ecology
Experts monitoring the Central Asian car market remember 2023 as the year of the electric vehicle boom. Authorities encouraging the import of electric cars emphasize that this type of transport will improve the environmental situation. However, can electric cars be called unconditionally clean transport from an environmental standpoint? (more…)
According to Tajik ornithologists, climate change poses a serious threat to the population of birds and other animals. The migratory bird population is declining especially rapidly.
In Dushanbe, the International Pre-Conference Forum “Women and Water” was held on 10 June at the “Kokhi Navruz” palace. It became an important platform for discussing the role of women and ensuring gender equality in water resources management. (more…)
In southern Tajikistan, locusts have attacked mountain pastures. The farmers fear that insects will soon descend into the valleys and destroy their crops. The experts believe it is necessary to kill the locusts using biopesticides. (more…)
Ecoactivists upholding their ideas sometimes counter the society, state and business. How should eco community protect its interests in an eco-friendly way? Let’s figure it out based on a conflict that happened in Almaty because of a 7-metre-high balloon cat. (more…)
Over the past 10 years in Tajikistan, the amount of harmful emissions has almost doubled. Transport is the main source of pollution. The experts believe it is necessary to develop a ‘green’ public transportation system. (more…)
Hundreds of households in southern Tajikistan suffer from black and fetid smoke from lime kilns. Environmental experts state that the harm from these emissions is evident even outside the area. (more…)
There is an ancient tradition in the East: searching for happiness or trying to solve some problems, people tie knots with ribbons on trees and fences near famous “holy” places. Recently, such knots tied with napkins, candy wrappers, masks, and plastic bags are gradually becoming an environmental problem in public recreation places in Uzbekistan.
Albert Popov, Uzbekistan’s only representative of a unique profession – avalanche catcher – believes people should be more careful with nature.
On the eve of International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8, CABAR.asia held an expert meeting titled “Women’s Role in the Environmental Movement in Central Asian Countries”. During the meeting, female experts and activists of the environmental movement from four Central Asian countries discussed women’s role in environmental activities and adaptation to changes occurring due to environmental problems on Earth.