The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) invites all wishing to take part in the competition for small (up to 20,000 US dollars) and large (up to 150,000 US dollars) grants under the grant program for the Mountains of Central Asia Biodiversity Hotspot, designated for five years. A brief ...

By a resolution of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office at Geneva Atageldi Haljanov was appointed as Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UNON Office at Nairobi (Republic of Kenya), the UN Environment Programme

The Kunya-Urgench meteorite that exhibited at the Museum of Ethnography and Local History of the Main National Museum of Turkmenistan is always attract the attention of visitors. On June 20, 1998, a large bolide was observed by people in several villages 7 km south of the...

An international group of scientists from Canada, Spain and Sweden found out that intelligence saves birds from extinction. After about 3,800 observations of birds, the researchers concluded that birds that are able to develop a new behavioral strategy, taking into account enviro...

The garbage that remains on the streets and landfills is not only plastic, although there is a lot of it. These are paper, glass, food waste, metal, rubber and much more. To minimize its impact on the environment, the NGO Nature Conservation Society of Turkmenistan expands its...

The Law https://orient.tm/organizacii-turkmenistana-obyazhut-predostavlyat-informaciju-o-vozdejstvii-na-ekologiju/ “On Environmental Information” came into force in Turkmenistan, and in this regard, the issue of obtaining environmental information passports arose for many enterpr...

The flora of Turkmenistan is rich and diverse, it has more than 2500 species of flora, 700 of which grow in the desert. Saxaul (lat. Halóxylon) is the main tree of the Karakum desert and the sands of Central Asia. Two types of saxaul coexist in the desert - white and black. Th...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many unresolved problems in the world, including environmental ones. And while the fish return to the canals of Venice, the streets of London and other megacities are littered with garbage. Sustainable consumption has been recently conside...

Today, it is very important to rationally use the wealth of native environment, protect its beauty and biodiversity, and improve people’s ecological literacy. Annually, the first day of April, the whole planet celebrates the International Day of Birds – ecological holiday, dedica...

All state bodies, legal entities and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan will be required to provide information on their environmental impact. The relevant law was published by the Turkmen press on March 25, and from that day it entered into force, with the exception of article 7, on ...