Washington ProFile - International News & Information Agency - Environment and Agriculture

Tajik Geologists Discover Raw Materials for Industrial Aluminum

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:22:24 -0400

Tajikistan Geologists opened a deposit of quartz sand and fire-proof clay in the foothills of the Hissar mountains.

Eco-Group Releases First Ever Environmental Ranking of Russian Regions

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:08:18 -0400

In time for Earth Day, Russian organization Green Patrol released a first of a kind rating on the environmental condition of 75 subjects of the Russian Federation.

European Parliament Calls for Greater Support of Chernobyl Relief Effort in Belarus

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:00:19 -0400

The European Parliament urged the European community to bolster its support for Chernobyl relief efforts in Belarus at a special meeting convened at the suggestion of prominent Belarusian researcher, Yury Bandazhewski.

Agriculture Ministry: Kazakhstan’s Wheat Export Ban Won’t Harm Azerbaijan

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:57:02 -0400

According to Mamed Huseynov, deputy chief of the department of regulation of state food reserves and food security of the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, the embargo on wheat export imposed by Kazakhstan will not influence prices on grain in Azerbaijan.

KAZAKHSTAN: Government Promises Aid to Flooded Regions

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:09:34 -0500

The government of Kazakhstan has promised to provide 500 million tenge for humanitarian aid and reconstruction in the wake of intense flooding in three regions of Southern Kazakhstan on February 21, which destroyed 300 buildings and damaged nearly 3,000.

Russia to Pay Kazakhstan for Damages from Fallen Proton Booster

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:13:44 -0500

Russia is to compensate Kazakhstan 291.8 million tenge ($2.43 million) for the environmental damage resulting from the crash of the booster rocket Proton-M.

KYRGYZSTAN : Seismologist Warnings Ignored By Authorities

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:11:31 -0500

Before the earthquakes that hit Kyrgyzstan in December and January, Kyrgyz seismologists issued warnings about the danger of the approaching disasters, including a personal appeal from the director of the Institute of Seismology in the Academy of Sciences, Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, to the recently named Premier, Igor Chudinov, two days before the earthquakes in Osh.

KAZAKHSTAN: Emergency around Caspian Dead Seals Exacerbates

Thu, 03 May 2007 16:00:25 -0400

The number of dead seals in the Kazakh portion of the Caspian Sea has increased dramatically.

UKRAINE: Chernobyl Conservation Lagging Significantly

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:27:37 -0400

The timeline for environmental cleanup work in Chernobyl, the site of the nuclear power plant disaster, has been pushed back by five to seven years. This is despite the fact that funding for the project has almost twice exceeded original estimations.

TURKMENISTAN: Petrochemical and Agricultural Products In High Demand Abroad

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:08:26 -0500

Products of petrochemical and agricultural sectors of Turkmenistan are the ones in most demanded among foreign merchants, the Turkmenistan.ru was informed by the press office of the Turkmen Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange.

KYRGYZSTAN: Earthquake Prompts Influx of Humanitarian Aid

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:36:29 -0500

As of 4 January, humanitarian aid totaling approximately $315,000 had been promised to the victims of an earthquake that occurred in the early morning hours of December 26...

U.S. Environmental NGO Calls Chernobyl One of World’s Most Polluted Places in 2006

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:41:22 -0500

According to a report by the U.S.-based Blacksmith Institute, a nonprofit focused on combating pollution in developing countries, Chernobyl, Ukraine, site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, was found to be one of the 10 most polluted places in the world in 2006.

Activists Demand Compensation from Russia for Uranium

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:56:43 -0500

In an April 24 open letter published on centrasia.org, Uzbek human rights activists Yelena Urlaeva and Akhtam Shaimardanov urged their country’s government to demand that Russia pay $1 billion to compensate Uzbekistan for the production of highly enriched uranium that took place on its territory over the past decades...

Karaganda Region Water Supply Systems in ‘Critical Condition’

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:05:27 -0500

The water supply network in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda Region is in “critical condition,” Margulan Kaliakparov, the local prosecutor general tasked with local government oversight, told Kazakhstan Today on 5 April...

Roughly 20 Percent of Tajik Cotton Fields Lie Fallow

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:50:12 -0500

More than 80 percent of Tajikistan’s cotton growing regions have been cultivated, agronews.ru reported on 11 March, citing the Tajik Agriculture Ministry...