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46 per cent of all water available in Kazakhstan, which is too much, comes to the country on neighbouring states. Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation intends to reduce water dependency of the republic on its neighbours by one fourth.
In Kyrgyzstan, nearly 65 per cent of villages are undersupplied with clean drinking water. Authorities are determined to solve the problem by 2026, which is taken sceptically by people as this is not their first promise. Moreover, one third of the amount required to implement the programme still needs to be raised. (more…)
Criminal cases decried as attempts to intimidate and impose censorship.
Cooperation between various branches of science is required to understand how to use natural resources more efficiently and with no harm to ecosystems, believes Tajik biologist Rustam Muratov. (more…)
Fate of the first city stone mosque founded in the 18th century has long been discussed in Petropavlovsk. An auto repair shop, a hotel, a café and a sauna are now located in the territory of the cult facility. The Muslim community feels indignant about it: how can one take a bath and barbecue at a place that was used for praying before? According to the owner of the land plot, he purchased the land plot legally, and the building is of no architectural merit. CABAR.asia interviewed both parties. (more…)
Government agencies in Central Asian countries and international organizations that deal with environmental issues, especially climate change, do not sufficiently take into account the opinions of young environmentalists, according to young experts from Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, Anisa Abibulloyeva and Mukhtar Amanbayuly.
In Central Asian states, criticism of journalistic materials by journalists has failed to become peculiar to the media community. CABAR.asia figures out why it happened so. (more…)
Despite significant changes and removal of obstacles to access to opioid analgesics, palliative care in Kyrgyzstan is still at an improper level. Experts specify a range of issues in this sphere, including low level of knowledge among medical workers and lack of medications within reach.
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What does child poverty look like in “rich” Kazakhstan
Now Balkhash is a natural site. If a nuclear power plant is built on the lake, it will turn into an industrial pond. It will let China limit the Ili river flow feeding the lake, and the new load on the lake will generally lead to the irreversible degradation of the Balkhash ecosystem. This is what experts told to CABAR.asia. (more…)