the COP17 conference, issues of further development of regional
US$1.3 billion portfolio of finance for land restoration and drought resilience across 23 countries, with rangelands at its centre through a US$1.2 billion portfolio spanning 45 projects Progress toward Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), with Brazil presenting a new voluntary 2030 LDN target comprising 17 sub-targets, while Central Asia has already
On August 21, 2026, a meeting of the Sub-Grant Allocation Committee of the “Tajikistan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project” (RESILAND Tajikistan) was held in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by members of the Sub-Grant Allocation Committee representing the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the
In Tajikistan, degraded lands occupy approximately 30% of the country’s territory. Sayfiddin Karaev, asia+ More than 80 million hectares of land in Central Asia are degraded or declining, according to a new thematic report of the Global Land Outlook prepared under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The report
Nature conservation and rural development are two areas that can and should go hand in hand. This is precisely the approach being implemented in Panjakent, Sughd Region, under the Tajikistan Resilient Landscapes Restoration project (RESILAND Tajikistan) . For three years, the project has been working in Panjakent and currently covers
We could be talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. Timur Idrisov, independent environmental journalist, specially for asia+ Photo from vesti.ru The frequency and intensity of dust and sandstorms in Tajikistan have increased exponentially, but economic assessments of their impact remain limited, and in some cases, non-existent. Sand and dust
Photo: Xinhua China is implementing a large-scale solar power plant project in the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia, reports Zakon.kz. The Great Solar Wall is more than just a renewable energy project . It aims to address desertification while generating electricity on an unprecedented scale. A massive 400-kilometer-long solar power
The delegation of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan will participate in the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which will be held from 17 to 28 August 2026 in Ulaanbaatar,
