World Water Day is observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as World Day for Water. UN and its member nations devote this day to implementing UN recommendations and promoting concrete activities within their countries regarding th...

On Wednesday, during the working video conference government session, President Berdimuhamedov ordered the chairman of Türkmenawtoulaglary Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Communication to visit the plant of Toyota and study the organization of production different models o...

The Climate Week in Africa (Africa Climate Week) started in the capital of Ghana. It gathered more than two thousand delegates from around the world - heads of ministries and departments, politicians, representatives of various organizations, as well as academics to discuss clima...

The 4th meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly, which is the supreme body that tackles the most important environmental issues facing the world today, is taking place in the capital of Kenya, Nairobi. The Forum in the main city of Kenya, where the headquarters of t...

The Central Asian Climate Change Conference (CACCC 2019) will be held on April 3-4in Tashkent. More than 200 experts from leading national, regional and international organizations and departments will take part in it to discuss measures to combat the effects of climate change in...

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...