Striving for Regional Cooperation: Regional Action Plan Agreed
Over the past few months, the Regional Working Group for the development of a Regional Action Plan within the framework of the Green Central Asia Initiative, which included representatives of various ministries of the Central Asian countries has been working on the preparation of a unified document that was forwarded to the Central Asian countries […]
Green Central Asia on Central Asian Regional preparatory conference for the 9th World Water Forum «Water Security for Peace and Development»
On 19-20 October 2021, in Dushanbe, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Central Asia Regional Environment Centre (CAREC) organized thematic session # 5 at the Central Asian Climate Change Conference to support Central Asian countries in sharing perspectives, experiences and lessons learned on climate action implemented in the region and aimed at climate […]
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 […]
Meeting of EC IFAS and ‘Green Central Asia’ Regional Program of GIZ
On July 27, 2021, a bilateral meeting took place between Mr. Rahimzoda S., Chairman of the Executive Committee of IFAS and Mr. Alexander Nikolayenko, Regional Adviser of the Green Central Asia Program (GIZ) At the meeting, they discussed possible areas of cooperation between EC IFAS and GIZ as part of the German Federal Foreign Office’s […]
The Aral Sea Basin Programme (ASBP-4) was approved.
On June 29, during the official meeting of the IFAS Board in Dushanbe, the Aral Sea Basin Program (ASBP-4) was signed by four deputy prime ministers. The most extensive component of the “Berlin Process,” the predecessor of Green Central Asia, was the program “Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia,” commissioned by the German Federal Foreign […]
Interactive Map of the Aral Sea Basin
Green Central Asia assisted the Executive Committee of the Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) in developing of a digitized water economy map of the Syrdarya and Amudarya Basins in GIS format and developed an interactive map of the Aral Sea Basin. Printed maps of modern design were also provided and installed in […]
Green Central Asia Initiative – Working group meeting confirms outline of a joint regional action plan
Green Central Asia Initiative – Working group meeting confirms outline of a joint regional action plan On Thursday, 17 June 2021, the second online working group meeting for adopting a joint action plan within the Green Central Asia Initiative took place. The meeting brought together for the second time the designated focal points for the […]
Green Central Asia at the annual World Environment Day celebration in Turkmenistan
On the occasion of the World Environment Day, held this year in Turkmenistan under the motto “Turkmenistan – the home of peace and trust”, a forum was organized, attended by representatives of local and international communities, working in the field of environmental protection and implementing environmental programs and projects – both in Central Asia and […]
