TASTUPEK, Kazakhstan -- In the cool of one recent evening, after tending to his herd of 19 camels, Puzblay Seytpembetov and four companions pushed his small single-engine boat out onto the placid ...
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North Aral Sea regains a third of its water thanks to restoration efforts spearheaded by Kazakhstan
For decades the shrinking Aral Sea has been the poster child for environmental catastrophe. Behind images of rusty fishing boat shells sitting awkwardly among the sand dunes lies a story of human ...
The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and for thousands of years was fed by two major rivers, the Amu Darya and ...
This post is part of Global Voices’ May 2026 Spotlight series, “Global crisis, local solutions.” This series will offer stories of resistance and successful climate action, insight into how ...
The remains of the dried-out Aral Sea are being transformed through massive afforestation efforts. From forest nurseries producing millions of seedlings to preserving forest genetic diversity, the ...
The Caspian Sea has lost more than 16,000 square kilometres of its surface area. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev warned that the shrinking sea now threatens regional economies, transport ...
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