World Environment Day, celebrated on 5 June, turned into the real cheerful action for the children, having a vacation in summer camp Cheshme in Geokdere. The party was organized by Ministry of Education jointly with UNICEF, National Red Crescent Society with support from the ...

In La Porte, Texas, a gas turbine power plant has been put into test operation, which completely utilizes greenhouse gases without throwing it into the atmosphere. The capacity of the demonstration facility is 50 MW. It is enough to provide electricity to 40 thousand homes. Th

Arslan KEMALOV

Scientists from Michigan State University have developed a new software with a face recognition system that will help protect endangered primate species. The new development, which was named PrimNet, uses the technologies of neural networks and artificial int

ORIENT already wrote about the international project to reintroduce a small herd of Turkmenian kulan to the steppes of central Kazakhstan. At the end of October 2017, a first group of nine animals was released into an acclimatization enclosure on the edge of the Altyn Dala protec...

ORIENT already wrote about the international project to reintroduce a small herd of Turkmenian kulan to the steppes of central Kazakhstan. At the end of October 2017, a first group of nine animals was released into an acclimatization enclosure on the edge of the Altyn Dala protec...

Twenty water specialists from Central Asia visited Aktobe, Kazakhstan to participate in specialized training on innovative solutions in the construction of hydraulic structures. Representatives of the Executive Committee of the international Fund for Saving the Aral sea attended ...

Climate change can lead to a significant decrease in yields in Central Asian states – up to 20 percent. It was stated by Kaliya Moldogazieva, Vice Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia. She stressed that ecology has no bord...

Arslan KEMALOV

Students at the College of the Leadership Academy in Manila came up with an original idea for solving an environmental problem that is often observed in rivers in the Philippines. It is caused by water flowers - hyacinths, unrestrained distribution of which lead

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 ...