[17.07.2009]
On June 28, 2008 a special section “Reduction of water related disasters in the Aral Sea basin” was held within the framework of the International Conference on Water Related Disaster Reduction.
The session was initiated by the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.
The session gathered representative of IFAS founder countries, heads and representatives of IFAS units, international and regional organizations, research and financial institutions, civil-based organizations
[17.07.2009]
On June 26 the Central Asian fare on effective use of water resources in agriculture was held in Poytaht business-center.
39 finalists from 5 Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) gathered to represent their projects and seek funding for their implementation. Total budget is $300,000. Project budgets varied from $10,000 to $25,000.
The event was arranged by the World Bank and Department of International Development (Great Britain) and Swiss Agency for Development
[3.11.2008]
Ecosan International organization and Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) state joint stock railway company sent humanitarian aid to Khorezm regions for 80 million soums.
[3.11.2008]
Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov has written books on love and the Kuril Islands. His latest tome, "Water and Peace," revives a grandiose Soviet plan to redirect Siberian rivers to irrigate cotton fields in Central Asia.
[29.05.2008]
Resolving the problems caused by the drying out of the Aral Sea, which has shrunk drastically in size in recent decades because of the inefficient use of water resources and climate change, will only happen when the countries of Central Asia work together, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says. The problems “cannot be solved through the efforts of a single country,” UNDP Regional Director for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Kori Udovicki told the Aral Sea
