This participatory grassland and rangeland assessment (PRAGA) methodology was developed for the assessment of rangelands and grasslands in selected project countries. It was developed through the project 'Participatory assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management in grassland and pastoral systems', financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and executed …
Kyrgyzstan is outdoing neighbouring Kazakhstan in linguistic nationalism. Candidates who want to contest the forthcoming presidential elections will have to pass a test of their ability to speak Kyrgyz. Speaking Kyrgyz has been a prerequisite for those seeking the highest office since independence from the former Soviet Union in the …
In another step towards food security, Odisha has been included in the international programme for Roots & Tuber Crops (RTC) initiated by the International Potato Centre (known by its Spanish acronym CIP). A two-day project planning meeting of the programme was inaugurated by chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik here on …
A powerful earthquake killed at least 14 people in a heavily populated valley in Central Asia early on Wednesday, emergency officials said. Almost all the casualties were in Uzbekistan, where officials confirmed 13 deaths. The magnitude-6.1 temblor centred in Kyrgyzstan hit shortly after midnight in a mountainous area some 35 …
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 struck a mountainous location in southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan early Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No casualties or serious damage were immediately reported from the temblor, which hit at about 1:35 a.m. local time in an area some 35 kilometers …
Chrysotile asbestos will not be listed as a hazardous industrial chemical that can be banned from import after countries including Canada and Ukraine blocked consensus, a United Nations spokesman said Friday. The decision was taken at a meeting of states that have ratified the Rotterdam Convention despite the treaty's scientific …
Agreement may be worked out before closure of conference India maintained silence on listing of endosufan under the Rotterdam Convention at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, which opened in Geneva on Monday. The Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous …
Four Central Asian countries called on Monday for international help from governments and business in clearing toxic nuclear waste left over from the Cold War when they formed part of the Soviet Union. The appeal from the four -- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan -- was backed at a one-day …
Agroforestry is the predominant way of life in forested parts of southern Kyrgyzstan and walnut forests are a major part of the cultural landscape. Local farmers lease forest plots from the state and these provide a wide range of non-timber forest products (NTFPs).
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sixteen people were killed in a landslide which struck southern Kyrgyzstan, an official from the emergency situations ministry said on Thursday. Emergency situations minister Kamchybek Tashiyev said the landslide hit the village of Raikomol in the southern Jalal-Abad region late on Wednesday night. He cited a village resident …
Two strong earthquakes' hit Asia, killing more than 100 people and causing widespread damage. The 6.6-magnitude quakes struck near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Sunday and in Tibet on Monday. In Kyrgyzstan, the village of Nura was completely destroyed, emergency officials said, reporting 72 confirmed deaths there and …
An avalanche killed five people in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, the emergencies ministry said on Friday. The avalanche hit the men when they were collecting brushwood in Kyrgyzstan's eastern Issyk-Kul region near its border with China, the ministry said in a statement. Avalanches and mudslides are frequent occurences …
