The possibility of using waste as an alternative energy source was discussed during a seminar organized by the United Nations Development Program jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan.

The Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan Begmyrat Atayev made a presentation on the Aral Sea issues within the parallel event of the 79th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), which is taking place in Bangkok.

Turkmenistan was represented at the 5th Central Asian Climate Change Conference (CACIC-2023), which completed its work in Dushanbe.

Newborn lambs have replenished the number of "guests" of the capital's zoo. This spring, 9 lambs of the Turkmen mountain sheep, which is also called the Kopetdag sheep, were born.

The Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Begmyrat Atayev is taking part in discussions on climate change at the 79th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

14 new bulldozers and excavators have replenished the fleet of equipment in the northern region of Turkmenistan for water management works on the Turkmen lake "Altyn Asyr", Turkmenistan newspaper reports.

The issues of integrated drought management were discussed during the meeting of the interdepartmental group for the implementation of the project "Development of national progress in adaptation planning in Turkmenistan". It is implemented by the Government of Turkmenistan jointly with the United Nations Development Program and the Green Climate Fund.

Issues of transboundary water cooperation between Turkmenistan and the countries of the Aral Sea basin were discussed during the national seminar on water diplomacy, which was held in Turkmenabad.

Iran's Environmental Protection Department is developing a program to protect Caspian seals, the Tehran Times reports.

The environmental action on the eve of the International Earth Day, which is celebrated annually on April 22, was held on Thursday in Ashgabat by young SDG ambassadors, as well as representatives of UNICEF and the French company Bouygues Turkmen. They planted 17 trees on the territory of the Carbon Co-Working Training Center as a symbol of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.