The World Bank delegation discussed with the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan ways to strengthen cooperation to save the Aral Sea, the website of the foreign ministry of Turkmenistan reports. The question of World Bank assistance to the work of the International Fund for Savin...

Today is World Wildlife Day. ORIENT offers readers a list of seven wild animals that live in the countries of Central Asia and need protection. The list is based on the press of the region.

Snow leopard (irbis)

According to statistics from international environmental organi...

This story began 20 years ago - in 1999, when an international group of ornithologists working in the steppes of the Orenburg region marked one steppe eagle with the tracker. Recently a bird died in the Shield Valley in Saudi Arabia. Experts have deciphered the data track...

China is in favor of strengthening international partnership in the fight against desertification. As an important step in this direction, Beijing is compiling a list of the technology and technical needs of countries along the Great Silk Road. In addition, the Celestial Empir...

A group of American and Russian scientists in the course of research determined the age of one of the world's most mentioned lakes, which is more commonly known as the Aral Sea. It is reported by National Geographic Russia. It turns out that the Aral Sea, for the survival of w...

Another 10 thousand hectares of the bottom of the drying Aral Sea will be planted with saxaul. At the moment, this desert plant has already been planted on 57 thousand hectares of the former seabed. The work is carried out within the framework of the project “Forest conservation”

Christmas trees that have fulfilled their festive mission can be an excellent raw material for the production of paints and sweeteners, says the research by Cynthia Kartey, a Ph.D. student from the University of Sheffield's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Engla

The earth is an ever-changing organism. 2018 was no exception, filled with various geological events and natural phenomena - hurricanes, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that forever transformed the state of our blue planet. The portal LiveScience has made the top ten of such p...

A new study by Tel Aviv University describes the process of developing bioplastics from microorganisms that feed on seaweed. At the same time, this type of plastic does not threaten with toxic waste and is self-processed into organic substances. The United Nations has long be...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly with the State Committee for environmental protection and land resources in Turkmenistan organized a seminar on discussion of the 6th National report to the Convention on biological diversity (CBD). The event was part of a r