Sustainability of GIZ-EU project in Uzbekistan: Success story on reducing conflict and preserving water – continuation within the Green Central Asia Initiative

The ‘National policy framework for water governance and integrated water resources management in Uzbekistan’ programme was a part of the Transboundary water management in Central Asia Programme commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office and co-financed by the European Union. Within this project for Uzbekistan best European practice based on the EU Water Framework Directive was […]

Tugai forest ecosystems in Uzbekistan become a UNESCO biosphere reserve

Tugai forest ecosystems in Uzbekistan become a UNESCO biosphere reserve On September 15, 2021, the Lower Amu Darya State Biosphere Reserve in Uzbekistan officially joined the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. This is an opportunity to create good conditions for a better consistency of conservation and use of nature. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit […]

Saiga boom in Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, a census of the saiga population took place in the spring of 2020. The last census in 2019 counted 334,400 individuals. In 2020, because of the pandemic, there was no work on the census of the saiga population, and scientists were anxiously awaiting the results of the census. The numbers were staggering! 842,000 […]

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