Tag: Water
How Kazakh NGOs and Farmers Are Adapting to Climate Change
From snow retention in Kazakhstan's western steppes to the restoration of Lake Zhumay, local farmers and conservationists are developing affordable responses to drought and water scarcity. But can these grassroots… [...]
Land and water
The pontoon bridge over the Amu Darya near Urgench in Uzbekistan makes it possible to cross the mighty body of water. Credit: Joachim BohndorfFind… [...]
A disappearing river: the fate of the Ural
LIFE BY THE RIVER. More than four million people in Kazakhstan and Russia live in the Ural river basin. They are watching the river grow shallower as time goes… [...]
Talas and its people: life by a Central Asian river affected by climate change
LIFE BY THE RIVER. Three million people in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan live by the Talas River, where there is less and less water every year. This article… [...]