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BISHKEK (TCA) — Prior to 2016, no country in the Caucasus or Central Asia had developed indicators to monitor sustainable forest management on a national level. Two years later, five countries – Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan – are on board with a project from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to establish accountability systems for forest management. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Representatives of the Government and international community gathered in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on February 19 to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the people of the Aral region and to look for ways of solving them together. The meeting was convened by the administration of Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda region and was supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — An online platform for monitoring, reporting and verifying emission sources and greenhouse gases (GHG) was officially launched on February 5 by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and the World Bank. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat on January 30 hosted a Board meeting of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), co-organized by the IFAS Executive Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Program of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia, State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Air pollution has become one of the most discussed topics in Bishkek. A shroud of smog over Kyrgyzstan’s capital has become stronger in recent years, and it is clearly visible when looking at the city from above, even from villages located to the south Bishkek, at the foot of the mountains. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is committing new funds to address solid waste treatment issues in Tajikistan. By providing a 15-year sovereign-guaranteed loan of up to US$2 million to the state enterprise “Sanitary Cleaning of Urban Areas of Kulob”, the Bank will bring significant environmental benefits to this Tajik municipality, the EBRD said on December 29. Continue reading
