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New applicants for inclusion in the World Heritage List
On January 7, 2021, another Kazakhstani object was added to the Tentative List of World Heritage sites—the Turanian deserts of...
Consultations on the EBRD project “Green City Action Plan for Almaty City” to be held in spring
On September 9, 2020, the presentation of the project of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development “The Green City...
Rumours about the return of Kok-Zhailau to the National Park are greatly exaggerated!
In September 2017, at the Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, decision VI/8g was adopted on Kazakhstan’s...
Results of monitoring of national parks of Almaty oblast in 2019
This material is a continuation of the publications “Results of monitoring of national parks of Almaty oblast in 2017” and...
Ile Alatau National Park is included in the World Heritage Watch Report 2020
World Heritage Watch (WHW – https://world-heritage-watch.org/) is the first NGO focusing exclusively on World Heritage sites, both cultural and natural,...
Oasis Earth: Planet in Peril
This long-awaited book from Professor Steiner, one of the pre-eminent environmental scientists working today, is a powerful, moving, deeply-researched examination...
Summary of Lawsuits in 2019 by the Ecological Society Green Salvation*
* Ecological Society Green Salvation (hereafter, GS) SECTION No.1 No. 1 Case about acknowledging of inaccurate information provision by the...
Violation of human rights to a healthy and favourable for wellbeing environment in Kazakhstan
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on December 10 since 1950, at the proposal of the UN General Assembly. On...
Is it possible to plant and grow a million trees in Almaty?
At a gala meeting dedicated to the Constitution Day, the akim of Almaty Bakytzhan Sagintayev said: “We need to seriously...
It is still a long way to the final termination of the construction of the mountain ski resort on Kok-Zhailau!
An important event marked the history of the public campaign “Protect Kok Zhailau”. On October 29, the President of Kazakhstan...
Thousands of seedlings of Sievers apple trees and tulips of “Nursultan Nazarbayev” variety are abandoned on Kok-Tobe
According to the Akimat of Almaty, on October 13, Jasyl Almaty conducted a tree planting event on the mountain Kok-Tobe....
Talgar: one step forward, two steps back
In late August, we once again visited the Talgar settlement. Honestly, before every trip to this World Heritage Site, we...