ASTANA — Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov met with leaders of Central Asian delegations on Sep. 18 during the first session of ...

ASTANA – The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) approved the work plan for the period of Kazakhstan’s ...

There is now desert where much of the world’s fourth-largest lake used to be, and the economic, health, and environmental ...

The Aral Sea is drying out, one of the most severe ecological disasters caused by humans. The region has been devastated, but ...

The Aral Sea was once the size of Ireland and surrounded by fishing villages. Today, it's a toxic desert because of Russian irrigation and hydropower projects ...

The Aral Sea was rapidly shrinking, due to excessive farming and irrigation. As a result of the drought, the water level in the Aral Sea plummeted, and the once fertile sea became a barren wasteland.

After a recent renovation, it attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world to Khudžand, the country's second ...

TASHKENT, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A joint scientific expedition on the ecological environment of the Aral Sea aimed at addressing the ecological crisis of the Aral Sea and jointly promoting green ...

The health of the Great Salt Lake is directly tied to that of the millions of people who live near it, but our leaders are ...

Pollution, climate change and its overuse are threatening the existence of one of the most unique stretches of water in the ...

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