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Efficient fishery in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea area focus of OSCE event

Publishing date: 9 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A conference on efficient management of fish resources and biodiversity conservation as part of the ‘green growth’ approach in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea Basin Area took place from 4 to 6 December 2013 in Kyzylorda in southern Kazakhstan...

OSCE promotes environmental awareness in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan, 29 November 2013 – A series of three national awareness-raising seminars on the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) concluded in Turkmenabat in south-east Turkmenistan today.

Combating oil pollution of Issyk-Kul Lake in focus at OSCE-supported discussion

Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on oil pollution in Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake Issyk-Kul took place today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...

OSCE Centre helps promote green growth in Western Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 22 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 22 November 2013 – More than 70 participants took part in an OSCE-supported regional conference on green growth and Kazakhstan’s transition to the green economy, held today in Uralsk, Western Kazakhstan...

Small hydroelectric power plants in Rasht Valley of Tajikistan and their impact on local development focus of OSCE report

Publishing date: 15 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today presented an assessment on the social-economic impact of small hydroelectric power plants in the Rasht Valley of central Tajikistan.

OSCE promotes water resource management in Central Asia

Publishing date: 12 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported publication on advanced practices in integrated water resource management (IWRM) was presented at the Kazakh-German University in Almaty today...

OSCE presents and discusses remediation scenarios of Nubarashen toxic burial site in Armenia

Publishing date: 29 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Outcomes of a two-year OSCE-supported project studying the obsolete pesticides and persistent organic pollutants in the Nubarashen burial site, located near Yerevan, and their impact on the environment were presented and discussed today.