The 6th Steering Committee meeting of the joint project on the conservation and sustainable management of lakes, wetlands, and coastal ecosystems of the Aral Sea basin was held in Tashkent. The project is being implemented by the National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change in partnership with the United Nations
Image source : orient.tm When we think of the desert, we rarely think of water. However, wetlands are key to life in the Amu Darya basin. On February 9, experts from UNDP and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan met in Ashgabat to discuss how to digitalize the protection of
Wetlands for our common future 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
A regional seminar on the conservation and wise use of wetlands under the Ramsar Convention, focusing on key aspects of wetland management, was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, on 8–9 September 2025. The seminar was supported by the regional programme ‘Green Central Asia Phase II’, implemented by GIZ. The seminar focused
On the International Wetlands Day a round table on the topic “Problems of preserving lakes of the Naurzum Reserve” was held by the initiative of the Public Association “Public Ecological Organization “Naurzum” at the Naurzum State Nature Reserve of Kazakhstan. During the meeting, the current state of reservoirs, current threats
Wetlands, parks and even botanical gardens among the best ways to cool cities during heat waves—says biggest-ever global study Botanical gardens are not just beautiful—they can cool the city air by 5°C during heat waves, according to the most comprehensive review of its kind led by the University of Surrey.
