Water flow in the rivers of Central Asia is defined by a multitude of factors: climate, terrain and soil types, and weather extremes. This report highlights key research findings on five important river basins across Central Asia, and presents the visual material with short annotations for a lay readership. Download PDF
Today, progressive humanity celebrates World Wetlands Day. It was on February 2, 1971, that the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention) was signed in the Iranian city of Ramsar. The Convention aims to protect wetlands of international importance as habitats for waterfowl. The date of signing of the Ramsar Convention has been celebrated since 1997 by …
Photo1. Wetlands of Turkmenistan, Shirin Karryeva Today, on February 2, the international community celebrates World Wetlands Day. It aims to raise awareness of the vital role of the wetlands for biodiversity preservation, water quality improvement, flood protection and more. In 1971, on the same day in the city of Ramsar (Iran), the “Convention on …
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Life interlaced: wetlands and people Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and marine and coastal ecosystems, such as all lakes and rivers, underground aquifers, swamps and marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas …
The document provides for a number of urgent measures for the construction of 20 new reservoirs, the reconstruction of 15 reservoirs and more than 14 thousand km of irrigation canals, as well as the modernization of hydraulic structures in order to ensure the country’s water security and reduce water shortages. The implementation of a comprehensive …
Under the Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan intends to address the issue of joint water use in transboundary rivers. Joining this convention in 2024, Kazakhstan has become a participant in an international document aimed at ensuring the fair …
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The third high-level international conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” will be held from 10 to 13 June 2024 in Dushanbe. The Dushanbe Conference on the Water Decade of Action is another in a series of conferences held every two years by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan …
DUSHANBE, 01.29.2024 /NIAT “Khovar”/. The third high-level international conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” will be held in Dushanbe in June as part of the global initiatives of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, respected Emomali Rahmon, on water and climate issues. The conference is planned to be …
The Caspian Sea Research Institute will be created in Kazakhstan. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan approved the resolution developed by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation on the creation of the institute, the press service of the department reports. The research institute will study the environmental problems of the Caspian Sea, the problem …
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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