All state bodies, legal entities and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan will be required to provide information on their environmental impact. The relevant law was published by the Turkmen press on March 25, and from that day it entered into force, with the exception of article 7, on ...

The Karakum Canal has been flowing through the endless sands of the Karakum Desert for more than half a century. Its construction was launched in 1954, and the Amyderya, one of the most water-abundant rivers in Central Asia, was used to promote the building of an artificial reser...

The European Union has contributed 5.5 million USD to the UN Multi-Partner Human Security Trust Fund for the Aral Sea Region that was founded under the auspices of the UN together with the countries of Central Asia. Earlier, more than 1 million USD was contributed to the Fund by ...

Information agency "ArmInfo" – an independent news agency of Armenia - published on the Internet portal the information on the start of spring tree planting campaigns in Turkmenistan, dated to International Day Novruz. In the article it is noted that a solicitous attitude to n...

Today, many researchers and ecologists agree that the coronavirus pandemic is the result of active human intervention in nature. A little less than two decades ago, after the Ebola virus became widely known, it was disseminated belief that tropical forests and pristine natural...

Just recently, Geoktepe district of Akhal province celebrated the festivities as the district received an award in the competition for being the country’s best district having achieved the best socio-economic indicators. A wide celebration was organized on this occasion, while da...

Today humanity is engaged in a mad race for survival on the planet – changing over to conscious consumption, interchanging gasoline engines with electric ones, cruising on sailing yachts with solar panels. The most obvious and simple step on the way to a “green” bright future tha...

For the first time I heard about the beneficial properties of the miswak (sivak) sprig in the eastern market “Altyn Asyr” in Ashgabat. Walking between the malls, I drew attention to the “strange” spine in vacuum packaging. The seller, and part-time herbalist - Ahmed-aga, spoke in...

The history of studying the fauna of birds in Turkmenistan has more than two hundred years. According to ornithological studies for 2018, 436 species living in the country were recorded. These, of course, are not final figures at all, since many factors influence the bird populat...

At the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) in the Indian city of Gandhinagar, 10 species were added to the list of protected animals. The Bukhara Urial, a mountain sheep with...