ASTANA – The Kazakh-French joint venture KATCO, established by global nuclear leader Orano Group and Kazakhstan’s national ...

The Zhetyasar Oasis, located in the East Aral Sea area and along the middle Syrdarya River in the Kyzylorda Region, contains ...

Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body ...

Once the world's fourth-largest lake, the Aral Sea is now a barren wasteland. This is the story of its dramatic collapse—one of the worst environmental disasters in history.

By contrast, in Kazakhstan at the northern end of the no-longer-existing Aral Sea, the Small Aral has been making a comeback, for two reasons. One is the Syr Darya, which has continued to provide ...

Stihia Festival attracts thousands to Muynak, Uzbekistan, spotlighting the Aral Sea’s environmental crisis while blending electronic music, art, and local culture on the site of a vanished sea.

With ports drying up, fishing in decline and the economy in turmoil, Kazakhstan is bearing the brunt of the consequences. Like the Aral Sea before it, the Caspian could dry up almost completely if ...

Uzbekistan has announced two major environmental initiatives: the expansion of ecological recovery projects in Karakalpakstan, the region most affected by the Aral Sea crisis and the upcoming launch ...

In recent years, more than 2 million hectares of vegetation have been planted on the dried seabed of the Aral Sea in Karakalpakstan, a region once known for its ecological devastation.

The UN has warned that Lake Balkhash, the second largest lake in Central Asia after the Aral Sea, could dry up, creating another major environmental crisis in the region. Forty times the size of Lake ...