The Japanese city of Ichinomiya, which will host a surfing competition during the 2020 Olympic Games, joined the UN Clean Seas Initiative to raise awareness of the problem of marine waste worldwide. As part of this Initiative, the city committed to attracting the population, i...

The Karakum Canal with a length of 1,445 meters crosses the territory of Turkmenistan from east to west, transporting the waters of the Amu Darya almost to the Caspian Sea itself. Specialists of the State Committee for Water Management plan to increase its length by another 200 k...

Despite the considerable funds invested in the development of electric motors, the driving force of world transport is still oil products, the combustion of which causes great harm to the environment. But it seems that quantity gradually turns into quality. We are not talking ...

World Water Day is observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as World Day for Water. UN and its member nations devote this day to implementing UN recommendations and promoting concrete activities within their countries regarding th...

On Wednesday, during the working video conference government session, President Berdimuhamedov ordered the chairman of Türkmenawtoulaglary Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Communication to visit the plant of Toyota and study the organization of production different models o...

The Climate Week in Africa (Africa Climate Week) started in the capital of Ghana. It gathered more than two thousand delegates from around the world - heads of ministries and departments, politicians, representatives of various organizations, as well as academics to discuss clima...

The 4th meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly, which is the supreme body that tackles the most important environmental issues facing the world today, is taking place in the capital of Kenya, Nairobi. The Forum in the main city of Kenya, where the headquarters of t...

The Central Asian Climate Change Conference (CACCC 2019) will be held on April 3-4in Tashkent. More than 200 experts from leading national, regional and international organizations and departments will take part in it to discuss measures to combat the effects of climate change in...

The World Bank delegation discussed with the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan ways to strengthen cooperation to save the Aral Sea, the website of the foreign ministry of Turkmenistan reports. The question of World Bank assistance to the work of the International Fund for Savin...

Today is World Wildlife Day. ORIENT offers readers a list of seven wild animals that live in the countries of Central Asia and need protection. The list is based on the press of the region.

Snow leopard (irbis)

According to statistics from international environmental organi...