Growing the same crops, drought in some places and excessive watering in others – these and other reasons lead to the withdrawal of land from crop rotation. Potato sowing in Gorno-Badakhshan. Photo: Jorge Fernandez / Alamy Stock Photo In recent years, the problem of land falling out of crop rotation has become increasingly acute in …
Khiva, Uzbekistan – The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) held a transboundary training on the Amu Darya River basin for water sector specialists from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. On 3 December 2024, CAREC organized this training within the framework of the project “Climate-Responsive and Gender-Sensitive Basin Management” (hereafter referred to as the Project). The …
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В период с 4 по 6 декабря т.г. в г. Астана состоялись встречи в рамках предоценочного визита Всемирного банка по подготовке проекта «Восстановление экосистемы Каспийского моря: создание потенциала в области управления загрязнением и сохранения биологического разнообразия» (“Blueing the Caspian Sea”), финансируемого за счет грантовых средств Глобального экологического фонда. Данный проект планируется к реализации в трех …
Agreement signed 30 years ago needs updating Photo from open sources Russia and Kazakhstan discussed the joint improvement of transboundary water bodies. In particular, the discussion concerned the rivers flowing through the territory of both countries. The agreement on the joint use and protection of water bodies was signed by the parties at the government …
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The dried-up Aral Sea has gone down in history as an unprecedented ecological disaster. Now a new ecosystem is being created on the seabed. DW reports on the planting of saxaul in Aralkum, possibly the youngest desert in the world. https://p.dw.com/p/4n5gy The dried bottom of the Aral Sea in the Butakova Bay areaPhoto: Ekaterina Venkina/DW During …
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Photo: primeminister.kz The Islamic Development Bank is investing $1.15 billion in the water sector of Kazakhstan. The government explained what the money will be spent on, Zakon.kz reports. The parties signed the corresponding agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), which is taking place in Baku. Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy …
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The Aral Sea received 41% less water in 2024. Nurek Reservoir Photo: Asia-Plus At the 87th meeting of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC), held in Ashgabat on November 6 of this year, water intake limits were approved for the non-growing season of 2024-2025. Recently, detailed information emerged about how the countries of the region distributed …
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On November 29, 2024, the second meeting of the members of the Basin Council (BC) of the Uzbek part of the Zarafshan River was held in Samarkand. The meeting was organized with the support of the project “Climate-Resilient Integrated Water Resource Management in the Zarafshan River Basin”, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and …
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – On November 20-21, CAREC Conducted National Training Sessions for Turkmenistan’s Water Management Organizations The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) held these training sessions as part of the project “Climate-Responsive and Gender-Sensitive Basin Management” (hereafter referred to as the Project). This initiative is a component of the Regional Program “Climate Sensitive …
EBRD to allocate €17.6 million to modernize water supply in Khatlon region The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed €8 million in grant agreements to modernise water supply systems in the towns of Bokhtar and Dangara in Tajikistan’s Khatlon region. The funds complement an €8 million loan package signed in October 2024, …
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