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THE LAND OF BIRDS
We bring to the attention of our readers the article by Nadezhda Berkova “LAND OF BIRDS” AND OTHER FILMS ON...

Almaty’s Green City Action Plan: a plan for destructive creation?
The Kazakh city of Almaty joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s Green Cities initiative in 2019. How...

UN declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right
With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions*, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Thursday, declaring access...

Monitoring of national parks. We need more Nature!
The Ecological Society Green Salvation has released the next edition in Russian “Results of monitoring of national parks of the...

Towards a people-powered, green transformation in Almaty
The EBRD must move away from its carbon tunnel vision and widen its perspective on all impacts of climate investments...

What you need to know about the Green City Action Plan but your municipality won’t tell you
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will spend over EUR 5 billion on climate action in cities in...

Almaty residents applied to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
On November 23, 2021, residents of the Kairat microdistrict of Almaty and the Ecological Society Green Salvation appealed to the...

Green City Action Plan: EBRD Changes Timeline
More than four months have passed since the third consultation seminar – July 7 and 8, 2021 – on the...

Ile-Alatau National Park is included in the World Heritage Watch Report 2021
World Heritage Watch (WHW – https://world-heritage-watch.org/ ) is the first NGO focusing exclusively on World Heritage sites, both cultural and...

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...