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 […]
German Experts on the UN Resolution Declaring the Aral Sea Region a Zone of Environmental Innovation and Technology
The German information portal “Ostexperte.de” published an article devoted to the recently adopted special resolution of the UN General Assembly on declaring the Aral Sea region a Zone of Environmental Innovation and Technology, which was initiated by the President of Uzbekistan. The Aral Sea region is thus the first region to which the General Assembly […]
Green Central Asia on agenda of bilateral meeting of representatives of MFAs of Kyrgyzstan and Germany
On May 20, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Nuran Niyazaliev, held an online meeting with State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Niels Annen, during which the issues of the current state and prospects of development of Kyrgyz-German relations were discussed. A constructive exchange of views […]
Dialogue on water between Central Asian countries: Water is a challenge and a solution
n the third webinar “Outlining the economic foundations of regional cooperation on water in Central Asia” organized in the frame of the ‘Blue Peace’ Initiative of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, programme manager Dr. Caroline Milow represented the Green Central Asia Initiative of the German Federal Foreign Office and spoke about the importance of regional cooperation […]
