In the next few days Kazakhstan National Geographic Society (QazGeo) will start expedition to the Aral Sea. QazGeo Project Manager Nurzhan Algashov told about the details of the expedition in an interview with The Astana Times. “The first expedition to the Aral Sea will last 20 d...

Nury AMANOV

The expert community gives recommendations on the solution of the Aral Sea problem. According to the Kazakh News Agency “Khabar”, at the workshop on environmental protection in Astana, experts propose to introduce drip irrigation in agriculture in the coastal areas ...

Nury AMANOV

The UN, international experts on water issuesand the media are sounding the alarm - in the world there is a growing scarcity of fresh water. A further aggravation of this problem can lead to mass migration of the population right up to the displacement of peoples

Oleg Vinokurov Noisy flocks of pink starlings, flown from India, can be seen in the crowns of the trees of the city parks in Ashgabat. Their cheerful hubbub says of the imminent arrival of the summer heat and promises a threat to the numerous insect pests that starlings eat. T

In the near future, FAO will launch a new programme in Central Asia on sustainable forest development, forest protection and natural resource management. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will be the key beneficiaries of the project t...

Akmyrat Yylkybaev

A regional training, aimed at training the core specialists in integrated water resources management (IWRM) and introducing a basin approach (BP) into their work, is held on April 24-25 in the capital of Uzbekistan. These types of management are recognized

The British designer, the daughter of the soloist of the famous rock band "The Beatles" Paul McCartney - Stella McCartney called for the creation of designer clothes, the production of which will not cause any harm to the environment and form a "pure" fashion industry. She is

Muhtar ALIYEV

Water, until recently the simplest, “elementary” substance, in recent years, as it is being thoroughly studied, becomes more and more mysterious and “miraculous”. As of today, about forty kinds of water, which differ from each other in physical and chemical pro...

Pakistan International Airlines, biggest national carries, joins the campaign on saving the markhor, scanty Central Asian animal under the threat of extinction. The carrier have decided to put the picture of the mountain goat, which is a national symbol, on its fleet of aircra...

The Shanghai architects plan to construct a building that looks like one of the Seven Wonders of the World - Hanging Gardens of Semiramis. As the media reported, the work has already begun. Architects also call this project "One Thousand Trees". The building will have about a ...